Teaching Assistant

Micklefield Church of England Primary Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 4AQ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  5 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time: 17.5 Hours Per Week - Mornings Only Term Time Only
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31st August 2026. To be reviewed June 2026.
• Actual salary: Actual Salary £9,729.11 - £10,871.30 Per Annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We seek to appoint a well organised, experienced and committed Teaching Assistant to join our school staff team. This role is initially fixed term until 31st August 2026, but may be extended subject to funding. This will be reviewed in June 2026.

Primarily working in Reception and Key Stage 1, the successful candidate will work under the instruction and guidance of teachers or senior staff to undertake work, care and support programmes that will enable our pupils to access learning and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

We are looking for candidates who:

• The ability to work as part of a team
• The ability to relate to children and other adults
• A commitment to supporting and understanding pupil needs
• The ability to use own initiative and take action accordingly

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• A dedicated and hard-working staff team who will support you
• A strong and positive school ethos
• A commitment to continuing your professional development as a lifelong learner

For more information please click on the ‘Our School’ tab, then ‘Vacancies' at https://www.micklefieldceprimary.co.uk. Please note we do not accept CVs.

To arrange a visit to the school, please contact school on 0113 2869232 in the first instance.

Closing Date: Thursday 5 June 2025

Selection Date: Friday 13 June 2025

Collaborative Learning Trust is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

In line with KCSiE 2024, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teaching Assistant Recruitment Booklet May 25.pdf - 794 KB (opens in new tab)

About Micklefield Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 87 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Micklefield Church of England Primary Academy website
• Email address: c.fell@micklefieldceprimary.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/micklefield-church-of-england-primary-academy

It is an exciting time to be part of Micklefield CE Primary Academy. We joined the Collaborative Learning Trust on 1st June 2022. The Collaborative Learning Trust is a recently formed Multi-Academy Trust, founded on existing school partnerships in Yorkshire.

We are a caring, village primary school dedicated to supporting children on their journey to academic achievement. The needs of the children are always paramount in the life and decision making within a school. We strongly believe in providing the children with exciting, creative and meaningful learning experiences, which build their enthusiasm for learning and help them to grow and develop positively in a variety of ways.

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