Teaching Assistant

Morley Newlands Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 8PG

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 19.5hours (3days) per week, term time only + 1 working week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: A1/B1 (SCP 2-6) £24,483 - £25,989 Actual Salary: £11,097 - £11,780

What skills and experience we're looking for

Morley Newlands Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Level 1 Teaching Assistant. This role is of great importance to our work as an academy as the successful candidate will work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in the classroom, to support access to learning for pupils and provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

Potential applicants should have:

• Good numeracy/literacy skills.
• The ability to relate well to children and adults.
• Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

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.

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.

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About Morley Newlands Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 700 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Morley Newlands Academy website
• Email address: nicola.bardsley@morleynewlands.leeds.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/morley-newlands-academy

Morley Newlands Academy, (formally Morley Newlands Primary School) joined The GORSE Academies Trust on 1 March 2015 and has quickly formed a close partnership with primary and secondary academy colleagues within the Trust.
We are immensely proud that, in its inspection of January 2018 , Morley Newlands Academy was judged to be Outstanding in all areas.

Morley Newlands is situated in South Leeds. Its children bring a range of experiences; they are eager to learn and a delight to be with. Morley Newlands Academy is a growing three form entry school. Within the next 4 years, it will be one of the largest primary schools within the Yorkshire and Humber region.

In September 2014 the school moved from an old, run down building to new state of the art accommodation, with excellent facilities to support our children, their families and the local community.

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