Teaching Assistant (Scale 4)
Springwell Leeds Academy, Leeds, LS10 3JA14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
28 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
14 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £22,681.00 - £24,175.00 Annually (Actual) SCALE 4 TA (Point 7-11) - FTE £26,403 - £28,142 (Actual £22,681 - £24,175)
Teaching Assistant (Scale 4) job summary
Location: Springwell Leeds Academy, Middleton Road, Leeds, LS10 3JA
This is a permanent position working 37 hours per week, Term Time only plus 5 training days
About the RoleSpringwell Leeds Academy is seeking a dedicated and passionate Teaching Assistant to join our team. In this role, you will work under the guidance of teaching and senior staff to implement tailored work programmes with individual pupils or groups, both inside and outside the classroom.
Our ideal candidate will support pupils who face barriers to learning, helping to maintain an orderly, productive environment where every young person can thrive. This position involves working closely with children and young people who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) difficulties.
What you will do:Use specialist skills and experience to support pupils' learning and development.
Establish productive, supportive relationships with pupils, acting as a positive role model.
Assist with the implementation of Individual Education, Behaviour and Support plans.
Collaborate with teachers to establish an appropriate learning environment and assist with lesson planning and resource management.
Monitor, record, and evaluate pupil responses to learning activities, providing objective feedback to teachers.
Experience: Minimum 1 year of experience working with children of a relevant age or vulnerable individuals.
Training: Full commitment to all offered CPD; possession of (or willingness and capability to achieve) Team Teach Positive Behaviour Management Level 2 training.
Knowledge: Understanding of child development/how children learn, full knowledge of relevant codes of practice/legislation and knowledge of the underlying reasons that affect behaviour.
Skills: Excellent spoken and written English communication; ability to relate well to children and adults; strong team player with an ability to self-evaluate learning needs capability to personalise learning and support reluctant learners.
Springwell Leeds is a one of a kind, multi-site, city-wide specialist provision for children with SEMH needs. Our staff are committed, passionate and enjoy working in a role where no two days are the same. Creativity is encouraged, resilience is key, and a love of learning is essential. We provide children aged 5-16 with specialist teaching and learning opportunities, and are looking for the right people to join that journey.
If you would like to discuss or find out more about this post, please contact Emma Dodsworth, e.dodsworth@springwellacademyleeds.org
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.
Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
As you will be working with children, this post requires you to undertake regulated activity. It is an offence to seek to work in regulated activity with a group with which you are barred.
We are committed to equal opportunities and to promoting diversity. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/ countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Springwell Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All candidates successfully selected for interview are required to complete a self-disclosure form.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Springwell Leeds Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- Size
- 356 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Springwell Leeds Academy is a special school for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
We are located on three sites accross the city of Leeds in Middleton, Seacroft and Tinshill - check job details for where each role is based.
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