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This job expired on 30 June 2025

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    30 June 2025 at 12:42pm

  • Date listed

    16 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£18645 - £20510 per annum

Teaching Assistant job summary

Salary: NJC 5 - 11 £18,645 - £20,510 (Actual) £24,790 - £27,269 (FTE) well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 32.5 hours per week - 39 weeks per year
Contract type: Fixed term - until Aug 2026
Start date: September 2025

Are you ready to make a positive difference in a warm, inclusive primary school setting? At St Helen's Primary Academy, we're seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to support children across all year groups. Join us and play a vital role in helping every child access the curriculum, grow in confidence, and achieve their full potential.

About the role
As a Teaching Assistant, you'll work alongside teachers to provide targeted support-both one-to-one and in small groups-across all ages, being flexible to support Early Years through to Year 6. To do this effectively, we expect candidates to already have relevant school experience. You'll assist with lesson delivery, support positive behaviours, prepare resources, and ensure our classroom environments are stimulating, safe, and inclusive. You'll also have opportunities to support trips and out-of-school activities.

We value the skills and dedication of our teaching assistants. To support the best outcomes for our students, we require applicants to hold at least a Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification; ideally Level 3. If you're working towards a level 3 qualification, we'll support your journey through our Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Programme, helping you develop the skills and confidence to make an even greater impact.

Skills and Experience we would like to see:

* Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (or currently working towards it)
* Experience supporting children in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
* Knowledge of strategies to support pupils with SEND
* Familiarity with phonics programmes such as Read Write Inc
* Understanding of child development and how children learn
* Confidence using digital tools to support learning and communication
* Positive behaviour management experience
* A flexible, proactive approach and a genuine passion for primary education
* UK right to work, as this role is not eligible for sponsorship.

About St Helen's Primary Academy

Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024, St Helen's provides high-quality education from ages 3 to 11, with approximately 207 pupils on roll. We're proud of our inclusive ethos, nurturing strong relationships with children and families to help each pupil thrive academically, socially and emotionally.

Closing date: 7th July
This is a fixed term contract until August 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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

Lift Schools is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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About Lift St Helen's

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
206 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School website
Lift St Helen's website
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Lift St Helen's is based in Monk Bretton village, a small community easily reached from Wakefield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield. Here at Lift St Helen's, we are a proud member of Lift Schools.

Leadership at our school is forward-thinking - and the well-being and work-life balance of our teachers is very important. We give autonomy to teachers, we have a shared ethos around curriculum, marking and feedback, which each teacher applies with their own style and personal teacher pedagogy.

We want you to give us your best and our non-negotiables are outstanding attainment and progress for every child, coupled with kindness and warm-heartedness, not what colour pen you use to mark books! Our school has been recently refurbished and is a modern, bright and attractive place for us all to work.

Ofsted

We are proud to be currently judged as 'good' when we were last inspected in Jan 2024.

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.

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