Teaching Assistant

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 2WJ

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  1 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  10 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,220.00 - £19,525.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

This is a temporary full time post working 32.5 hours per week, term time plus two days

At DSAT Multi Academy Trust, children are at the centre of all we do. Our ambitious and emerging Multi Academy Trust currently comprises of 19 Primary schools across Rotherham, Sheffield and Doncaster.

At St. Mary’s, we are a single form entry school and have just over 200 pupils. This is brilliant as we get to know all of the children, and families, really well.

The staff are very friendly and will welcome you in to the team if you are successful. The school was rated good by Ofsted in October 2022 with outstanding behaviour and attitudes and the SIAMs inspection in March 2020 was outstanding. We have excellent wraparound care. This is provided by our excellent team of school staff and this was also rated as outstanding in 2022.

We are seeking a diligent and proactive Teaching Assistant with good interpersonal skills and high standards. In return, we can promise a school full of amazing children, a genuine staff team and a well-resourced environment.

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and conscientious teaching assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will be working with individuals, small groups and within whole classes to impact on children’s learning. They will need excellent communication skills, the ability to engage and motivate children and will be a committed member of the whole school team. This role will also include promoting positive play and behaviour in the playground during playtimes and lunchtime sessions.

We offer full training and on-going support to the successful candidate who has the ability to implement phonics, English and Maths group work and also to support across the whole curriculum.

The successful applicant will need to work collaboratively with the class teacher, respond sensitively and confidently to the needs of children, Applicants applying for the post must already hold a relevant Early Years recognised NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification. The successful candidate must have a minimum of Grade C/4 in GSCE English and Maths (or equivalent), and experience of working in a primary school setting. As we are a smaller school, it would be beneficial if you had nursery experience as well as an interest to work in other areas of the school; including Key Stage 1 and 2. If you are interested in applying, we would love to hear about your experience.

We seek to appoint a Teaching Assistant who will support the school’s vision and Christian values (you don't need to be a praticising christian to apply), be willing to take part in staff development and be happy to join a caring, supportive and progressive team.

Visits to the school are welcomed and can be arranged by contacting the school office.

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

St Mary’s CE Academy, Walkley, is totally committed towards child safety and therefore, the successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check to ensure their suitability to work with children as well as have a strong commitment & knowledge of Safeguarding.

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.

About St Mary's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 223 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-church-of-england-primary-school-sheffield

St Mary’s is an amazing environment to work in with the most fantastic children, warm and committed staff and high aspirations to be the very best that we can be. We believe in the wellbeing and success of each individual child and learning and teaching is at the heart of all that we do. We have the very highest expectations and aspirations for all our pupils and this is underpinned by our strong ethos. In our recent OFSTED inspection we were judged to be a good school with outstanding behaviour and attitudes.

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