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Teaching/Care Assistant (Temporary)

Lower Fields Primary Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 8RG

This job expired on 6 October 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 32 Hours a week Monday to Friday - Term Time Only (38 Weeks)
• Contract type: Fixed term - 31 August 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404 to £25,183 full time equivalent, subject to pro rata, pro rata salary for this role starts at £17,766.71.

What skills and experience we're looking for

BEHAVIOURS

• Proactive
• Organised
• Team Player
• Flexible
• Clear communicator
• Reliable
• Trustworthy
• Adaptable

Essential:

• A good standard of written and numeracy skills (A/I/C)
• Experience of supporting a child with additional needs (A/I/R)
• Ability to support the medical and personal care needs of a child (A/I/R)
• Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice (A/I)
• Understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these (A/I)
• Good communication skills both oral and written (A/I/R)
• Ability to build trust with a pupil and their parents/carers (A/I/R)
• Experience of supporting and facilitating pupils learning and progress (A/I/R)
• Ability to use basic technology to support the role (A/I) • Ability to build positive relationships with all stakeholders (A/I)
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team (A/I/R)

Desirable:

• Completion of DfES Teacher Assistant Induction Programme or equivalent (A/C)
• NVQ Level 2 or appropriate level of experience of operating in the classroom (A/I/C)
• Training in the relevant health care competencies (A/I/C)
• Training to support SEN pupils (A/I/C)
• Ability to use a hoist (A/I/R)
• Working with or caring for children of relevant age (A/I)
• Emergency First Aid or First aid at work qualification (C)
• Previous experience of working with young people preferably in a school setting (A/I)
• Key: C – Certificate; A – Application Form; I – Interview; R - Reference

Behaviours

• Proactive
• Organised
• Team Player
• Flexible
• Clear communicator
• Reliable
• Trustworthy
• Adaptable

What the school offers its staff

Why join us?

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…

Financial Wellbeing:

• Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
• Access to an extensive discounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

• 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
• Gym & fitness discounts
• Cycle to Work scheme*
• Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

• Access to an industry-leading Employee Assistance Programme
• Menopause Support Service
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained

• Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days(subject to pro rata if working part-time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.

In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.

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 Lower Fields Primary Academy

• School type: Academies, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lower Fields Primary Academy website
• Email address: elliottm1@lfpa.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lower-fields-primary-academy

Lower Fields Primary Academy is located 2 miles from the centre of Bradford. We are a 2 form entry school catering for 420 pupils from Reception to Year Six. In addition, we have a 26 place Nursery with morning and afternoon sessions. Our school has a well-earned and established reputation in the community as a caring place of learning where all pupils receive a high quality education.
Lower Fields Primary Academy was created in September 2000 on the site of an existing middle school. This has provided us with a larger than average building, set in extensive and exciting grounds. As a school we offer our pupils a rich and relevant curriculum with a range of stimulating experiences built in throughout the year. This is supported by our fantastic outdoor space which offers pupils the chance to: perform in our ampitheatre, go pond dipping in the wildlife area, build dens in the woodland and enjoy whole days of outdoor learning in the Kinesthetic Park. In addition we have an orchard, polytunnel and grow beds where we grow a wide variety of produce to be used in our kitchen such as: apples, pears, plums, grapes, figs, potatoes, carrots and cabbage!

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