Level 2 Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 4BD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 59cc670c-eb26-4d8e-8a68-e0b54e2d1ce5 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
• General understanding of national curriculum and other basic learning programmes/techniques
• Understanding of how to support English/Mathematics programmes, record achievements and progress and providing appropriate feedback to the teacher
• Basic understanding of child development and learning
• Promote good pupil behaviour and deal promptly with conflict and incidents
• Excellent command of Literacy and Numeracy
• Have high expectations of progress and behaviour
• Ability to provide support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to relate well to children
• Ability to use a range of teaching approaches and strategies that enthuse, motivate and actively engage learnersNVQ level 2 or higher in English and MathsNVQ level 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification
• Previous experience in a similar role preferred
Personal Qualities
• Positive and enthusiastic
• Caring
• Team player
• Adaptable and flexible
• High expectations of themselves and others
• Commitment to safeguarding children
• Awareness of procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection
• Committed to a strong partnership between home and school
• The ability to establish good professional relationships with parents, children, governors and colleagues
What the school offers its staff
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Discounted membership for Westfield Health.
• Occupational Health.
• Wellbeing Programme.
• Continuous CPD and Training.
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.
• General understanding of national curriculum and other basic learning programmes/techniques
• Understanding of how to support English/Mathematics programmes, record achievements and progress and providing appropriate feedback to the teacher
• Basic understanding of child development and learning
• Promote good pupil behaviour and deal promptly with conflict and incidents
• Excellent command of Literacy and Numeracy
• Have high expectations of progress and behaviour
• Ability to provide support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to relate well to children
• Ability to use a range of teaching approaches and strategies that enthuse, motivate and actively engage learnersNVQ level 2 or higher in English and MathsNVQ level 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification
• Previous experience in a similar role preferred
Personal Qualities
• Positive and enthusiastic
• Caring
• Team player
• Adaptable and flexible
• High expectations of themselves and others
• Commitment to safeguarding children
• Awareness of procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection
• Committed to a strong partnership between home and school
• The ability to establish good professional relationships with parents, children, governors and colleagues
What the school offers its staff
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Discounted membership for Westfield Health.
• Occupational Health.
• Wellbeing Programme.
• Continuous CPD and Training.
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.