Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 12 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2025 |
| Location: | Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8AB |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | f7ff00e2-8807-4196-aefa-6f352a1fe817 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Maltby Academy for an exceptional Teaching Assistant to work with an experienced and highly motivated team of professionals with the academy’s SEND department.
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and talented professional to work closely across Key Stage 3 & 4 with students who may have specific learning needs or social, emotional, and mental health and/or engagement individual needs. The colleague appointed will provide general classroom and pastoral support for various curriculum programmes and guide students via interventions to overcome barriers to learning in order for them to enjoy learning and achieve their full potential.
Maltby Academy already has a strong team of professionals delivering high quality learning in and out of the classroom who work together to achieve our Academy vision ‘to deliver exceptional learning experiences that enable all young people to thrive in a competitive world and lead successful and fulfilling lives’. If you feel you would like to be a part of that team and could make a valuable contribution to driving standards and performance to the next level, we would like to hear from you.
A visit to the Academy, so you can meet the SENDCo and other key leaders is warmly welcomed, to enable you to discuss the post in more detail.
The ideal candidate will:
• be committed to Maltby Learning Trust's Vision and Values and the Academy's Key Drivers.
• be a driven, proactive, and positive individual with an unwavering commitment to continuously improving their own standards
• have a true growth mindset, exceptional work ethic and a sense of humour.
• be able to communicate effectively and concisely
• be able to work on their own initiative and as part of a team
• have experience and a desire to work with young people
• have the confidence to support behaviour in a positive manner and support students with a wide range of abilities and learning needs
• have the knowledge and experience of the context in which Maltby Academy operates.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
• A highly supportive induction programme and access to mentoring from an experienced team.
• An opportunity to work collaboratively within a Multi-Academy Trust.
• A range of employee benefits including:
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 24/7 access to telephone/video GP service
• Cash healthcare plan.
• Staff Rewards Gateway
• Smart Tech
Commitment to safeguarding
Maltby Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Maltby Academy for an exceptional Teaching Assistant to work with an experienced and highly motivated team of professionals with the academy’s SEND department.
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and talented professional to work closely across Key Stage 3 & 4 with students who may have specific learning needs or social, emotional, and mental health and/or engagement individual needs. The colleague appointed will provide general classroom and pastoral support for various curriculum programmes and guide students via interventions to overcome barriers to learning in order for them to enjoy learning and achieve their full potential.
Maltby Academy already has a strong team of professionals delivering high quality learning in and out of the classroom who work together to achieve our Academy vision ‘to deliver exceptional learning experiences that enable all young people to thrive in a competitive world and lead successful and fulfilling lives’. If you feel you would like to be a part of that team and could make a valuable contribution to driving standards and performance to the next level, we would like to hear from you.
A visit to the Academy, so you can meet the SENDCo and other key leaders is warmly welcomed, to enable you to discuss the post in more detail.
The ideal candidate will:
• be committed to Maltby Learning Trust's Vision and Values and the Academy's Key Drivers.
• be a driven, proactive, and positive individual with an unwavering commitment to continuously improving their own standards
• have a true growth mindset, exceptional work ethic and a sense of humour.
• be able to communicate effectively and concisely
• be able to work on their own initiative and as part of a team
• have experience and a desire to work with young people
• have the confidence to support behaviour in a positive manner and support students with a wide range of abilities and learning needs
• have the knowledge and experience of the context in which Maltby Academy operates.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
• A highly supportive induction programme and access to mentoring from an experienced team.
• An opportunity to work collaboratively within a Multi-Academy Trust.
• A range of employee benefits including:
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 24/7 access to telephone/video GP service
• Cash healthcare plan.
• Staff Rewards Gateway
• Smart Tech
Commitment to safeguarding
Maltby Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check