Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 25 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0BT |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7311a132-6c14-4219-847e-e608760397bf |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do everything in love (1 Corinthians 16:14):
In our caring community, we treat one another as we hope to be treated.
Everyone is valued.
Everyone is nurtured.
Everyone is encouraged to be the best they can be.
St Paul’s is a unique place that bases all it does around the school, its pupils and families. As a school, we have high expectations and aspirations for all our pupils to ensure an effective learning experience and the highest possible outcomes that will prepare and enhance our pupils for their next journey and beyond. Our Christian values, ‘Trust’, ‘Love’ and ‘Compassion’ and ‘Respect’ underpin all that we do in our school.
Our newly established vision, ‘Do everything in love,’ also recognises the importance of celebrating everyone who learns and works here and the need to work collaboratively and inclusively in the diverse cultural world that we live in.
PERMANENT TEACHING ASSISTANT (INITIALLY WORKING IN KS1)
To start in post as soon as possible, we are seeking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to join the team at Alverthorpe St Paul’s. Our school is a special place with a distinctive Christian ethos. We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant.
We are looking for someone who:
• Has experience of working in a school setting;
• Is committed to ensuring children make excellent academic and social progress;
• Has a good understanding of how children learn;
• Can relate to pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
• Is able to communicate well with good interpersonal skills;
• Is committed to an inclusive ethos where every person matters and is valued
• Can work well as part of a team;
• Is supportive of our Christian ethos;
• Has some experience in the teaching of a Systematic Phonics Programme such as Read, Write, Inc
• Is warm, kind, caring, positive and has a sense of humour.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
*A caring and inclusive school where everyone is nurtured to be their best;
*A friendly, passionate, professional and supportive team of staff and governors;
*Enthusiastic children who enjoy learning and who are a joy to teach!
*An ongoing commitment to your professional development so that you are nurtured to be the very best that you can be;
Commitment to safeguarding
Wakefield Council is wholly commited to ensuring children and young people are fully supported and safe. We are dedicated to the safeguarding of all children and young people whilst promoting their welfare and expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility.
Do everything in love (1 Corinthians 16:14):
In our caring community, we treat one another as we hope to be treated.
Everyone is valued.
Everyone is nurtured.
Everyone is encouraged to be the best they can be.
St Paul’s is a unique place that bases all it does around the school, its pupils and families. As a school, we have high expectations and aspirations for all our pupils to ensure an effective learning experience and the highest possible outcomes that will prepare and enhance our pupils for their next journey and beyond. Our Christian values, ‘Trust’, ‘Love’ and ‘Compassion’ and ‘Respect’ underpin all that we do in our school.
Our newly established vision, ‘Do everything in love,’ also recognises the importance of celebrating everyone who learns and works here and the need to work collaboratively and inclusively in the diverse cultural world that we live in.
PERMANENT TEACHING ASSISTANT (INITIALLY WORKING IN KS1)
To start in post as soon as possible, we are seeking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to join the team at Alverthorpe St Paul’s. Our school is a special place with a distinctive Christian ethos. We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant.
We are looking for someone who:
• Has experience of working in a school setting;
• Is committed to ensuring children make excellent academic and social progress;
• Has a good understanding of how children learn;
• Can relate to pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
• Is able to communicate well with good interpersonal skills;
• Is committed to an inclusive ethos where every person matters and is valued
• Can work well as part of a team;
• Is supportive of our Christian ethos;
• Has some experience in the teaching of a Systematic Phonics Programme such as Read, Write, Inc
• Is warm, kind, caring, positive and has a sense of humour.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
*A caring and inclusive school where everyone is nurtured to be their best;
*A friendly, passionate, professional and supportive team of staff and governors;
*Enthusiastic children who enjoy learning and who are a joy to teach!
*An ongoing commitment to your professional development so that you are nurtured to be the very best that you can be;
Commitment to safeguarding
Wakefield Council is wholly commited to ensuring children and young people are fully supported and safe. We are dedicated to the safeguarding of all children and young people whilst promoting their welfare and expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility.