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Teaching Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 04 June 2026
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 22 June 2026
Location: Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8DL
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: f981783a-2b4e-4370-b1c9-4bf383381c0f

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Maltby Redwood Academy for an exceptional Teaching Assistant to work with an experienced and highly motivated team of professionals.

We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and talented professional to work closely with our students. 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 Redwood 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 team 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 Core Learning Characteristics.
• 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 Redwood 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 (some subject to successful 6 months probation) including:
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 24/7 access to telephone/video GP service
• Cash healthcare plan.
• Staff Rewards Gateway
• Smart Tech
• Career Progression

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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