Job Vacancies
Senior Teaching Assistant - Level 3
Come and enjoy being part of our friendly dynamic team. Due to colleague retirements, we have a rare opportunity for the right people to join our wonderful school!
You will be an excellent teaching assistant working alongside your class teacher to provide in class support. There may be very occasional absence cover required for the class teacher so you will be contracted on a Senior Teaching Assistant Level 3 (cover) post but will be based with one year group. We have the following posts:
- Part time Senior Teaching Assistant Level 3 for EYFS- permanent 2 days
- Full time Senior Teaching Assistant Level 3 for EYFS - permanent
- Part time Senior Teaching Assistant Level 3 delivering life skills to small groups of children and parents with another TA in our life skills centre (Red Robin House) - permanent 2/3 days
- Full time Senior Teaching Assistant Level 3 for KS2 with an interest in special educational needs - permanent
We offer high quality training in a supportive and caring environment where children are warmly welcomed and inclusion sits at the very heart of our practice. We are an innovative school working closely with our community and enjoy partnerships with schools across the country as well as universities and businesses as we develop our focus on being ‘more than a school’ and a community hub.
You may be an experienced colleague looking to reduce your days to part time or a colleague seeking a new environment and new ways of working! It is rare to be offering these posts in our excellent early years base and our life skills house.
Arbourthorne is a two-form entry school with 477 pupils on roll. Our school is friendly and hardworking and staff work with innovation and determination to provide an outstanding learning experience for children. Colleagues are mutually supportive and are widely recognised for best practice. At the last inspection, the school was judged to be good with outstanding features. We celebrate creativity and have an artist in residence. Theme learning is exciting and ambitious. Our life skills house, ‘Red Robin House’, adds an exciting dimension to the curriculum. Please visit our website: https://www.arbourthorneprimary.co.uk/ to gain a broader view of our school. The school was judged as Good with Outstanding Personal Development in October 2022. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50200107
Please complete the Sheffield City Council Support Staff Application Form in Word, below. To support your application, please find below the job description, person specification and some further information on the school.
Visits to the school would be welcomed to meet the Headteacher, Vanessa Langley, and the colleague team, please contact Elizabeth Carter (elizabethcarter@arbourthorne.sheffield.sch.uk) to arrange a visit.
Closing date - Friday 31st May
Shortlisting - Monday 3rd June
Interviews - Friday 7th June
Please return your completed application form to the school by email to, recruitment@arbourthorne.sheffield.sch.uk or by post to Arbourthorne Community Primary School, Eastern Avenue, Sheffield S2 2GQ
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
In addition, as part of the shortlisting process we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates.
