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Teaching Assistant Level 1

Deltatrust

Leeds

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GBP 6,000 - 26,000

Part time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Deltatrust is looking for a part-time Teaching Assistant Level 1 to join Garforth Academy, starting September 2025. You will support classroom activities, ensuring that pupils can learn effectively in a vibrant educational setting. This role offers a chance to be part of a team dedicated to transforming educational outcomes in the North of England.

Benefits

Membership to Teachers’ Pension Scheme

Access to discounts platform

24/7 access to online GP

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Minimum 35 days holiday

Qualifications

Experience in a classroom setting preferred.
Ability to work under direct instruction of teaching staff.
Skills in managing and supporting pupil learning.

Responsibilities

Assist in classroom management and support the teacher.
Provide general support to enable pupils to access learning.
Help foster a positive learning environment.

Skills

Support pupils

Classroom management

Education

Relevant educational experience

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Salary Grade C Points 4 to 6 (£24,404 to £25,183 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £6,732.19.

Garforth Academy are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant Level 1 to join our academy in September 2025 on a part time, permanent basis.

Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.

Your new role

As a Teaching Assistant Level 1, you will work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in a classroom with the teacher. You will support pupils to ensure they can access learning and provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

Please see the attached job description for the essential criteria and more information about the role.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.

Your new school

With nearly 2000 students aged between 11 and 18 Garforth Academy is a busy and vibrant place. The academy serves a predominantly urban catchment area, which includes Garforth, Kippax, Aberford, Micklefield, Swillington and Colton among others. We are a large and oversubscribed academy, and we pride ourselves on knowing our students well and doing our best to ensure everyone fulfils their potential.

Our staff are talented, enthusiastic and strive to deliver innovative learning experiences to our young people. They also enrich, guide and support our students to ensure they are fully prepared and equipped to enter the competitive world of work or further studies. We pride ourselves on providing our students with the knowledge, skills and resilience to achieve the highest possible standards academically, socially and personally.

We have a staff rewards budget that encourages staff to socialise both as subject teams and as a whole staff. We also have access to a staff benefits scheme. At Garforth, we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged and supported to achieve their very best. We have a comprehensive CPD programme for all our staff.

In 2020 our outcomes at both KS4 and KS5 were again well above national expectations in both attainment and progress and a huge variety of extra curricular activities were available to our students from after school clubs to day trips, to sports/musical events, Duke of Edinburgh weekends to week long residentials abroad.

We are confident our Academy provides a fantastic teaching environment, whether you are beginning your career or looking to further develop it, and we would encourage you to come and see for yourself! This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

Why join us?

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…

Financial Wellbeing:

Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
Access to an extensive discounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
Gym & fitness discounts
Cycle to Work scheme*
Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
Menopause Support Service
Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained
Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.

In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.

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