Job title and organisation: Teaching Assistant - Blenheim Primary School
Salary: A1/B1 02 £24,413 FTE
Hours: 32.5 per week (Term Time Only)
Contract: Fixed Term to 31 August 2026 with a possibility of a permanent position
Location: Blenheim Primary School, Lofthouse Place, Leeds LS2 9EX
Closing Date: Monday 5 January 2026 at 9am
Blenheim Primary School are looking for a Teaching Assistant to work in our Outstanding school, where we are “Aiming high in the heart of the city”. We want all pupils to achieve their maximum potential by having high expectations and excellent standards. We provide a calm, positive atmosphere where children can feel safe, healthy, happy, confident and motivated. We celebrate and respect our cultural diversity and provide a stimulating and relevant curriculum, recognising achievement and celebrating success in all areas of school life.
The successful candidates will be caring, extremely motivated and enthusiastic, with the energy required to join our hardworking, high achieving team. They will:
- love working with children
- understand how children learn
- enjoy working as part of a team
- have good literacy, numeracy and communication skills
- be flexible and have the ability to use their initiative
- have high expectations of achievement and behaviour.
The role involves working under the direction of the class teacher to support learning and development and will be in a Key Stage 2 class. The vacancy is for a full time (30 hours per week), term time position, with an additional 2.5 hours per week of lunchtime assistant cover.
The closing date for completed applications is 9:00am on Monday 5th January 2026.
Interviews are to be held Thursday 8th January 2026.
To apply for this role, please email hr@blenheimprimaryschool.com to receive the job description and an application form.
Blenheim Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expected all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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