Job title and organisation: SEND Teaching Assistant - Harehills Primary School
Salary: B3 Pt 7-11 £26,403 - £28,142 FTE
Hours: 32.5 per week (Term Time Only)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Harehills Primary School, Darfield Road, Harehills, Leeds LS8 5DQ
Closing Date: Friday 17 April 2026 at 9am
Harehills Primary School have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and talented SEND Teaching Assistant to join our team. The start date will be June 2026, and you will work within one of our SEND bases with a fantastic team and wonderful children!
This will include:
- Supporting children and young people who have a range of significant and often complex SEND
- Working within a team to overcome barriers to learning and enable every child to make progress
- Inspire & empower children of all abilities and ensure they can take an active part in a broad and balanced curriculum.
- Building effective relationships with colleagues, children and families
- Implementing bespoke interventions.
In return we can offer you
- The opportunity to be part of a happy and successful school with enthusiastic pupils, staff & Governors who have a positive attitude to education.
- A strong commitment to continuous professional development and equal opportunities.
For further information, application form and job description, please visit our school website
A visit to the school is positively encouraged.
Interviews to be held week commencing 27th April 2026.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history, and an online search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.
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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