Location: Bramhope Primary School, Leeds 16

Contract: 32.5 hours per week- Term Time Only – Fixed Term Until 31st August 2026

Salary Grade:  NJC Grade B1 – B3 Scale Points 4 - 11

Actual salary:  £18,068 - £20,189 Per Annum 

Required from September 2025

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to work under the instruction and guidance of teachers or senior staff to undertake work, care and support programmes that will enable our pupils to access learning and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. 

The successful candidate may be required to provide 1:1 and small group support, primarily within the class, dependent on school requirements.

This will be a fixed term contract and may involve planning, preparing and delivering learning activities for individuals/groups or short term for whole classes and monitoring students and assessing, recording and reporting on students’ achievement, progress and development. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.

Bramhope is an exceptional school with a reputation for providing an all-round education. This is an exciting time to join our school. We currently have 368 children on roll and operate single age classes in reception and KS1. KS2 operates with mixed ages, although this will change as our school expands.  By September 2024 we will be a two-form entry school of approximately 430 pupils with two, single age classes in each year group.  Our school community has a strong ethos and shared vision which lays the foundations for excellence in teaching and learning.  We have wonderful children who are eager to learn. Our parents are very involved in school life and work with us to provide children with the best possible start to life.

Bramhope has a history of working in partnership with local schools and is part of a 'Family of Schools' network which meets and works together throughout the year.  In 2019, Prince Henry’s Grammar School and Bramhope Primary School formed a multi-academy trust, The Collaborative Learning Trust https://collaborativelearningtrust.com.  Since then, we have been joined by St Mary’s CoE Primary Academy, Hunslet, Micklefield CofE Primary Academy and All Saints CofE Primary School, Bradford. Trinity All Saints CoE Primary, Bingley, joined the Trust on the 1st July 2023 and Ashfield Primary, Otley joined on the 1st September 2023.

The successful candidate will have:

• the ability to inspire, motivate and engage pupils encouraging them to learn.
• the ability to work as part of a team.
• the ability to relate to children and other adults.
• excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• the ability to identify potential barriers to learning and jointly engage in strategies to overcome these barriers.

For more information please visit https://www.collaborativelearningtrust.com/page/?title=Vacancies&pid=88

Please note we do not accept CVs.

To arrange a visit to the school, please contact admin@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk in the first instance.

Closing Date:  Thursday 8th May 2025

Selection Date: Friday 16th May 2025

Collaborative Learning Trust is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

In line with KCSiE 2024, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

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.