Clapgate Primary School is looking to appoint two energetic, enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistants to join our EYFS team.

 

Post 1

32.5 hours per week

Mon – Fri 8.30am – 3.30pm (30 mins lunch)

Term Time only

Start date:  1st September 2025 

Contract: Permanent 

Pay Range: B1 pro rata - Actual Salary £17,965 - £18,538 

 

Post 2

32.5 hours per week

Mon – Fri 8.30am – 3.30pm (30 mins lunch)

Term Time only

Start date:  3rd November 2025 

Contract: Temporary to 31 August 2026

Pay Range: B1 pro rata - Actual Salary £17,965 - £18,538 

 

PLEASES STATE ON YOUR APPLICTION FORM WHICH POST YOU ARE APPLYING FOR

Are you a creative, highly skilled and caring teaching assistant? Are you committed and enthusiastic?

At Clapgate Primary School, we recognise the valuable contribution that teaching assistants can make in helping our pupils become confident, competent, independent and successful learners.

The ideal candidate will have a Level 2 or 3 full and relevant EYFS qualification and some experience of working with children with SEND needs.

Applicants will need to be enthusiastic, energetic, have the ability to implement consistent boundaries and be able to build positive relationships, working closely with staff and parents.

Being outdoors is strongly embedded in our ethos. You will need to be willing to spend a large amount time outdoors during children’s play. Undertaking Paediatric First Aid Training will be essential for this role once appointed.

Clapgate is a popular school.  Academic standards are high, and children make excellent progress. We are also recognised for our caring and nurturing approach and for the amazing range of opportunities we provide around children’s personal development.  All visitors to school comment on the energy, warmth and vibrancy of our school.  Our curriculum is rich, carefully sequenced and ambitious.  Our school golden threads are carefully woven through our curriculum and creativity remains at the heart of what we offer.  We are especially proud of the outdoor learning opportunities we provide and our high-quality arts provision.  Our children are happy, motivated and enthusiastic.

In July 2024, Ofsted rated Clapgate is a good school with outstanding pupil personal development and Early Years provision (Ofsted July 2024). We pride ourselves on the positive attitude held by all the staff. 

Our latest Ofsted report (July 2024) made the following comments:

‘Everyone is welcome and made to feel special at Clapgate Primary School’

‘Pupils celebrate and value each other and the adults who work with them’

‘Adults have the highest ambition for every pupil including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)’

‘The school has created a harmonious atmosphere where pupils behave consistently well’

‘The school has successfully created a culture of care, compassion and high expectation’’

Please view our full Ofsted report here.

We can offer:

• Enthusiastic children
• A fun, vibrant atmosphere
• Outstanding school grounds including vast playing fields, a nature area, a campfire circle, animals and allotments
• Our therapy dog, Rufus
• A dedicated art room
• An enthusiastic, supportive leadership team with a passion for raising standards and improving the lives of children
• A clear and consistent approach to behaviour, well supported by our therapeutic team
• A respect for work- life balance
• The opportunity to work in an outstanding Early Years setting
• The chance to join a highly effective and collaborative Early Years team
• Calm and inviting learning spaces designed to spark curiosity and creativity
• A well-structured and carefully sequenced Early Years curriculum focused on building foundational knowledge and skills
• An oracy-centred environment where high-quality interactions are at the heart of everything we do
• A play-based learning approach that blends adult-guided and child-initiated learning experiences
• A highly effective learning environment with excellent continuous provision, both indoors and outdoors
• Ongoing early years professional development opportunities to support your own growth and progression
• A comprehensive TA training programme
• Weekly dedicated time to meet with the class teacher
• A yearly appraisal process

Please look at our school website, where you can see our school video. This will show you what Clapgate is all about.

Can you:

• Bring energy, vision, enthusiasm and talent to our school?
• Involve children as active learners in all lessons?
• Promote high levels of oracy within the classroom?
• Have a creative and flexible approach?
• Show a commitment to outdoor learning and to giving the children opportunities to work with our animals?
• Show a secure understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage
• Ask open-ended questions and encourage pupils to be independent?
• Encourage pupils to self-scaffold and give them time to process and think?
• Encourage children to reflect on their learning and clarify next steps?
• Provide useful feedback to the class teacher about any misconceptions or difficulties?

To find out more about our Early Years at Clapgate Primary School, please visit our EYFS page on the school website here.

Clapgate Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts at this school are classed as regulated activity and therefore an Enhanced DBS check with barred list check will be undertaken.

Appointments made are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references and medical clearance.

If shortlisted, applicants will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted.  This includes only information publicly available on-line.

This role is based in the UK.  Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – 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 and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

We promote diversity and want a work force which reflects the population of Leeds.

Visits to our school are encouraged and welcomed. Please ring the school office to arrange a suitable time for this. 

Closing date: 9.00am on Thursday 26th June 2025

Interviews and tasks are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 2nd July 2025

To request an Application Pack please e-mail: clapgaterecruit@clapgateprimaryschool.org or contact the school on 0113 2716700

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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