KS1 Teaching Assistant
Job title and organisation: KS1 Teaching Assistant - Five Lanes Primary School
Salary: B1. 04
Hours: 30 (Full time, Term time only)
Contract: Temporary for 1 year
Location: Five Lanes Primary School
Closing Date and Time: Wednesday 21st October 2026 at 9am
The Headteacher and Governors are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly effective Key Teaching Assistant to join our happy, safe and inclusive school.
The applicant will be required to have relevant experience and a strong commitment to working with children who need support so that they can reach their full potential.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:
- Experience of supporting pupils with reading/writing/maths
- Experience of supporting children with SEND
- Patience and understanding
- A calm, positive and confident manner
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Lots of initiative
- The ability to work successfully and professionally as part of a team
- A firm commitment to follow school policies and practice
- Desirable but not essential –experience of delivering interventions for example; maths, phonics or speech and language
We offer
- the nicest children in the world!
- a happy, committed, friendly team of staff, parents/carers and governors
- a happy, safe and inclusive work and learning environment
- a thriving and popular school (rated good in our most recent Ofsted inspection)
- a commitment to your well-being and personal/professional development
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. In order to arrange a visit, please phone school on 0113 2790122 option 5.
Email m.parker@fivelanesprimary.co.uk for an application pack.
We request that when completing the application form your two referees details consist of your current/most previous employment and another professional referee. Unfortunately, we do not accept character references.
Once completed, application forms should be returned to school via email to m.parker@fivelanesprimary.co.uk or by post to Five Lanes Primary School, Stradbroke Way, Leeds, LS12 4N
Closing date: Wednesday 21st October at 9am
Interviews: Friday 6th November 2026
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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