Teaching Assistant


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Wakefield, WF1 4LU
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	21 Sept 2026
Closing date:	25 Sept 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Role: Teaching Assistant - Temporary to 31/08/2027

Academy: Outwood Academy Greenhill

Start Date: as soon as possible

Salary (Actual Salary): £16,098.95 - £16,354.44

Working Pattern: 27.5 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, Term Time only + 2 days

Are you passionate about removing learning barriers and enabling every student to reach their potential? Join us as a Teaching Assistant, working directly with teachers to implement tailored learning activities and provide essential academic and welfare support to individuals and small groups. This varied role spans classroom support, intervention management (including for SEND and EAL students), and helping to develop individualized student support plans.

Welcome from the Principal:

Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill is a primary academy based in the cathedral city of Wakefield.

We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place children at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.

OPA Greenhill joined the Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) in September 2022. As a member of the Outwood Family we believe in putting Children First, raising standards and transforming lives.

If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact the office on enquiries@greenhill.outwood.com

What the school offers its staff

What will we do for you?

We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work-life balance:

• Secure Pay & Pension: Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.

• Training & Progression: Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.

• Flexibility & Leave: Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non-term time staff. (Holiday for part-time staff is calculated on a pro-rata basis)

• Wellbeing & Perks: Dedicated mental well-being strategy, free on-site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

If you are looking for a rewarding, supportive role where you can truly make an impact, we encourage you to apply now.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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