Teaching Assistant
Lift St Helen's
St Helen's Way
Barnsley, S71 2PS
United Kingdom
Salary: NJC 5-7 £25,583.00 - £26,403.00FTE, Actual Salary: £16,370.12 - £16,894.82 well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 26 hours per week - 38 weeks per year
Contract: Fixed Term until August 2027
Start date: September 2026
Are you ready to make a positive difference in a warm, inclusive primary school setting? At Lift St Helen’s, we’re seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to support children across all year groups. Join us and play a vital role in helping every child access the curriculum, grow in confidence, and achieve their full potential.
About the role
As a Teaching Assistant, you’ll work alongside teachers to provide targeted support—both one-to-one and in small groups—across all ages, being flexible to support Early Years through to Year 6. To do this effectively, we expect candidates to already have relevant school experience. You’ll assist with lesson delivery, support positive behaviours, prepare resources, and ensure our classroom environments are stimulating, safe, and inclusive. You’ll also have opportunities to support trips and out-of-school activities.
Skills and Experience we would like to see:
We value the skills and dedication of our teaching assistants. To support the best outcomes for our students, we require applicants to hold at least a Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification; ideally Level 3. If you’re working towards a level 3 qualification, we’ll support your journey through our Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Programme, helping you develop the skills and confidence to make an even greater impact.
About Lift St Helen’s:
Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024, Lift St Helen’s provides high-quality education from ages 3 to 11, with approximately 207 pupils on roll. We’re proud of our inclusive ethos, nurturing strong relationships with children and families to help each pupil thrive academically, socially and emotionally.
Who is Lift Schools?
We’re a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 59 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they’ve ever had.
We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.
We offer you:
Ready to apply? Get in touch here. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Closing date: 6th July 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Lift Schools is recruiting for Teacher Training placements. Please click here to view the website for further details.
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Lift Schools believes an excellent education is an entitlement for every child, and we do everything in our power to ensure that our schools are making that a reality for every pupil in our care.
Our mission:
We will provide an excellent education for every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to create capacity in the sector to benefit more children and communities.
At Lift Schools, we are serious about personal and professional development.
We know that talent drives performance, we attract dynamic people and we back them to reimagine what’s possible in every classroom, for every child, every day.
Whether you're taking those exciting first steps into the world of teaching or you've worked in the education sector for some time, Lift Schools is a great place to have the biggest impact.
Our work literally changes lives and we know that only happens if we invest in our team.
Initial Teacher Training
Our Initial Teacher Training programme allows prospective teachers to gain their PGCE and QTS alongside acquiring valuable experience working within a classroom.
For a full list of our career opportunities, please visit our website.
Project H - Changing education beyond Lift Schools
Project H is our online community designed to find solutions to address the big challenges in the education sector. Project H shares resources, ideas and insights from staff across our schools and the trust.
Find out more on our Life page.
Our Benefits:
We offer the full suite of Early Career and NPQ programmes as well as our CPD offer which provides opportunities for both teaching and leadership development.
For our full list of benefits, including a great pension, discounted gym membership, salary advances and a travel and leisure scheme, visit our website.
