Key Stage Two General Teaching Assistant
Location: Overdale Community Primary School, Eastfield, Scarborough
Salary: Grade CD, £13.47 per hour
Hours: 30 hr 50 min per week, 8:30 - 15:10 - Monday to Friday
(Opportunity for additional hours to support with Wrap Around Care 7:45 -8:30 or 15:10 -17:30 – please list interest in your supporting statement)
Contract Term: Permanent
Closing Date: 11:59pm, Thursday 11th June 2026
Interview Date: Shortly after
Start Date: As soon as possible
About Overdale Community Primary School
‘Respect, Responsibility, Resilience’
Our new school opened in September 2021; it is an amazing purpose-built modern school for the children of Eastfield. The school offers state-of-the-art facilities, which will be a tremendous boost to children’s academic learning as well as enhancing the value of the local community where it sits.
Alongside this, we have spacious classrooms benefitting from natural light and ventilation, creating the best possible learning environment for our pupils and best possible working conditions for our staff. Outdoors, we have two football pitches, a rounders pitch and a one mile running track, along with an environmental area and quiet place with logs and other features. We use our outdoor space for orienteering and problem-solving. We can teach numeracy and phonics outdoors, for example, and we also have two outdoor gyms.
We are proud to be a leading school in the area. Together we have built a school that has the highest aspirations for our children to shine, but also one that supports and celebrates our amazing community that we are proud to serve.
You will be working with a headteacher who has high expectations and is driven to ensure that the school is a place for children to be safe, inspired and challenged to fulfil their potential. Staff wellbeing is high on the leadership’s list of priorities, and it is ensured that all our staff team work collaboratively to help get the best out of each other’s skills and expertise to help drive further improvement in school.
You can find out more by viewing our welcome video.
Our Opportunity
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our team! You will be joining our Key Stage Two team, working across a year group to support interventions and learning in the classroom.
Key Stage Two is a fantastic phase to be involved in, as pupils really start to flourish and discover their individual strengths, interests and ambitions.
We support pupils in thinking about and planning for their futures, with a strong focus on inspiring them to believe in what they can achieve. By exploring their interests at an early stage, pupils can begin to see how different areas of the curriculum can act as building blocks towards their long-term aspirations. A science lesson today could spark the curiosity that leads to a future career as a scientist or engineer.
You will be joining an extremely friendly and supportive team, who are driven to ensure that our pupils achieve the highest possible standards. As a school, we all work together so every child succeeds. The ability to collaborate and be open to personal and professional development is essential. If you are ambitious in your career, self-motivated and want to be the best that you can be, we would encourage you to apply.
Key Duties:
- Support the teacher in delivering their lessons and activities
- Support pupils in a full class environment or in smaller groups under the guidance of the class teacher
- Prepare lesson activity materials
Essentials Skills:
- Relevant NVQ Level 2 qualification or equivalent
- An awareness of child/young person’s development and learning
- An understanding that children/Young people have differing needs
- Good written and verbal communication skills: able to communicate effectively and clearly and build relationships with a range of staff, children, young people, their families and carers
- Ability to work successfully in a team
We can offer you:
- A supportive, cohesive community – relationships throughout the school are welcoming, kind, inclusive and thoughtful
- A vibrant, happy school where we value everyone and have a philosophy of kindness and support for each other
- Children who are enthusiastic about learning and apply our school logo to every day: we listen, we learn, we shine
- A school with an exciting and attractive learning environment
- A leadership team who welcomes fresh ideas, traditional values and a sense of teamwork
- Well supported teachers and support professionals who are committed to driving high standards
- An excellent working environment in a beautiful coastal setting
Queries / School Visits
Please contact Chloe Bullen on 01609 536 964 or via chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk
Chloe has been engaged to support us with recruiting to this exciting opportunity.
Application Process
Apply online via NYC Jobs
Please contact us if you experience any difficulty with the application process.
Unfortunately, we do not accept CVs.
When applying please take into account the following:
Employment History
In line with KCSIE requirements, please complete your full employment history to ensure any gaps in your education and career history are accounted for.
Suitable References
When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this should be your current and most recent Headteacher or line manager. Please note if your former Headteacher or line manager has since left, please use an alternative current senior staff member as they need to be in post at your former location to be able to confirm your details in full.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept personal references or personal email addresses.
Please get in touch for any queries if you are unsure.
Supporting Information
The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the job description & person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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Key Stage Two General Teaching Assistant
Posted: 01/06/2026
Closing date: 11/06/2026
Closing time: 23:59