Role: Teaching Assistant – Reception
Location: Sheffield
Salary: £95-£105 per day (Depending on experience and/or qualifications)
Contract: Temporary – Long term supply

About the role
Source Supply is seeking a caring, enthusiastic, and dedicated Teaching Assistant to join the reception team at a large, vibrant, and multicultural primary school in South Sheffield.
The school is proud of its strong community ethos, where every child and member of staff is valued, respected, and encouraged to thrive. Working collaboratively, the team creates a warm, inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and inspires a lifelong love of learning from the very start of each child’s educational journey.

As a Reception Teaching Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting young learners during this important stage of their development. Working alongside the class teacher, you will help provide engaging, creative, and nurturing learning experiences that enable every child to reach their full potential.

The Role will involve:
• Support the class teacher in delivering high-quality, engaging learning opportunities in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
• Work with individual pupils and small groups to support learning, development, and progress across all areas of the curriculum.
• Help create a safe, stimulating, and nurturing classroom environment where children feel confident, valued, and eager to learn.
• Encourage and develop children’s social, emotional, language, and communication skills through positive interactions and purposeful play.
• Support children’s independence, confidence, and wellbeing while promoting positive behaviour and inclusion.
• Assist with classroom preparation, learning resources, and daily routines to ensure the smooth running of the reception classroom.
• Build positive relationships with pupils, colleagues, and parents, contributing to the school’s welcoming and supportive community.

Requirements
Salary is dependent on experience, qualifications and training. All successful applicants will:
– Experience in working with children in a school or specialist setting
– A nurturing, patient and consistent approach
– Have referenceable experience working in a school setting.
– Be passionate about education, with a desire to help young people thrive.
– Be an excellent communicator with a positive, can-do attitude.
– Ideally hold a full, clean driving licence and have access to vehicle.

About Source Supply
Source Supply are local education recruitment specialists, with over 50 years’ experience working with schools and other education settings. We work closely with primary, secondary and SEND settings to recruit exceptional teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff for a range of day-to-day, short and long-term vacancies.
Source Supply welcome all applicants and do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

What we offer
Source Supply are proud to offer our valued staff:
– Competitive rates of pay, paid PAYE on a weekly basis.
– Pension contributions, subject to a qualifying period.
– Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations).
– Free online and face-to-face training, plus regular social events
– Local, dedicated support from our experienced recruitment team.
– Generous referral scheme – earn £100 for each successful recommendation.
– A £100 welcome bonus for all staff. T&C apply.
– FULLY FUNDED DBS

How to apply
To join us as a teaching assistant, apply via this website or email an up-to-date CV to danny.pellerini@sourcesupply.co.uk. For an informal chat about the role, or more information about Source Supply, call 0114 383 0022.