Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade D SCP 7 £20,396 - SCP 10 £21,393 (Actual salary/Part time/TTO)

Hours Per Week: 32.5 hours

Base Location: Canon Burrows C of E Primary School

Assessment Date: 8^th July 2026

The Governors invite applications from enthusiastic and experienced Teaching Assistants to join a happy and successful team in this popular school. The successful applicant will be an excellent classroom practitioner who is motivated and passionate about developing life-long learners.

We pride ourselves on providing a learning environment where children grow and develop in safe and supportive surroundings becoming creative thinkers and lifelong learners. All of our children are known, valued and respected as individuals who leave our school ready for the next stage in their education, with life skills which will prepare them for the future.

Our curriculum is exciting and innovative giving all pupils the opportunity to be successful, develop a wide range of skills and most importantly, enjoy their learning.

We require someone who

• has sympathy with and will support the Christian ethos of the school
• Has good numeracy and literacy skills
• has the ability to maintain and develop good relations between home, school, church and the wider community
• Has commitment and a sense of humour
• Has good working knowledge of supporting pupil inclusion
• Can work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities
• Has experience of working in a primary school, and supporting teaching and learning activities for groups or classes of children under the supervision of the class teacher.

Further information about the school is available from the school website here https://www.canonburrows.co.uk/

Canon Burrows C of E Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Prior to interview, the completion of an Employment Self-Declaration and Disclosure Form is required and the school will complete online checks as per KCSIE 2023 to support Safer Recruitment.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced clearance by the Disclosure & Barring Service.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office on 0161 330 4755 or admin@canonburrows.co.uk to arrange a visit.

Please send completed applications to recruitment@canonburrows.co.uk

Closing date and time: 11.59pm on Sunday 28^th June 2026

Interview date: Wednesday July 8^th 2026

Start Date: September 2026

Visits to school welcome on: Monday 22^nd June 2026 (16:00) and Wednesday 24^th June 2026 (09:30)