Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant
Scale 3 (£19,617.07 - £19,928.28 per annum)
33.17 Hours, term time only
8.30 to 3.45 4 days a week and 1 day 8.30 4.25pm
Permanent

Start Date: 1st September 2026

Application Deadline: 13th July 2026
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Observations and interviews of shortlisted candidates will take place on 16th July 2026

The Headteacher, Governors and children at Alexandra Park Primary School wish to appoint an enthusiastic, caring and passionate Teaching Assistant to join our successful and friendly school.

We welcome applications from experienced Teaching Assistants looking to progress in their careers in a rich learning environment where their professional development will be prioritised. We also welcome applications from people looking to start a career in education, who are enthusiastic and have a passion for supporting children though providing them with the highest possible standards of care and academic support. Our School Deputy Head and Assistant Head both started their careers in education as Teaching Assistants. As the role initially is supporting in Year 4, the successful candidate would need to be confident support in all areas of the curriculum, with strong numeracy and English skills. The successful candidate would receive full support and training so they would become an expert in supporting children in class and delivering targeted interventions. This could be social and emotional support or academic support depending on the individual strengths and passions of the successful candidate.

We are committed to providing every child at our school with the highest possible levels of care and education. Our core values of Care, Aspire and Achieve underpin everything we do and everything we want for our children and our colleagues.

Alexandra Park Primary School is a Research School for Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and is part of a national network of 16 primary schools that lead education research and deliver training for the EEF on key aspects of education, such as metacognition, Early Literacy, supporting disadvantaged pupils and Developing Teaching Assistants. Our commitment to our children and staff was recognised by OFSTED, where we were awarded an Outstanding grade in all areas.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be able to offer:

• A desire to continually learn and become an outstanding teaching assistant
• A caring nature with the ability to inspire a love of learning
• High expectations of all children and a dedication to improving all children’s futures
• Be fully committed to collaboration and sharing of expertise with all members of the team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

The school will offer:

• Outstanding opportunities for personal and professional development
• To benefit from the learning and opportunities arising from working at an EEF Research School
• An excellent and well-resourced working environment
• A school culture where we all support each other
• The opportunity to work with committed and knowledgeable colleagues
• Well-behaved children who want to learn
• A shared ambition to provide all our children with a world class education and levels of care

Applicants are welcome to visit. Please contact the school office to arrange a time to visit. The telephone number to book a place is 0161 480 5557.

Alexandra Park Primary School is committed to keeping students safe and stringently follows the procedures outlined in the ‘Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education’ which came into force on 1st January 2007. We expect all staff and volunteers to share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our school.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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