Contract Type: Fixed term, Part time & Pro Rata
Working Hours: Term Time Only, Wednesday to Friday
Number of positions: 1
Start Date: 1st September 2026
Salary: £25,185 to £25,989
Closing date: 12.7.26
Shortlisting: 13.7.26
Interviews and observations: 14.7.26
Start date: 1.9.26
 
 
The governing body is seeking to appoint one SEN teaching assistant (level 2) to support our SEN pupils to achieve their full potential across the curriculum.
 
This will range from supporting pupils on a 1:1 and small group basis. 

We are looking for candidates to support our SEN pupils in mainly Key Stage 2 and our Communication, Language and Interaction Resourced Provision of our forward-looking, diverse and vibrant school.

All candidates should show a commitment to engaging with professional development and an understanding of the need to follow the directions of the class teacher in order to ensure a high quality education for our pupils.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate a commitment to successfully implementing the school's curriculum with any adaptations for our pupils with SEN needs and intervention programmes to a high standard. The children the successful candidate works with will have an EHCP. 

As well as being able to work effectively as part of a team, they need to be able to show initiative and be able to adapt teaching to meet the needs of our pupils. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills in order to provide accurate feedback to the class teacher. 

Ashbury Meadow Primary School is a two form entry primary school with a Nursery and Resourced Provision located in Beswick, close to the city centre of Manchester and in very close proximity to the Etihad stadium.

We are a vibrant and multicultural school community with 460 pupils currently on role.

We have a very engaged and positive team of staff who want to ensure that our educational offer meets the needs of all of our pupils and enables them all to reach their full potential.

This role offers you the opportunity to:

  • Develop through a high quality professional development offer
  •  Be part of a positive, forward-looking and supportive staff team who have high expectations of our pupils
  • Teach enthusiastic, well-behaved children who want to learn 
  • A happy, positive and vibrant working environment in which staff well-being is a high priority 
  • Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
Visits to school are very much encouraged. Please contact the school via email or phone 0161 989 2999 to arrange a visit.
 
 
 
To apply for this job role, please complete the application form and email it to: admin2@ashburymeadow.manchester.sch.uk
 
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We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here.

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.

We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation

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Location

, , Manchester, , United Kingdom

Job ID

8642