Grade 5 Teaching Assistant
Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 7NH12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 33.75 hours per week (Monday 8:30am-4:45pm and Tuesday to Friday 8:30am-3:30pm)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 academic year
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 5- £25,584.00
Actual salary
- £20,135.70
What skills and experience we're looking for
Gainsborough Primary and Nursery Academy is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join their team. In the first instance, this is a temporary position for one academic year. However, there may be the opportunity for this to become a permanent position for the right candidate.
The successful candidate must: -
- have minimum Level 3 NVQ childcare qualification
- have experience in the last two years as a Teaching Assistant in a primary school
- enjoy working with children
- be able to present as a positive role model
- have a flexible approach to the role
- demonstrate a commitment to personal and organisational development
- demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding children and maintaining confidentiality at all times
- have excellent organisational skills
- have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- have the ability to work as part of a team and to make positive contributions
- have the ability to act on their own initiative
- have a good sense of humour
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer: -
- an experienced and supportive team of staff
- a happy school community where respect and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do
- excellent opportunities for training and continual professional development
- Governors and Trustees, who know the school well and are fully supportive of work life balance
- access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (counselling services, GP anytime, musculoskeletal services etc)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 450 pupils
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy website
- Email address
- hr@alexandraacademytrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01270 696810
Arranging a visit to Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@alexandraacademytrust.co.uk.
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