KS2 Teaching Assistant

Leighton Academy, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3PP

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  17 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £4,647.00 Annually (Actual) Working pattern - 1 day per week (negotiable) - 8.30am - 4.00pm with a 30 minute lunch

KS2 Teaching Assistant job summary

KS2 Teaching Assistant at Leighton Academy

Are you a passionate, caring and committed Teaching Assistant looking to make a real difference in children's lives? At Leighton Academy, we are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated key stage 2 Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team for one day per week.

This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside experienced colleagues in a welcoming and inclusive primary school, helping our children to feel safe, flourish and become lifelong learners. As part of our Leighton Academy family, you will play a key role in bringing our vision of being ‘Stronger Together’ to life, supporting every child to achieve their full potential academically, socially and emotionally.

What does the role involve?

Working under the direction of the Key Stage Lead and class teacher, you will play a key role in supporting teaching and learning across Key Stage 2. You will help create a stimulating learning environment, support pupils' progress, deliver small-group interventions and contribute to the wider life of the school. The successful candidate will provide high-quality classroom cover when required, ensuring continuity of learning and maintaining the positive learning environment expected at Leighton Academy.

The successful candidate will:

Support high-quality teaching and learning within the classroom.

Deliver targeted interventions and small-group activities.

Assist with curriculum planning and classroom organisation.

Observe, record and monitor pupil progress.

Work closely with teachers, parents and external professionals to support pupils' needs.

Contribute positively to the school's inclusive and nurturing culture

We are looking for someone who:

• Holds an NVQ Level 3 qualification in Childcare (or higher).
• Has experience supporting teaching and learning in a school environment
• Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Is calm, positive, adaptable and caring.
• Has a strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures.
• Is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for all children.
• Can work effectively as part of a team and contribute to the wider life of the school.

We can offer:

• Happy, enthusiastic and well-behaved children.
• A supportive and welcoming staff team.
• High-quality professional development opportunities.
• A commitment to staff wellbeing.
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference to children's lives every day.

About the Trust

Formed of two local trusts on 1st September 2023, The Learning Alliance and The Learning for Life Partnership, The Learning Partnership is a diverse new multi-academy trust delivering excellent educational provision for pupils in primary and secondary schools across the North-West. The Trust primarily serves the communities of Crewe, Congleton, and Knutsford, and is now the largest multi-academy trust in Cheshire.

At The Learning Partnership, we believe that there are three core facets of our mission - ambition, inclusion and opportunity. We are striving to build a community of the strongest people, inspiring a passion for education that galvanises these people to maximise their abilities, which supports all pupils to perform at their best. We believe that these core principles will create a culture that helps all our schools to improve and ensures pupil outcomes are the very best they can be.

The trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:

Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets

Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme

Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral

Flexible working offered as a day 1 right of employment

Free parking

Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities

The Learning Partnership is a disability committed employer: applicants requiring adjustments to the application or interview process should contact Debbie at: oreillyd@leighton.cheshire.sch.uk.

The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), and appropriate online searches in line with the requirements in Keeping Children Safe in Education (2026).

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

For further information regarding this role, please contact: oreillyd@leighton.cheshire.sch.uk

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Leighton Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 467 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Leighton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leighton-academy

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