Lead Teaching Assistant

Meadow Park School, Knowsley, Merseyside, L28 1RX

30 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  21 June 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  22 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,434
• Additional allowances:

  SEN £1,361 actual

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a Lead Teaching Assistant, to work in the Primary and Secondary Department(mainly Primary at present). If successful you will lead a team of Teaching Assistants who are key in supporting both the learning and pastoral needs of our pupils, by deploying a range of coaching strategies and interventions at individual, group and whole class level.

The successful candidate will:

• Directly line manage a team of Teaching Assistants, including performance management
• Arrange daily cover for all lessons, clubs and tuition
• Complete duty timetables
• Be responsible for the direction of Teaching assistants
• Establish good working relationships with pupils acting as a role model and setting high expectations
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all
• Organise agency staff
• Attend Leadership meetings

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer

Employee Benefits

• Access to Vivup employee benefits platform, including:
  • Retail discounts and savings
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Home & electronics salary sacrifice schemes
  • Employee wellbeing support and assistance programmes

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

Meadow Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to uphold this commitment. All posts within our school are subject to satisfactory references, DBS and health clearances and proof of legal working in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About Meadow Park School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 89 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Meadow Park School website
• Email address: jackie.cleary@meadowparkknowsley.co.uk
• Phone number: 0151 477 8100
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/meadow-park-school

Meadow Park School is a Pupil Referral Unit, serving children, families and schools across Knowsley and the wider Merseyside borough. The school offers provision for both Primary and Secondary age pupils across all Key Stages.

Meadow Park provides the local authority first line provision for permanently excluded pupils and additionally operates as a Key Stage 2, 3 and 4 alternative provider, offering on-roll places for pupils who would benefit from education outside of their main school context.

Our provision is either reactive as a result of permanent exclusion or preventative, through short-term, full-time placements at our school site in the heart of Knowsley.

Arranging a visit to Meadow Park School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jackie.cleary@meadowparkknowsley.co.uk.

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