25 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    1 September 2025 at 10am

  • Date listed

    7 August 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subjects

Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£22,711.00 - £24,207.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade 4, Points 7-11

Learning Zone Teaching Assistant job summary

Term Time Only + Inset - 35 Hours Per WeekAbout Us

Whalley Range 11–18 High School is a popular, high-performing, multicultural inner-city girls’ comprehensive school with a thriving Sixth Form, located close to Manchester city centre. We are a part of the Greater Manchester Education Trust, Together, we create lives of opportunity.

Our recent academic results include a Progress 8 score of 0.79 (well above average) and an Attainment 8 score of 51.9, exceeding both local and national averages.

The Role

As a Learning Zone Teaching Assistant, you will support the Learning Zone Coordinator in delivering tailored academic, emotional, and behavioural interventions for students with additional needs. You’ll help manage the day-to-day running of the Learning Zone, promote positive behaviour, and assist with reintegration into mainstream lessons ensuring students receive appropriate support and interventions to achieve their full potential.

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking a compassionate and organised individual with experience supporting secondary-aged students, particularly those with SEND or behavioural needs. Strong communication, IT skills, and a commitment to inclusive education are essential.

Full details about the role and the qualifications, experience, and attributes required can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Why Join Us?

“Staff appreciate how leaders and governors are developing ways to protect them from excessive workload.”

“Staff expect high standards of conduct. Pupils are well behaved in lessons and around the school site.”

A Trust for Every Child and Every Colleague

We believe that great futures are built by great people. Colleagues who work in our schools will experience the same focus on care and guidance, opportunity and challenge, so that they can deliver an exceptional education to our young people. They will become the very best practitioners through bespoke support and opportunities to learn professionally, to collaborate, to lead innovation and to advance their career with us.

We strive for excellence in everything we do. At GMET, every role, from teaching to support, is valued. You’ll be supported and empowered to grow within a trust where our core values guide our work with learners, colleagues, families, and the wider community.

We invest in our people. As part of GMET, you’ll benefit from a wide range of employee benefits designed to support your health and wellbeing, help you save money, and make your salary go further including:

        • A warm, inclusive, and supportive school culture
        • High expectations for all learners and staff
        • A strong focus on wellbeing and professional development
        • Opportunities to innovate and collaborate across the trust
        • A commitment to equity, diversity, and accessibility
        • Tailored CPD and coaching
        • Trust-wide networks and learning communities
        • Leadership development pathways
        • Access to wellbeing resources and flexible working options

        How to Apply

        1. Register or log in to MyNewTerm
        2. Complete the application form
        3. Include a personal statement tailored to the role
        4. Submit your application before the deadline

        We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles are subject to:

          • Enhanced DBS checks
          • Reference and identity verification
          • Compliance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

          We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

          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.

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          About Whalley Range 11-18 High School

          School type
          Academy, ages 11 to 18
          Education phase
          Secondary
          School size
          1647 pupils enrolled
          Age range
          11 to 18
          Ofsted report
          View Ofsted report

          Whalley Range 11-18 High School is a popular high performing, multi-cultural inner city girls’ comprehensive school, with a thriving Sixth Form, close to the heart of the Manchester City Centre, bordering Moss Side, Hulme, Withington and Chorlton. The school has 1667 students on roll with 220 students in the Sixth Form. There are currently 200 staff employed at the school, both teaching and non-teaching

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