Level 3 Teaching Assistant

New Bridge School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL8 3PH

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time: 34 hours per week - Term time plus 5 days (195 days)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £22,685 - £24,607 per annum
• Additional allowances:

  SEN - £1,539 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Minimum 3 years’ experience of supporting young people with complex needs and/or a range of learning difficulties within an SEN setting
• Experience of supporting teaching and learning activities for students including the preparation and organisational processes involved in the day to day running of a lesson
• Experience of working in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum
• Experience of providing cover in the short-term absence of the class teacher
• Experience of monitoring and assessing student progress and engagement; and providing regular feedback to stakeholders.
• A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management
• The physical and emotional resilience to support pupils with complex needs, taking a non-judgemental approach and understanding that all behaviour is a form of communication
• The ability to build relationshipswithstudents,families andkey partnersaround thestudents.
• Experience of supervising students over lunch and break times as directed
• The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed
• Willingness to participate in own professional development

• Experience of delivering bespoke interventions to individuals or small groups of learners

• Experience of supporting young people to overcome barriers to their personal, social or learning development from a pastoral perspective

• Experience of intervening to support students incrisisor traumaby using eitheremotionalor educational support

What the school offers its staff

Occupational pension scheme, occupational sickness scheme, TOIL /Health benefit scheme

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 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.

Upload additional documents

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

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.docx - 883 KB (opens in new tab)

TA3 JD and PS.docx - 200 KB (opens in new tab)

Verification of right to work in UK MAT 2021.pdf - 262 KB (opens in new tab)

Privacy-Notice-MAT.pdf - 183 KB (opens in new tab)

About New Bridge School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 717 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: New Bridge School website
• Email address: dhall@newbridgegroup.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/new-bridge-school-oldham

New Bridge Multi Academy Trust (MAT) presently comprises New Bridge School, New Bridge Learning Centre, Spring Brook Academy, Hollinwood Academy (all situated in Oldham) Hawthorns School and Thomas Ashton School (situated in Hyde), Samuel Laycock School (situated in Ashton-Under-Lyne) Our new Oldham AP free school, Spring Board Project, opened in September 2019.

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