Level 3 Teaching Assistant
New Bridge School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL8 3PH21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
30 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: Permanent & Fixed Term opportunities available 34 hours per week / Term Time plus 5 days (195 days per year)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,598 - £31,022 per annum
Actual salary
- £22,684 - £24,607 per annum
Pay scale
- NJC scale points 12 - 17
Additional allowances
SEN allowance - £1,539 per annum
Base allowance - £2,106 per annum if working in AB
What skills and experience we're looking for
Applicants should be able to demonstrate how they meet the following essential criteria:
- Previous experience of working with young people of primary/secondary school age who may present with challenging behaviour and complex needs, preferably within an educational setting.
- A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management
- The physical and emotional resilience to support students with complex needs, taking a non-judgemental approach.
- The ability to support teaching and learning within a special needs setting to a dedicated group of students.
- The ability to support the class teacher to monitor student progress, ensuring their improved engagement with the school and their learning.
- The ability to record student progress and provide regular feedback to stakeholders.
- The ability to model and encourage appropriate social behaviour in and out of school and to cater for the general welfare of students.
- The ability to work in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum.
- The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed.
- Willingness to participate in own professional development.
Although based initially at our Roman Road site, all staff are employed by the MAT and are expected to work at any site within the New Bridge Group.
What the school offers its staff
We have an opportunity for an ambitious, passionate individual to take on the role of a teaching assistant in our school. Build your meaningful future with us and take your career to the next level. If you’re the kind of person dedicated to improving the lives of children, you’re just the person New Bridge is looking for.
Why New Bridge?
“Staff are proud to work at the school. They are highly supported in their professional development”.
Ofsted Report February 2025
- We are committed to making a difference where it matters most to create meaningful futures for all.
- We invest in developing talent through our strong focus on coaching and training.
- We nurture teams: fostering a sense of belonging secured by strong purpose and healthy relationships.
As we are a talent first organisation, we are always looking to find people who align themselves to our mission and values. If you feel that could be you then we would love to hear from you.
If you’re the kind of person that is committed to improving the lives of children, by having the ability to build good working relationships, utilising organisational skills, being flexible and innovative, and enjoy working with a range of different stakeholders, then you are the person to support our children and lead our staff. We pride ourselves on being the New Bridge ‘community’, a vocational destination, not just a job.
The school has an Outstanding rated provision which caters for 363 pupils with a wide range of SEND, from moderate learning difficulties to profound and multiple learning difficulties, including severe and complex learning difficulties. The school is popular with families both in Oldham and the surrounding boroughs and our numbers are increasing year on year. We are excited about being able to expand our teaching roles and create new vacancies to meet the needs of our new pupils. The school also caters for a wide range of pupils including those with physical disabilities, multisensory impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments and autism spectrum conditions. All pupils have an EHC plan. In order to cater to the needs of the range of pupils the school has developed a range of different provisions, including our Key Stage 3 main body, Autism Base, Interactive Base and Key Stage 4 Community Living Groups.
Our vision is to create meaningful futures and as the result of staff moving into promoted posts the Trustees are looking to appoint a number of resilient and enthusiastic Level 3 Teaching Assistants to join our dynamic, growing and committed staff team in the following areas:
Main Body
Our main body provision is for pupils who are working towards a destination of being independent or working with support in their community. With this in mind the curriculum is underpinned by the intent to maximise the ability for every pupil to live as independently as possible. To achieve this, we seek to offer an engaging, fun and relevant curriculum that is flexible to the needs of our pupils and which reflects EHCP outcomes and supports their wellbeing. In the main body we implement this through a blended model where 70% of lessons are delivered by the form tutor, including English, Maths, Science, Living Skills and RSE. Other Enrichment subjects such as Art, PE, Music and Cooking are delivered by subject specialist teachers. Our main body groups are usually 13 pupils or less with a one teacher and up to two TA’s depending on the needs of the pupils in the group. As a TA1 in our main body you would be assigned to a form group and would support this group both when they are with the class teacher and also when they move around the school to their other subjects.
Autism Base (AB)
New Bridge School’s discrete Autism provision is a consistent environment for students with a diagnosis of autism and associated complex needs. The curriculum echoes that of the main school and students enjoy all subjects and have full access to all the school’s facilities. The main focus in the Autism Base is to develop social interaction, self and sensory regulation and communication skills. This supports the pupils to express their wants, needs and emotions in more appropriate ways. These pupils are working towards a destination of playing a part in their community and are likely to require lifelong support to do so.
The class teachers in these settings focus largely on EHCP outcomes and deliver the majority of subjects to pupils. Enrichment subjects like PE, Music and Art are delivered by a specialist teacher. The pupils in these groups may have associated sensory sensitivities and require support from staff to engage in sensory diets to regulate their level of arousal. The majority of pupils have behavior plans with strategies to support proactive interventions to successfully support the regulation of emotions. All staff in the department are Team Teach trained but will only use physical intervention as an absolute last resort. Groups in AB are usually no more than seven pupils supported by one teacher and up to four TA’s. TA1’s working in the Autism Base will be assigned a class group and support pupils with all interventions to ensure that they can successfully access their curriculum and aspirational destination.
Interactive Base
The Interactive Base (IB)provides an appropriate learning environment for learners with complex learning difficulties and disabilities (CLDD). Theaim of the IBis to provide a stimulating, engaging and sensory curriculum that is both broad and balanced. The IB groups offer a base for their learners which provides routine, consistent specialist staffing and encourages independence and communication. The pupils within the IB are grouped inclasseswhichmaygo across age groups and sometimes Key Stages to best meet their needs.
All pupils in IB have individual care plans which detail interventions required for their care and ability to engage fully with all aspects of school life. As a TA1 in IB you would be required to support with feeding and swallowing, speech and language programmes which can include assistive technologies, physiotherapy programmes, behaviour interventions, personal care and assisting with medical needs. You would be assigned to a class group and support these pupils in all lessons.
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
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
- recruitment@newbridgegroup.org
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.
Arranging a visit to New Bridge School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@newbridgegroup.org.
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