Level 4 Teaching Assistant
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 8EB11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
4 January 2027
Closing date
23 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: Term time only plus 5 days, 32.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £32,578 - £35,570
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you love seeing children learn and achieve?
Do you have a passion for education?
Are you enthusiastic, energetic, motivated and hard working?
If so, we are looking for you!
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, creative and committed Level 4 Teaching Assistant to complement the work of our teachers and other teaching assistants.
The post will also involve planning, delivering and assessing learning (including recording and reporting on pupils’ achievement, progress and development) to whole classes during teachers' leadership and management time, PPA time and occasionally covering for short term absence. There will also be some occasions during the week when the post holder will work under the direction of a class teacher to support quality first teaching.
You should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work on your own initiative. We are seeking someone who is committed to working within the framework of the school's policies and ethos and who will contribute to the development of our wider curriculum.
The successful applicant will:
Have significant experience working as a Level 3 (or 4) Teaching Assistant or similar.
Have an up to date working knowledge of effective teaching and learning strategies and how best to deploy them to meet a range of varying needs.
Have a good standard of English and Maths and knowledge of the primary curriculum and will be able to contribute effectively to curriculum planning and assessment of children’s learning.
Lead by example and have the skills to share their practice with others.
Be hard working and adaptable to change.
Be highly motivated and passionate about learning and developing their own continuing professional development.
Enjoy being challenged.
Be an excellent communicator, with a strong commitment to working in partnership with parents, governors, outside agencies and the community.
What the school offers its staff
- An ambitious school where pupils are enthusiastic, happy, attain well and are eager to learn.
- A commitment to your personal professional development.
- An opportunity to work with a friendly, hard working, dedicated and supportive team.
Further information about the job
Interviews will be held on Friday 27 November 2026.
In line with safer recruitment guidance, references will be sought prior to interview.
Please ensure your application gives details of two referees, one of which must be from your current/last line manager. If you are not currently working with children but have done so in the past the second referee should be the employer by whom you were most recently employed in with children. If you have not been previously employed, please provide a personal reference. References will not be accepted from relatives, or persons who only know you as a friend. If you are a school or college leaver, then your Headteacher or Tutor’s name should be given. In all cases make sure you use someone who knows your capabilities, can comment on your reliability and is aware of your potential. References will be sought prior to interview and will ask your current/previous employer/tutor about any disciplinary offences relating to children. Please provide valid email addresses so we can progress your application. If an invalid email address is provided the progress of your application may be delayed.
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 208 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- info@whitegateend.oldham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01617705460
We are a small, one-form entry school with a big heart and a family feel.
We nurture; whatever issues our students, their families, the school, our staff or the community face, we always support, react and pull together.
We act with integrity when working with each other, with teachers and colleagues across the school, with the wider school community and most importantly with the young people in our school.
Finally, we are determined to make a difference; we are not passive players in young people’s lives but active participants who can and do make a real difference.
At Whitegate End, we create emotionally resilient children and staff with a range of academic and life skills.
We prepare our children for life, not only the next stages of their education, and provide them with the tools to be lifelong learners.
Everyone belongs. The environment we create for each other is safe and gives us the opportunity to challenge each other’s thinking and stand up for the things we feel passionate about.
We thrive when we go out into the ever-changing world and are proud of the memories that we create together.
Arranging a visit to Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@whitegateend.oldham.sch.uk.
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