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  • Start date details

    asap

  • Closing date

    6 October 2025 at 11am

  • Date listed

    29 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£20,656.00 - £22,769.00 Annually (Actual) Salary Grade E scp11 - scp17

Pastoral Intervention TA3 job summary

Pastoral Intervention TA3

Salary: Grade E SCP11 - SCP17

Actual salary £20,656 - £22,769 per annum

31.75 hours per week, Term Time, Plus 5 days

Monday - Friday , 8.30am - 3.20pm 4 days a week and 8.30am - 3.25pm 1 day a week, with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break each day

The School is looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant, experienced in working with young people of school age, who will work within the pastoral team to support every child to reach their potential. Your main role is to work across the full spectrum of year teams and the behaviour team to ensure the orderly running of the school in a variety of ways, including behaviour support, responding to events throughout the day and providing support for those in need. The successful applicant will work at the upper school site, liaising with teachers, parents and potentially external agencies to support the children.

The school has strong links with the local community with a heritage of 450 years and is successful and popular with parents. You will be joining a Staff Team that is committed, welcoming, supportive and friendly. We are an ambitious community committed to young people and supporting them on their journey to achieve their dreams and ambitions.

We strive to meet the needs of every learner; drive them, motivate them and support them to achieve. We celebrate all success and truly believe that every student matters and that it is our job as educators to ensure they know and feel that they matter.

Rivington & Blackrod is part of the Leverhulme Academy Trust and we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential, if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust.

A full information pack which includes the job description and person specification is on the Leverhulme Trust website. To apply, please click on the link, and register for an account to complete our online application form: www.leverhulmeacademytrust.org/Vacancies/

Closing date: 10.00am on Monday 6th October 2025

Interviews: Friday 10th October 2025

The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible .Rivington and Blackrod High School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust, we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust.

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.
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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 Rivington and Blackrod High School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1584 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School location

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