TA3 (MFL Lead)

Churchtown Primary School, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 7NN

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  29 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13,200.97 - £15,039.31 Annually (Actual) FTE £28,142 - £32,061

TA3 (MFL Lead) job summary

A truly exciting opportunity has arisen to join our incredibly supportive and committed team. We wish to appoint a dynamic, motivated and skilled TA3 with a passion for Modern Foreign Languages (MFL). Our school is on a journey of continuous improvement and we are keen to recruit an individual who is passionate about supporting our children to learn, inspiring curiosity and a love of languages.

The successful candidate will deliver high-quality language teaching and learning experiences to children in small groups and classes from Nursery through to Year 6. The postholder will be the Subject Lead for MFL within the school and will play a key role in developing and enhancing our MFL curriculum—focusing on its implementation, progression, and impact—alongside a member of our Senior Leadership Team.

The role will involve delivering engaging and interactive MFL sessions, promoting cultural awareness, and helping to embed language learning across the curriculum. It would be advantageous if the candidate is fluent in or has strong proficiency in Spanish and is confident in using creative approaches to inspire pupils’ enthusiasm and confidence in speaking and understanding another language.

Our children enjoy celebrating languages and cultures through themed days, assemblies, and wider community events. All of our staff are ambitious for our young people and are driven to ensure that they receive the very best education possible, in a calm and nurturing environment. We are leaving no stone unturned to raise standards across our school, as we strive to provide our pupils with the experiences and outcomes they deserve.

We welcome applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic practitioners who are eager to be part of our exciting journey and to lead the development of MFL across our school.

This position is part time (20 hrs), term time only plus one week and fixed term until 31st August 2026 (to be reviewed). Working hours are Tuesday, Wednesday 8.00am - 4.30pm and Thursday 8.00am - 12.30pm.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please complete our online application form and include a personal statement to support your application and outline the relevant skills and experience you can bring to Churchtown Primary School.

Applications should be submitted by 9.00am on Thursday 6th November

Interview date is w/c 10th November

If you require any further information please contact our Operations Manager, Claire via c.pearce@churchtown.org.uk

Endeavour Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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.

About Churchtown Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 676 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Churchtown Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/churchtown-primary-school

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