Teaching and Learning Assistant

Eden Boys' School, Bolton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 3QE

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  17 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time: 34 hours per week Term Time plus 1 week
• Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 to £24,404.00 per annum (pro rata £18,990.80 to £19,288.77 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will be committed to making a positive difference to young people’s lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your intervention will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our young people, providing the support they need to succeed.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively support learning and teaching, and to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.

You will have:

• NVQ Level 2 Teaching Assistant or equivalent
• Experience of working with children in a school setting.
• The ability to maintain positive relationships with students and other adults.
• The ability to work with pupils on a one to one, small groups and whole class.
• The ability to work effectively within a team.

What the school offers its staff

Eden Boys’ School, Bolton is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for boys, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in 2014 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism. We were graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted during our first inspection in May 2017.

We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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

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About Eden Boys' School, Bolton

• School type: Free School, Muslim, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 623 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Eden Boys' School, Bolton website
• Email address: carmela.ridyard@ebbolton.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01204 849240
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eden-boys-school-bolton

Eden Boys’ School, Bolton is a 700 place 11-18 Muslim faith-based secondary school. It opened in September 2014, admitting 154 students into Years 7 and 8, and has continued to build up its pupil numbers year on year. The school welcomes applications from pupils of all faiths and none. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism. Eden Boys’ School, Bolton was assessed as “outstanding” in every category at its first Ofsted inspection in May 2017.

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