Teaching and Learning Assistant
Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M8 8DT16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
5 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,185.00 to £25,583.00 per annum (pro rata £22,217.94 to £22,569.05 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:
- A 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.
What the school offers its staff
About Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester
Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchesteris a Muslim faith-based secondary school for girls, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in Cheetham Hill in 2017 and moved to our new state-of-the-art campus in 2019. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We were rated as 'Good' overall by Ofsted during our first inspection in February 2022. In May 2026, the school was inspected under Ofsted’s new framework and ‘report card’ grading system (introduced in November 2025) and became the first school in the North West to be awarded ‘Exceptional’ – the highest grade – in all six areas.
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
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester
- School type
- Free School, Muslim, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 636 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester website
- Email address
- farhan.patel@egmanchester.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 0161 329 7300
Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchester is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for girls, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in Cheetham Hill in 2017 and moved to our new state-of-the-art campus in 2019. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We were rated as 'Good' overall by Ofsted during our first inspection in February 2022. In May 2026, the school was inspected under Ofsted’s new framework and ‘report card’ grading system (introduced in November 2025) and became the first school in the North West to be awarded ‘Exceptional’ – the highest grade – in all six areas.
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.
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