Teaching Assistant 2

Elmridge Primary School, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 0JF

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  3 July 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  20 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £8,802.00 - £9,382.00 Monthly Bright Futures Grade 4 Pt 7 -11 14.5 hours per week 39 weeks per year (Thursdays & Fridays)

Teaching Assistant 2 job summary

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

1. Pupil Support

To support pupils’ development and promote independence in a safe, secure and challenging environment employing strategies to recognise and reward achievement;

To support the learning of individuals and groups of pupils as identified in the weekly curriculum planning and to act as a role model, setting high expectations;

To focus on individual pupils to ensure their needs are being met within the group;

To encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others;

To observe, record and support the development and progress of pupils to identify individual needs and difficulties and to feed back to pupils in relation to their progress and achievement;

To promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the classroom;

Carry out lunchtime duties on the days when they are in

2. Support For Teachers

To plan with teachers the daily/weekly programme of lessons, activities and events in order to support pupils and adjust lessons/work plans as appropriate;

Occasional supervision of the class in the course of short-term absences of teachers, focusing on maintaining good order and to keep pupils on task under the guidance of teaching staff and within an agreed system of supervision;

To liaise with other professionals to ensure an appropriate learning environment;

To set out, prepare, use and tidy equipment;

To promote home-school partnerships;

To listen, support and discuss issues sensitively with parents and carers under the teacher’s supervision and to participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents when required by the teacher;

To monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives;

To provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required to the teacher on pupil achievement progress and other matters ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence;

To be responsible for keeping and updating records as agreed with the teacher, contributing to reviews of systems/records as required;

In class to accurately record achievement/progress;

To administer and assess routine tests and assist in the invigilation of exams/tests as agreed with the teacher;

To provide general clerical support, e.g. produce worksheets for agreed activities, create resources for continuous provision etc.;

To work with an established discipline policy to anticipate and manage behaviour constructively, promoting self-control and independence.

3. Support For The Curriculum

To prepare and manage specific activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupils’ responses/needs;

To set out and prepare equipment indoors and outdoors;

To implement local and national learning strategies, e.g. literacy, numeracy, and make effective use of opportunities provided by other learning activities to support the development of relevant skills;

To support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use;

To help pupils access learning activities through specialist support;

To determine the need for, prepare and maintain general and specialist equipment and resources.

4. Support For The School

To promote the policies and ethos of the school, e.g. personal and social and to promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour;

To display pupils’ work to reflect their achievement;

To supervise pupils on outings and visits as required;

To attend staff meetings as required;

To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, safeguarding, health, safety and security and to refer all concerns to the Head of School, receiving training where necessary from the academy;

To treat all information relating to a pupil as strictly confidential, and to be aware of and comply with academy policy and practice, receiving training where necessary from the academy;

To support and encourage students on childcare courses, work experience, teaching practice, etc.;

To be a proactive member of the school and class team;

To establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals in liaison with the teacher, to support the achievement and progress of pupils;

To provide appropriate guidance and supervision and assist in the training and development of staff as appropriate;

To undertake planned supervision of pupils’ out of school hours learning activities;

To attend relevant courses and learning activities in order to update knowledge as required;

To take opportunities to develop own areas of interest and expertise and to use these to advise and support others or to organise specific projects.

GENERAL

The Teaching Assistant may be called upon to perform other duties that the Head of School considers reasonable, that are commensurate with the grading and designation of the post

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 Elmridge Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 232 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Elmridge Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elmridge-primary-school-altrincham

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