Teaching Assistant
Ashdene Primary School, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 6LJ14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
22 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
8 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: Hours: 8:30am – 12:30pm, Monday to Friday (20 hours per week) or 8:30am – 3:30pm, Monday to Friday (32.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Ashdene Primary School is seeking a dedicated, enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant to join our team from September 2026.
The successful candidate will support teaching and learning within the classroom, primarily during morning sessions, and may also be required to provide ad hoc whole-class cover. It is anticipated that the role will involve supporting pupils in Key Stage 2.
We are looking for someone who:
- Demonstrates strong classroom practice and a passion for supporting children's learning and development.
- Builds positive relationships with pupils, staff and families.
- Works effectively as part of a team whilst showing initiative and flexibility.
- Has high expectations for all pupils and is committed to helping every child achieve their full potential.
- Shares our commitment to creating a nurturing, inclusive and ambitious learning environment.
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer
- Friendly, enthusiastic and well-behaved pupils.
- A supportive and dedicated staff team.
- Opportunities for professional development.
- A welcoming school community with a strong commitment to staff wellbeing.
Flexible working opportunities
We are ideally seeking a candidate who is able to work mornings; however, for an exceptional candidate, we would consider offering the full-time equivalent hours if desired.
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Ashdene Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 430 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ashdene Primary School website
- Email address
- sbmadmin@ashdeneschool.net
- Phone number
- 01625 917335
At Ashdene, we strive for excellence: everyone, everywhere, every day. This underpins all that we do; we are relentless in our pursuit for excellence because of our guiding belief that our children deserve the best. This is realised through exceptional academic achievement and prioritising the personal development of our pupils.
Our school values are resilience, empathy, self-awareness, positivity, excellence, communication and teamwork. These values are central to building character which will support lifelong esteem and success. Our values are brought to life through the school’s unique curriculum, which has been crafted to ensure excellence is achieved across all areas. These outcomes are further enhanced by our use of specialist teaching for art, music, French and PE.
Our personal development offer teaches children the vital knowledge and skills they need to make a positive contribution to society. We have a wealth of extra-curricular clubs available?, including coding, cookery, football, archery, art and music. Children experience a wide range of enriching school trips, including visiting the Lowry Museum, Styal Mill, Tatton Park, Jodrell Bank, a mosque and playing with the Hallé orchestra, and three exciting residential visits in their time with us. We have further enhanced our curricular offer with the provision of swimming lessons each year for children in year one to year six, to ensure our children develop this valuable life skill.
We are committed to ensuring the very best academic outcomes for all children, securing a superb foundation for the next stage in their education. Children at Ashdene consistently achieve well in national tests - data is published annually on the school website - and they routinely meet our expectations of behaviours which are ready, respectful and responsible.
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