Teaching Assistant

Audlem St James' CofE Primary School, Crewe, Cheshire, CW3 0HH

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  3 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week, Starting from 8:30am until 4:00pm 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Salary – Grade 5 £21,549 - £22,969

What skills and experience we're looking for

Person Specification: Teaching Assistant

Qualifications, Knowledge & Training – Essential

• 5 GCSEs or equivalent

• Basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers

• Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours

• Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds

• Awareness of health and safety issues in the workplace

Qualifications, Knowledge & Training – Desirable

• Educated to A level

• Evidence of continuing professional

• Development

• English, maths or science degree

• Knowledge and understanding of the national Curriculum

• Knowledge of teaching and learning

Experience– Essential

• Experience if working directly with young people in and education or training environment, supporting the learning of students

• Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels

• Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload

Experience– Desirable

• Previous experience working in a similar role in a school

• Experience of working with students from a range of backgrounds

Skills & Abilities - Essential

• Good literacy and numeracy skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with excellent standard of written and spoken English

• Good administrative and organisational skills

• Ability to interest, encourage, motivate and engage children

• Ability to work as part of a team, working with people across a wide range of levels and responsibilities

• Computer literate - must have good ICT skills, including a working knowledge of MS packages e.g. word, powerpoint,

• Outlook, excel as well as using and updating records and databases

• Ability to work using own initiative, exercising good judgement where unsupervised

• Flexibility of approach to work

• Ability to maintain confidentiality, having tact and diplomacy where necessary

Skills & Abilities - Desirable

• Ability to use and interactive whiteboard innovatively

Personal Qualities – Essential

• Enthusiasm for and commitment to the achievement of the school’s overall vision for success at all levels

• Willingness to work hard

• Flexible, adaptable, able to prioritise, and resilient under pressure

• Awareness of and commitment to equal opportunities and valuing diversity

• To command and demand respect from the school community

• Creativity and enthusiasm to promote a positive school image to the local and national community

What the school offers its staff

Rewards and Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We recognise that every school and every individual is of equal importance, we respect and have tolerance of all, and we ensure that everyone feels known, appreciated and valued.

We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, investing in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring and a wide range of top-quality training programmes at every level.

You will have opportunities to learn from colleagues who are highly experienced, knowledgeable, and committed education practitioners to support your development and career with the trust.

You will have the autonomy to evolve your school’s vision, values, performance and culture, but you will never be alone, you will have continuous support from the wider trust.

You will also have full access to our rewards package:

Learning and development

We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities including structured qualifications, and you will be able to access support, coaching and mentoring by senior members of staff from across the trust.

Competitive pension scheme

Support staff are part of Cheshire pension fund (LGPS) You receive a guaranteed pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme. The fund provides you with a guaranteed future income. The LGPS is provided by your employer who pay a large part of the cost for providing the excellent range of benefits. It is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government or working for other employers participating in the scheme.

Employee Assistance Programme

We have partnered with Legal and General to offer free and confidential to advice to our staff. This is available 24 hours, 7 days per week for you and your immediate family. Some of the services include support with family, financial information, legal advice, stress and anxiety, and bereavement. You will also have access to structured counselling sessions.

Discounts on shopping, leisure, and travel

Through our Legal and General EAP our staff have access to a wide range of offers and discounts on high street and supermarket shopping, leisure facilities such as cinema and gym, and travel options such as holidays and hotel stays.

Flu vaccinations

All staff have the option to access their annual flu vaccination via a local pharmacy.

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.

To apply for this position, please visit the recruitment platform on 'The Cornovii Trust' website and complete an online application.

Please note that we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and this job may be withdrawn without notice, prior to the closing date advertised.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About Audlem St James' CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 176 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Audlem St James' CofE Primary School website
• Email address: n.clarkson@thecornoviitrust.org
• Phone number: 01270 906283
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/audlem-st-james-cofe-primary-school

Audlem St James is a friendly and exciting Church of England primary school.

We believe education is a partnership between school, home, the church and the community and for that reason we encourage the participation of parents/carers in the learning process and in school life. At our school we are committed to creating a safe, enjoyable, stimulating and creative environment for all of our children to flourish in.

Our staff, Governors and families work together to strive to ensure that the primary years are a positive, rewarding experience for all of our children.

We are proud of our 'rich and varied range of learning experiences' and the 'good relations between pupils and with adults' that OFSTED commented on in our last inspection.

Our aim is for our school to be a wonderful place to learn and grow together

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