Teaching Assistant

Discovery Academy, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 3LE

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  18 June 2025

• Closing date

  11 July 2025 at 9pm

• Date listed

  18 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,678 - £17,959

Teaching Assistant job summary

The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Teaching Assistant Level 1 at Discovery Academy, Porlock Avenue, Hattersley. SK14 3LE.

To start: 1st September 2025 to April 2026 or on the return of the postholder

Teaching Assistant Level 1 Full-time Salary £24,790 - £25,183

This is temporary, part-time, 30 hours per week, Term Time Only with an actual salary of £17,678 - £17,959 (TMBC Grade C, Points 5-6)

Working hours would be Monday- Friday 8:45 – 3:15, with 30 mins for lunch

Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our Academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

Are you currently a Teaching Assistant with a Level 1 qualification?

Would you like to work as a TA1 for 30hrs per week supporting SEND children?

If so, this temporary position could be of interest.

We need a Level 1 Teaching Assistant to work in our KS1 team, providing support to SEND children.

The successful candidate should be able to offer:

• Level 1 childcare qualifications or equivalent experience

• Experience of working in a school setting with a focus on 1:1 support of pupils

• Experience of working with high need SEND pupils

• Ability to work in a team

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

• Willingness to contribute to the full life of the school

• Evidence of going the extra mile for our pupils

• Flexibility of working hours with the opportunity for occasional overtime if required by the Academy

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.

The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:

•Applications close at 09:00 on Friday 11th July 2025 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process

• Interviews will take place on Monday 21st July 2025

• Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.

Please note we may close the advert as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so if you are interested in applying, please do so as soon as you are able.

Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.

All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.

All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Discovery Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 225 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/discovery-academy-hyde

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