Teaching Assistant

Gawsworth Primary School, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9QU

29 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  12 September 2025 at 8:30am

• Date listed

  13 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,788 - £19,086

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and caring Teaching Assistant to join our school team, ideally with experience in Key Stage 2.

The Teaching Assistant role will work alongside the class teachers to deliver the objectives in a Year 4 child's Education, Health and Care plan and support our Year 6 class. You will be a key support for the child you work with and will liaise with other members of staff, parents and professionals to support their needs.

Our School Values

Gawsworth Primary Schools is a charming, caring village school with a deep rooted history which stretches back to the school's creation by Lord Mohun in 1707. We are a village school with a strong emphasis on getting to know and understand the needs of each of our children. Our school motto is 'Learning Together to Achieve' and our ethos that we are vibrant, inclusive and family orientated. 

Visits to the School

We welcome visits to the school and invite anyone who like to join us on Thursday 11 September at 2.00pm or 4.00pm. Please contact Laura Lewis, Bursar, to arrange a visit on bursar@gawsworth.ht.school. 

Why work for the Halliard Trust

Who we are

We educate over 5,000 children and employ 900 teaching and support staff to deliver our vision to ensure every student leaves school with the values, skills, qualities and aptitudes to thrive in society combined with highest possible learning outcomes. Our core values of Respect, Integrity and Optimism underpin everything we do.

Formerly named The Fallibroome Trust, we have engaged with all of our stakeholders to choose a new name and are now called the Halliard Trust and are a school-led multi-academy trust which encourages its schools to work with a high level of autonomy and keep their own ‘personality’ and close ties to their local communities – always underpinned by strong support from the Trust leadership and the school improvement and business teams. We offer a wide-ranging programme of professional development for all employees to support those taking their first steps in education to those working as exceptional leaders.

The people you work with will support and motivate you in achieving your ambitions. Our exceptional teachers, support staff and leaders come from a wide range of backgrounds, but they all share a deeply held commitment to give our students an outstanding education in an inspiring and happy school environment. The Trust has grown organically to three secondary and eight primary schools based in Cheshire. The Trust operates from its head office in Macclesfield, Cheshire where the School Improvement and Business Support teams are based.

Working with the Trust

Everyone who works with us is crucial to the Trust’s success and professional learning plays a vital role in how we work. Successful teams are full of people who not only care but feel cared for and valued and subsequently take care in all they do. encourage and support every individual to develop themselves to achieve their full potential.

Benefits of working with the Trust

• High quality professional learning & development at all stages of your career
• Access to the Teachers’ Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes with a generous employer contribution rate
• Support staff have 26 days holiday entitlement rising to 31 days with service (pro rata for part year staff)
• Onsite parking at all sites
• Cycle to work scheme
• Confidential employee counselling helpline

How to Apply

We ask all applicants to apply through SAMpeople Recruit/Face-Ed; our recruitment software. This enables us to efficiently carry out our safer recruitment checks, but we recognise it can take some time for the applicant. The good news is, you will only need to register for Face-Ed once to apply for any role in the Halliard Trust's 11 schools.

We ask all applicants to apply through SAMpeople Recruit/Face-Ed; our recruitment software. This enables us to efficiently carry out our safer recruitment checks, but we recognise it can take some time for the applicant. The good news is, you will only need to register for Face-Ed once to apply for any role in the Halliard Trust's 11 schools.

Our tips for a painless process are as follows:

1. Because SAMpeople Recruit is cloud based software, it is possible for you to experience a break in connection and you won't necessarily know about it straight away. We therefore strongly recommend that you prepare your main application content in a different package like MS Word/Notepad and copy and paste it into your application form in the relevant sections.
2. If you get a message saying "Validation Error" it isn't a software fault. It means you have entered data in a format that wasn't expected and it is causing a problem with saving. This might mean you have entered words in a box that expects numbers, for example.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Fallibroome Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people and therefore the successful candidate will be subject to stringent vetting procedures, including an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service Check (DBS), reference checks and an online search for shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

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

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Gawsworth Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 194 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gawsworth Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gawsworth-primary-school-macclesfield

Gawsworth Primary School is a happy, friendly and vibrant school with a committed staff and pupils who are keen to learn and proud of their school. This popular, single form entry primary school is in the historic village of Gawsworth on the edge of Macclesfield with 203 pupils on roll.

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