Teaching Assistant
Hawkley Hall High School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN3 5NYThis job expired on 7 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 October 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
18 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: 25.5 hours per week, term time plus one week
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £14,634 - £15,098
Pay scale
- Grade 3, SCP 3-5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you passionate about supporting young people to achieve their full potential? Hawkley Hall High School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistant to join our inclusive and forward-thinking team.
As a teaching assistant, you will work under the guidance of teaching and senior staff to support students with SEND, both in and out of the classroom. You will play a key role in enabling access to learning, promoting independence and fostering a positive learning environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing tailored support to students with SEND
- Assisting teachers in managing classroom behaviour and learning activities
- Promote inclusion and engagement in lessons and enrichment
- Deliver feedback to students, teachers and parents/carers
- Support school activities, trips and supervision dutieS
What We’re Looking For
Essential:
- Experience working with children of relevant age or learning needs
- Basic literacy and numeracy (GCSE Grade C/4 or above)
- Ability to relate well to pupils and adults
- Basic ICT skills and understanding of learning resources
Desirable:
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification
- Willingness to undertake further training and first aid
- Understanding of child development and learning processes
- Knowledge of relevant policies and health and safety
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Hawkley Hall?
- A supportive and collaborative working environment
- A strong culture of professional development and CPD
- Opportunities to be involved in a wide range of creative and performance-based activities
- A school community that values respect, kindness, and integrity
Further information about the job
The full job description and person specification for this position can be found in the recruitment pack linked below.
How to Apply
Please submit a completed application form and supporting statement (2 pages maximum) outlining your suitability for the role to jobs@hhhs.net
We welcome visits to the school. To arrange a visit, please contact Mrs Harrison, PA to the Headteacher (c.harrison@hhhs.net)
Any queries regarding this vacancy should be directed to jobs@hhhs.net
Commitment to safeguarding
At Hawkley Hall High school, your child’s safety and wellbeing is very important to us. Our students regularly receive guidance and support in school about how to keep themselves safe but we recognise that sometimes, as parents and carers, you may also wish to seek advice or support regarding an issue which is affecting your child. This section of our school website will signpost you to resources and information that you may find helpful on a range of issues that affect our young people.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hawkley Hall High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hawkley Hall High School website
- Email address
- jobs@hhhs.net
- Phone number
- 01942 204640
Hawkley Hall is a high performing, heavily oversubscribed, mixed comprehensive secondary school based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The school was graded as good in all areas by Ofsted in November 2024.
We see successful education as a partnership between parents, students, and ourselves. Links with parents are of paramount importance, with regular and frequent contact via parents’ evenings, reports, newsletters, and the school planner contributing to a continuing dialogue about the curriculum we provide for our children.
The school is situated in the southwest of Wigan, close to the M6 motorway, in an area of substantial private development. A wild fowl nature reserve borders the school grounds providing an open attractive outlook to the site. We provide bespoke facilities for students across all of our 9 faculty areas. We strategically invest in our ICT and site.
Staff development is also at the heart of our school. All staff engage in regular professional learning in faculty and beyond. Staff in leadership roles are supported internally and are encouraged to engage in additional training through the national programme of NPQs. Indeed, a number of our colleagues who have been Lead Practitioners have gone on to further senior roles in the school.
Arranging a visit to Hawkley Hall High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@hhhs.net.
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