Teaching Assistant L2

Greengate Academy Trust, Wigan, WN5 0AW

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st October 2025 or sooner

• Closing date

  26 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 August 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: Full time: Monday to Friday, working hours per week 31.25.
• Contract type: Fixed term - up to 31st August 2026
• Pay scale: G3 (scp 3-5)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint one Learning Support assistant to deliver a range of intervention strategies and/or to provide 1:1 support to children with additional learning needs.

We are looking to appoint people who:

• are able to support the learning of our children
• are patient, caring and can identify with our children and their needs
• have had training or experience in delivering a range of intervention strategies.
• are familiar with supporting learning in a school setting
• Preferably have had recent training/experience in delivering phonics

Hours of work: 8:30- 3:30 (45mins for Lunch) Mon - Fri

What the school offers its staff

We are a school where children and staff thrive. We are seeking to recruit a teaching assistant who shares our desire to ensure all our children achieve their BEST.

If you are adaptable, caring and want to enable our children to be the best they can be, we would like to hear from you.

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

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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

APPLICATION FORM support staff.docx - 33.4 KB (opens in new tab)

TA L2 Job description Person Spec.doc - 53 KB (opens in new tab)

About Greengate Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: Recruitment@lamberheadgreen.org.uk
• Phone number: 01942 768760
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greengate-academy-trust

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