Teaching Assistant Level 1

Elms Bank, Bury, Lancashire, M45 8PJ

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  28 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday Term time only plus 5 days
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until July 2026
• Pay scale: Grade 6, SPC 6 £20,039

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teaching Assistant Level 1

Grade 6, SCP 6 (Term Time Only plus 5 days) £20,039

FIXED TERM UNTIL JULY 2026

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic, and skilled Teaching Assistant Level 1 to join our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children with special educational needs, helping them access learning, develop confidence, and thrive in a supportive school environment.

Why join Elms Bank School and College

What truly sets Elms Bank apart is our staff team. We are proud to work with passionate, skilled professionals who bring creativity, empathy, and high expectations into everything they do.

Here, you'll find a culture of collaboration, mutual respect, and shared purpose where every team member is supported to grow in their role and make a genuine impact. We are equally committed to staff development as we are to pupil progress.

Elms Bank is proud to be part of the Oak Learning Partnership, a Trust that shares our commitment to inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement. If you’re someone who shares our values and is excited by the opportunity to make a real difference, we would be delighted to welcome you to our team. If you would like to know more, we would be delighted to welcome you to our school. Visits prior to application are both welcomed and encouraged.

Please contact the school on 0161 766 1597 or by emailing enquiries@elmsbank.oaklp.co.uk to arrange.

Application

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should we identify an appropriate candidate.

For further information about the role please contact hr@oaklp.co.uk

Oak Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.

Oak Learning Partnership

Our trust is cross phase and consists of primary, special, and secondary schools. We have a vision to transform lives through a highly inclusive approach.

‘Inclusion is at the heart of our trust’.

What the school offers its staff

Our Employee Benefits

At Oak Learning Partnership, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress, and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.

You will benefit from:

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students
• Networking opportunities across our trust
• Salary sacrifices cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare plan through Medicash and is an easy to use health insurance. The health cash plan provides cashback towards your everyday healthcare bills, benefiting from a range of digital and virtual tools to help you protect and improve your wellbeing. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals
• Health and Wellbeing through Medicash with access to a 24/7 Telephone Support Service and Face to Face counselling service.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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

JD PS.pdf - 222 KB (opens in new tab)

Recruitment Pack - Elms Bank.pdf - 823 KB (opens in new tab)

About Elms Bank

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 344 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Elms Bank website
• Email address: hr@oaklp.co.uk
• Phone number: 01615530030
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elms-bank

Arranging a visit to Elms Bank

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@oaklp.co.uk.

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