Teaching Assistant Level 1
Woodchurch High School, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 7NGThis job expired on 15 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
15 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
1 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 39 WEEK CONTRACT - 30.86 HOURS PER WEEK. FULL AND PART TIME WILL BE CONSIDERED. FIXED TERM AND PERMANENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Contract type
- Fixed term - 31st August 2026
Full-time equivalent salary
- Band C - (SCP 4- 5: £24,404 - £24,790 FTE)
Actual salary
- £18,154 P.A. – ACTUAL SALARY
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required Teaching Assistant to work with pupils with SEND, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Medical and Physical Impairments, learning difficulties and health care needs. The successful candidate will be skilful in working with young people. They will have an understanding of the impact of additional needs on pupils learning. They will also have experience of working with pupils with social, emotional and mental health issues. Patience, creativity, initiative and desire to learn are essential qualities for this post. The diverse role of the TA requires enthusiasm, commitment, flexibility and ambition for young people. The fixed term contract will run until 31st August 2026 due to organisational considerations. A permanent contract will be considered for candidates with the right level of experience. Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 – 16 coeducational comprehensive. We enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and motivate learners.
What the school offers its staff
Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 – 16 coeducational comprehensive. We enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and motivate learners.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and
expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is in regulated activity and is subject to
an Enhanced DBS check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education general online searches will be
undertaken for all shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
1974. All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of race, sex, age or
disability.
Under data protection law, individuals have a right to be informed about how the school uses any personal
data we hold about them. We comply with this right by providing access to ‘privacy notices’ to individuals
where we are processing their personal data. This privacy notice explains how we collect, store and use
personal data about individuals applying for jobs at our school. Please access this notice via the following
link: https://www.woodchurchhigh.com/docs/Policies/PrivacyNoticeJobApplicants-09-12-20.pdf
Closing Date: Thursday 15th May 2025 - 9.00am
Further details about the role
The fixed term contract will run until 31st August 2026 due to organisational considerations. A permanent contract will be considered for candidates with the right level of experience.
Further details and an application pack can be obtained from the school website. Application forms,
together with a covering letter, should be returned to Mrs A Bestwick HR Officer. Email
whsrecruitment@woodchurchhigh.com. We do not accept CVs and approaches from recruitment
agencies. If you do not hear by 22nd May, you may assume you have not been successful on this
occasion.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Woodchurch High School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1419 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Woodchurch High School website
- Email address
- whsrecruitment@woodchurchhigh.com
- Phone number
- 0151 641 8226
Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 –
16 co-educational comprehensive. We enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and
motivate learners. As an Academy committed to professional development, all new teaching staff will be expected to actively participate in CPD programmes.
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