12 days remaining to apply

  • 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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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How to apply
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Additional documents

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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
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.

School location

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