Teaching Assistant Level 1 (TA1)

The Grange Primary School, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 0QS

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2026

• Closing date

  14 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary £18,900 - £19,197

Teaching Assistant Level 1 (TA1) job summary

Are you passionate about supporting children to achieve their best? The Grange Primary School & Nursery is seeking a caring, enthusiastic and motivated Teaching Assistant Level 1 to join our dedicated team. This role is ideal for a graduate considering a future teaching career or anyone looking to make a positive difference in a primary school setting.

Working alongside teachers and senior staff, you will support pupils' learning, wellbeing and development, help create an engaging classroom environment, and contribute to the inclusive ethos of our school. We are looking for someone with strong literacy and numeracy skills, excellent relationship-building abilities, and a commitment to helping every child succeed.

In return, you will join a welcoming school community that values teamwork, professional development and high aspirations for all children.

Apply today and take the next step in your education career with The Grange Primary School & Nursery.

Right to Work

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as the Trust does not hold a Skilled Worker sponsor licence.

Safeguarding Statement

Lydiate Learning Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

Posts at the Trust are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and any adult cautions or spent convictions that are not protected or defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) order 2020.

We comply with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) code of practice. Shortlisted candidates are required to declare any relevant convictions, adult cautions or other matters which may affect their suitability to work with children. As a result of amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions order 1975) in 2013 and 2020, some minor offences are now protected (filtered) and should not be disclosed to us, and we cannot take these offences into account.

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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Grange Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 288 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Grange Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-grange-primary-school-l30-0qs

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