Teaching Assistant level 2

Flixton Girls School, Manchester, M41 5DR

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 25183.00 - 27269.00

Teaching Assistant level 2 job summary

Flixton Girls School is part of Vantage CE Academies Trust which was set up in 2012 and is one of 10 schools across Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Bolton and Knowsley. It is a place of learning where all are inspired to achieve together.

Vantage is a mixed CE Multi Academy Trust, which recognises and supports the individual ethos of non-faith schools; we are currently made up of six Church of England schools and four community schools. The Trust operates across a diverse geographical area in the Northwest of England, from mono cultural areas to those with high levels of diversity, across three hubs in Knowsley, Bolton, and Manchester.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding and experienced Teaching Assistant Level 2 who has:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with all stakeholders (students, staff, and parents).
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and to embrace change and new challenges.
• Experience of working as a Teaching Assistant at this level.
• Sound knowledge of how young people learn and how to create and maximize learning opportunities.
• Sound knowledge of the causes and patterns of poor behaviour and strategies to address these.
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
•  An understanding of the challenges facing young people and a commitment to promoting their welfare and well-being.

In response, we can offer successful candidates:

·      An inclusive and diverse school community

·      Friendly, motivated, committed and highly skilled staff

·      Opportunities to work with colleagues from across Vantage Academy Trust

·      A firm commitment to your professional development A supportive Leadership team

·      A strong focus on staff wellbeing and offer an extensive staff benefits package



Actual Salary £18,796 - £20,353 per annum Term Time Only plus 5 INSET Days

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to safer recruitment procedures including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

References will be requested prior to interview.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Flixton Girls School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 947 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Flixton Girls School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/flixton-girls-school

At FGS we are specialists in girls’ education providing a nurturing, supportive and challenging environment where girls excel. We welcome girls of all abilities, interests and aptitudes.

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