47 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    3 September 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    4 July 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: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,584 - £25,989

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone who is:

  • A passionate advocate and role model of the Wardle Way
  • Somebody who thrives on responsibility and hard work, and wants to develop themselves in the role
  • Able to use your own initiative
  • Willing to go the ‘extra mile’ for our young people

What the school offers its staff

Why work for the Watergrove Trust and Wardle Academy? We can offer:

  • The chance to contribute towards our transformational ethos
  • Excellent CPD
  • A friendly and welcoming community
  • The opportunity to work with highly committed and enthusiastic staff & a very supportive Senior Leadership Team
  • Excellent facilities
  • Cycle scheme

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.

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About Wardle Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1364 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01706 373911

Part of Wardle Multi Academy Trust

School location

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