Teaching Assistant Level 2
Cromwell High School, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5BJ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
3rd November 2025
Closing date
29 September 2025 at 10am
Date listed
12 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,989.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata + 8% SEN allowance, Term Time Only, 34 hours per week
Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary
The successful applicant will be part of a dedicated school team working with teaching staff and other teaching assistants in providing guidance, support and education for pupils. This may include, support in lessons, personal care, therapy and communication programmes within both small group and individual situations. All applicants should be willing to work with any class throughout the school.
Cromwell recently joined Kingfisher Learning Trust, a values driven multi-academy trust based in Oldham which currently has six schools within it; a mix of mainstream and special primaries and Cromwell as the only specialist secondary provision at present. As a member of Kingfisher Learning Trust, we benefit from a range of continuing professional development opportunities across all the schools and collaborative, partnership working is a strength. In joining Cromwell, you will also be joining a growing, person-centred trust with the many opportunities this brings.
We are seeking to employ positive, enthusiastic people whose personal attributes will contribute positively to a committed team of staff. The successful applicants for the post will potentially be required to work across the school and sixth form with a wide range of pupils and needs and be flexible to support in any of the classes and age phases. The candidate must have:
Experience of working in an education or care setting supporting children or young people.
An awareness of learning difficulties and the challenges these can present.
The ability to lead small group and 1:1 learning.
The ability to work in a team and develop strategies to allow pupils with complex needs to access learning and promote positive behaviour.
The physical ability to continue to support secondary aged pupils through periods of challenging behaviour, strictly following the principles and procedures of the school’s training programme (which prioritises avoidance of this need).
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Cromwell High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 150 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cromwell High School website
School location
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