Teaching Assistant Level 2

Harper Green School, Bolton, Lancashire, BL4 0DH

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  as soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  23 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) Grade D scp 6 - 11 plus SEN Allowance £1539 per annum (pro-rated)

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

Teaching Assistant Level 2

Permanent

Salary: Grade D scp 6 - 11

£17,273 - £18,704 per annum

(Full time equivalent salary: £25,989 - £28,142)

Plus SEN Allowance: £1,023 (FTE £1539 per annum)

28 hours 45 minutes per week, 8.30am - 3.10pm (Monday to Friday)

Term time plus 5 days

(15 min unpaid morning break & 40 min unpaid lunch break).

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our forward thinking school that is part of the Leverhulme Academy Trust. The successful applicant will join our supportive and friendly Special Educational Needs team.

Teaching Assistants are required to provide additional support to students and teaching staff in a variety of ways. This involves supporting students with an Educational Health Care Plan both in the classroom and during recreational time, helping with general student supervision and support during examinations.

If you are:

• Passionate about securing positive outcomes for children
• Highly motivated, organised and flexible in the way you work to best meet the children's needs and aspirations
• An effective communicator, highly skilled in building positive relationships with our children, parents and professionals
• Or, you are looking for a teaching career and would like to gain experience in a secondary school then you will be an excellent addition to our team.

A full information pack which includes the job description and person specification is available from the Trust website.

If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, please contact the HR Team at vacancies@harpergreen.net.

Required as soon as possible

Closing date: 9am on Monday 6th October 2025

Interview date to be confirmed

The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. 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.

The Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible.

Harper Green School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust, we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for

all students within the Trust.

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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 Harper Green School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1126 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harper Green School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harper-green-school

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