Teaching Assistant - Level 2

Halsnead Primary School, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 3TX

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 August 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  5 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - The role is temporary and will continue for the duration of the identified support requirement.
• Pay scale: NJC 7-8 £19,609 - £19,921 pro-rated

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the role:

We are seeking a caring, enthusiastic, and committed Level 2 Teaching Assistant providing 1-1 support to a pupil. The role is temporary and will continue for the duration of the identified support requirement. You will work closely with teachers to support pupils' learning, development, and wellbeing, helping to create a positive, inclusive, and engaging learning environment. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in a child’s school experience. This will involve working with the teacher to plan and deliver activities and supporting the pupil with routines, transitions and behaviour management. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about supporting children to achieve their full potential.

Please view the recruitment pack for further information regarding the job description and person specification.

What the school offers its staff

About Us:

At Halsnead, we believe that we can only do our very best when we work together in genuine partnership with you and the wider community. Our school vision is to create a community where we all belong, achieve and thrive. This is the beginning of a special partnership between children, staff, parents, governors and the wider community. Our school is a special place full of learning, laughter and friendship, where everyone is happy, feels safe and is valued. We enjoy the present but look to the future and aspire to equip our children with the skills, curiosity and resilience they need to continue learning throughout their lives. Our children deserve the best. Our duty is to provide it.

Our Values: Kindness, Integrity, Resilience, Collaboration, Respect and Aspiration. Our staff values are the foundation on which our work is built and are used in line management discussions. Our values are central to everything we do. Strategies and objectives may change, but our values never do. Our values enable individuals, teams and leaders to set clear expectations, provide support and development, have meaningful conversations, and be their best in the workplace.

About The Heath Family Trust:

Join The Heath Family Trust and be part of our commitment to giving our pupils the best start in life, a mission deeply rooted in our core values. Here, you'll find a supportive environment where we collectively hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards.

We value: • Clarity: ensuring clear communication and purpose in all we do. • Collaboration: fostering teamwork and shared success across all levels. • Accountability: championing a culture where we all take ownership and responsibility.

The Heath Family (NW) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we will check the suitability of staff to work with children. Applicants must be willing to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and overseas police checks (where applicable).

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

The Heath Family Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check, references and online searches. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teaching Assistant - HPS.pdf - 3.31 MB (opens in new tab)

About Halsnead Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 252 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: recruitment@theheathfamily.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/halsnead-primary-school

Halsnead is an academy primary school, part of The Heath Family Multi-Academy Trust, and as such has strong links with partner primary schools across three north-west local authorities.

We are looking for someone with a passion for teaching and learning in Early Years, someone who believes in giving children the best school experience, helping them to develop as learners and as individuals with a strong set of values. Our children are wonderful, and they thrive when they feel well supported and encouraged. Being able to form strong nurturing relationships is essential. You will be kind, reflective, dedicated and resilient.

You will be joining a strong, established team.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged

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