Teaching Assistant Level 2

Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN3 6BL

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

Highfield St Matthew’s is a happy and harmonious school and was quite rightly judged to be Good in all areas in our most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2023. Our school team is dedicated to ensuring all children are happy, content, hardworking and successful. The school also had a very successful SIAMS inspection in 2024, and this reflects our ongoing commitment to ensuring the highest possible standards within a Christian environment of love, respect and care. Our bespoke SHINE Curriculum provides a unique and exciting curriculum that is created to suit our children’s needs and allow them to excel in all they do. Our best practice has been externally recognised through accredited quality marks in English, Maths, Geography and Science.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a temporary teaching assistant to join our friendly a motivated team!

As a Primary Academy, we are very proud to be part of Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust (LDST). LDST is a family of schools that welcomes young people of all faiths and none, working together to provide an excellent education built on distinctly Christian values. We work in a collaborative way with a family of 19 schools in our Trust, and our staff benefit from ongoing training and development to continue to provide the very best standards of education and care.

Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory pre-employment checks including satisfactory references, online checks, Enhanced DBS, and Barred List checks. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview. Candidates must also be able to demonstrate their Right to Work in the United Kingdom.

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

This post is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures. Rainford C.E. Primary School are committed to safeguarding children, promoting children’s welfare and has safer recruitment procedures in keeping with DFE statutory guidance. Any offer of employment will be subject to all statutory pre-employment checks as set out in the Keeping Children Safe in Education, which includes satisfactory references, online checks, Enhanced DBS, and Barred List checks. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.

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 Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 412 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highfield-st-matthew-s-church-of-england-primary-school

About Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust

We believe

Jesus said ‘Let the children come to me.’ (Mt 19).
We believe that we are fulfilling this command when we enable children of all faiths and none to flourish in our schools. The Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust (LDST) has an important role to play in improving the attainment of pupils across the Diocesan region.
We believe that as a diocesan led Multi Academy Trust (MAT) we create stronger bonds of collaboration and cooperation, sharing good practice, addressing areas of weakness and offering increased opportunities for professional development.

We are on a journey to grow a Trust in which our schools will continue to thrive under the leadership of headteachers, supported and challenged by local governing bodies and accountable to the board of directors.
We are confident that this will be achieved whilst at the same time ensuring that all of our family of schools benefit from high levels of collaboration.

These are the things we value

Our values are more than just a statement; they are the core principles that guide our decisions and actions. We arrived at our values through consultation, looking at both the account in Genesis 18 of the visit to Abraham of three angels and also particularly at the icon of this event painted by Andrei Rublev. Through this we identified the core values to our Trust:
• Collaboration
• Valuing the Local
• Valuing Difference
• Inclusion

About Rainford C E Primary School

Our mission statement is ‘Learning and growing together to achieve our best in the love of God’.
Rainford Church of England Primary School is a popular and successful school.
We aim to provide an inspirational, safe and caring learning environment where the whole school community lives out our Christian values of love, joy, peace, friendship, forgiveness, perseverance and justice. We provide a broad and balanced curriculum, fueled by the interests of our pupils and aim to meet the learning needs of each individual child, enabling them to flourish, form happy memories and reach their full potential.
We are a school in the heart of the community and foster close links with All Saints Church, our parents and the local community.

We joined Liverpool Diocese Schools Trust on 1st March 2021 to deepen these links and to continue to improve the education we provide to our children.

We are very proud of our (June 2017) OFSTED where we were rated as good.
This rating rewards the hard work and commitment of our staff to school
improvement. We will continue improving and reach our goal of being
Outstanding, so that all our children reach their full potential.

Our staff are committed to raising standards for all pupils. They pride
themselves on working effectively together and in partnership with parents, to provide a caring and supportive learning environment.

We want children to enjoy their education and develop an enthusiasm for
learning. To facilitate this, we take full advantage of our fantastic surroundings including a spacious playgrounds and field, small woodland and access to the Linear Park. By integrating these into learning we provide a range of rewarding learning experiences that encourage, challenge and extend the abilities of our children.

We are proud of our school and encourage you to visit our website, which we hope will give you a real insight into what makes us a truly successful and happy school. 

https://www.rainfordcofe-pri.st-helens.sch.uk/

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