Teaching Assistant Level 2 with SEND

Willow Tree Primary School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 1XH

43 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  24 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: 25183.00 - 27269.00

Teaching Assistant Level 2 with SEND job summary

Willow Tree Primary School is part of Vantage CE Academies Trust which was set up in 2012 and is one of 10 schools across Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Bolton and Knowsley. It is a place of learning where all are inspired to achieve together.

At the heart of our vision is a shared curriculum and approach to teaching and learning across our schools. The International Primary Curriculum and its eight learning goals are deeply embedded across all our academies – providing both rigour and internationally recognised standards for all pupils. The goals, which are shared by everyone in our schools, are:

• Resilient
• Ethical
• Communicator
• Collaborator
• Thinker
• Adaptable
• Empathetic
• Respectful

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Teaching Assistant Level 2 with SEND who has:

• Successful experience of working with children in a school or nursery setting
• Experience of working with children with SEN
• Knowledge of SEN strategies and interventions (e.g., autism, ADHD, dyslexia, speech & language difficulties).
• The highest standards for themselves and children
• A passion to be part of a creative and personalised approach to learning
• A commitment to be part of a team to secure the best outcomes for children

In response, we can offer successful candidates:

·      An inclusive and diverse school community

·      Friendly, motivated, committed and highly skilled staff

·      Opportunities to work with colleagues from across Vantage Academy Trust

·      A firm commitment to your professional development A supportive Leadership team

·      A strong focus on staff wellbeing and offer an extensive staff benefits package



Actual Salary £16,976 per annum Term Time Only + 5 INSET Days

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to safer recruitment procedures including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

References will be requested prior to interview.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Willow Tree Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 165 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Willow Tree Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/willow-tree-primary-school

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