Teaching Assistant Level 3

Seymour Park Community Primary School, Manchester, M16 9QE

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 36.25 hours per week for a 39 week working year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Band 4 Points 12 to 17

What skills and experience we're looking for

Seymour Park Community Primary School is a vibrant and thriving school family making a world of difference to our brilliant children and community of Old Trafford.

The Governors of Seymour Park Community Primary School are seeking to appoint skilled and dedicated TA3s who will work in partnership with our teachers to engage, inspire and challenge all learners.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience of upper KS2 however we welcome applications from candidates with experience in other key stages.

If you have a passion for inspiring young learners, working in a wonderful community and being part of a large supportive team, then we would love to hear from you.

The successful candidate will:

• Have the highest expectations of what our children can achieve by delivering consistently high-quality learning opportunities
• Be enthusiastic, compassionate and positive
• Be a team player who shares our commitment to ensuring all our children thrive
• Have successful experience of delivering Maths and English support
• Have experience of covering lessons
• Have experience of supporting higher attaining children, children with additional needs and providing 1-1 support for children with complex needs.
• Be supportive of our core values and our vision as a GOLD Rights Respecting school.
• Have an understanding of the challenges and rewards of teaching in a vibrant and diverse urban community

What the school offers its staff

We can offer the successful candidates:

• Incredible children who love their school and love to learn.
• An ambitious community school with a clear vision and the highest aspirations for all its children.
• A school that cares for and nurtures every member of our school family, including our staff.
• An outstanding school (Ofsted December 2023).
• A strong commitment to your continuing professional development, including the opportunity for career development and progression.

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 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.

About Seymour Park Community Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 682 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Seymour Park Community Primary School website
• Email address: recruitment@seymourpark.com
• Phone number: 016 1 872 1150
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/seymour-park-community-primary-school

Seymour Park Community Primary School is a vibrant and thriving school family in the heart of Old Trafford.
Children at Seymour Park love their school and thrive. We are incredibly proud of our highly successful outstanding school, especially our status as one of the only GOLD UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools in the UK.
This success comes from our unrelenting commitment to providing our children with the fullest possible educational experience. We call this the Seymour Park Experience. Our children enjoy regular ukulele lessons, learning in our state of the art Digital Hub, and performing Shakespeare as part of the Children's Shakespeare Festival at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Working at Seymour Park is incredibly rewarding. We make a world of difference. Our brilliant staff team are dedicated to our children and we in turn are dedicated to them. Their welfare and wellbeing matter to us. Our no marking policy, wellbeing days and welfare package are examples of how we live this promise to our staff. We also offer high-quality professional development, career development and a truly supportive environment.

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