Teaching Assistant (Level 4) with responsibility for literacy intervention

Parrenthorn High School, Manchester, M25 2BW

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  19 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,317.00 - £28,735.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 9 - Pro rata

Teaching Assistant (Level 4) with responsibility for literacy intervention job summary

An experienced and qualified individual is required to work in partnership with the teaching staff to plan and oversee literacy interventions across both KS3 and KS4. To develop effective strategies within school to promote literacy and high levels of pupil attainment. This post requires a high level of communication skills and involves regular liaison with parents, relevant teaching and non-teaching staff and outside agencies. The role requires a high level of emotional intelligence to remove barriers to pupil learning. The post holder will work with individual pupils as well as small groups, enabling all pupils to strive, maximising their potential.

You must have excellent organisational and time management skills; be able to work independently using your own initiative as well as part of a team. Effective communication skills and an awareness of Health and Safety issues are essential.

Employees of the school have a responsibility for, and must be committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.

Required to start as soon as possible, the role will be 35 hours per week, term time only plus 5 days to be worked outside of term time, in accordance with service requirements.

Appointment to this post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. A copy of the Privacy Notice for job applicants is available on the school website. From September 2025 Parrenthorn High School became part of the Vision Multi-Academy Trust.

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 Parrenthorn High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: Up to 1050 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Parrenthorn High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parrenthorn-high-school-manchester

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