Teaching Assistant

Lower Park School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 1HE

26 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 September 2026

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  15 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,497.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Grade 5 32.5 hours per week, term time only

The Role

Lower Park School wishes to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our happy school. Lower Park prides itself on having children who are eager and enthusiastic about learning, value their friendships, and enjoy coming to school. We are also fortunate to have an experienced and forward-thinking team of adults who are dedicated to the children they teach.

The successful candidate will be expected to work well as part of a team and contribute to improving the outcomes of our children with energy, warmth, and a sense of humour.

In addition to providing classroom support for the specific needs of children, the successful candidate will be able to deliver learning activities to groups of pupils. Experience of the RWI phonics programme is desirable but not essential. They will be joining a friendly and proactive staff who are strongly committed to providing a supportive and engaging learning environment for all our children.

Our School Values

Our school is part of the community and parents are proud to send their children here. Whilst academic success is a real strength of the school, we cultivate a love of learning with a rich diverse curriculum that offers enrichment opportunities and experiences that regularly makes the school buzz with excitement.

Why work for the Halliard Trust

We educate over 5,000 children and employ 900 teaching and support staff to deliver our vision to ensure every student leaves school with the values, skills, qualities and aptitudes to thrive in society combined with highest possible learning outcomes. Our core values of Respect, Integrity and Optimism underpin everything we do.

Formerly named The Fallibroome Trust, we have engaged with all of our stakeholders to choose a new name and are now called the Halliard Trust and are a school-led multi-academy trust which encourages its schools to work with a high level of autonomy and keep their own ‘personality’ and close ties to their local communities - always underpinned by strong support from the Trust leadership and the school improvement and business teams. We offer a wide-ranging programme of professional development for all employees to support those taking their first steps in education to those working as exceptional leaders.

The people you work with will support and motivate you in achieving your ambitions. Our exceptional teachers, support staff and leaders come from a wide range of backgrounds, but they all share a deeply held commitment to give our students an outstanding education in an inspiring and happy school environment. The Trust has grown organically to three secondary and eight primary schools based in Cheshire. The Trust operates from its head office in Macclesfield, Cheshire where the School Improvement and Business Support teams are based.

Working with the Trust

Everyone who works with us is crucial to the Trust’s success and professional learning plays a vital role in how we work. Successful teams are full of people who not only care but feel cared for and valued and subsequently take care in all they do. encourage and support every individual to develop themselves to achieve their full potential.

Benefits of working with the Trust

• High quality professional learning & development at all stages of your career
• Access to the Teachers’ Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes with a generous employer contribution rate
• Support staff have 26 days holiday entitlement rising to 31 days with service
• Free onsite parking at all sites
• Cycle to work scheme
• Confidential employee counselling helpline

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 Lower Park School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 276 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lower Park School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lower-park-school-stockport

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