Teaching Assistant

Over Hall Community School, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 1LX

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,697.00 - £21,811.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant

At Over Hall Community School, we pride ourselves on having a nurturing school ethos with high expectations, where every child is valued and included. The Headteacher and Governors are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant who is highly motivated, committed, compassionate and keen to take an active role in the life of our school.

In this key role, you will provide high-quality support across the school, including:

Supporting English and Maths interventions for children across the primary phase.

Promoting high standards of achievement and fostering a positive learning environment.

The successful candidate will work flexibly across all year groups, from EYFS to Year 6, supporting children of varying abilities, including those with special educational needs.

We are looking for:

An enthusiastic team player with a “can do” attitude.

Someone who holds high expectations for all children and is committed to their success.

A flexible, adaptable individual who is happy to teach all classes and subjects.

The role is 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm, 39 weeks per year including inset days. In your role you will work closely with our class teachers, other teaching assistants and support staff.

Over Hall Community School is part of Cheshire Academies Trust, and a forward-thinking and creative school. We promote strong school values, which impels all members of a school community to work respectfully together as a team. At Over Hall, our ethos is an engine for equity and inclusion, a place where all children feel they belong and can succeed. The successful candidates will be encouraged to engage in the full life of the school community, demonstrate enthusiasm, work collaboratively within our experienced team, be creative and have high expectations for all children. We are looking for an outstanding team player, with a sense of humour.

Please read our job description and person specification closely. If you think you may be the candidate we are looking for and would like further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Debbie Clews

CAT Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This includes a request for references, prior to interview. Shortlisted candidates are expected to provide evidence of qualifications at interview and a satisfactory, enhanced DBS check will be undertaken before final confirmation to the successful candidate.

We warmly welcome applications from every suitably qualified member of our local community. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on the shortlisting process. If we have not been in touch with you by 14th November then, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

o Shortlisting: 13th November 2025

o Interviews: 17th November 2025

We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close at 9am either on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early.

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 Over Hall Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 172 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Over Hall Community School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/over-hall-community-school-winsford

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Cheshire