Teaching Assistant - supporting Phonics and English

Hindley Green Community Primary School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN2 4SS

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  as soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  19 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,747.00 - £18,028.00 Annually (Actual) QUEST Grade B NJC 4 - 5 31.25 hours per week term time(pay award pending)

Teaching Assistant - supporting Phonics and English job summary

About the Role

As a Phonics and English Intervention Teaching Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting pupils’ literacy development across Early Years, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2. You will deliver carefully structured, evidence-based phonics interventions focused on building early reading skills such as blending, segmenting, and decoding. Working closely with class teachers, literacy leads, and SEN teams, you will tailor support to meet individual pupil needs, including those with additional learning barriers.

Your daily work will include preparing resources, running small group and one-to-one sessions, tracking pupil progress, and creating a positive and encouraging learning environment that inspires a love of reading. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on making a tangible difference in children’s education and who values collaboration and continuous professional growth.

About You

We are looking for a compassionate and patient professional who is confident in delivering systematic synthetic phonics interventions and understands early reading development. You will have:

• A relevant qualification such as NVQ Level 2 or equivalent experience
• Experience working with children of primary age or with similar learning needs
• A strong commitment to inclusion, supporting pupils with diverse needs and backgrounds
• Excellent communication skills, able to build positive relationships with pupils, colleagues, and parents
• The ability to maintain accurate records and monitor progress carefully
• A warm, adaptable approach with a genuine desire to help children flourish

If you are eager to contribute to a nurturing, respectful, and ambitious learning community, QUEST Academy Trust offers the perfect place to grow your skills and make a meaningful impact.

What We Offer

• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Additional wellness day leave to support your wellbeing
• Opportunities for ongoing professional development within a supportive Trust environment
• The chance to work across a family of schools, gaining valuable experience and contributing to a shared vision

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 Hindley Green Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hindley Green Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hindley-green-community-primary-school

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