Teaching Assistant

Woodchurch Road Academy, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 9LJ

19 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 August 2025 at 4pm

• Date listed

  16 July 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: £19,222.00 - £19,528.00 Annually (Actual) Band D SCP 6-7

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant – Temporary 12 months

Band D SCP 6 - 7

32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year, commencing September 2025

£25,183 - £25,584 FTE (£19,222 - £19,528)

Join our Team at Woodchurch Road Academy!

Woodchurch Road Academy is a wonderful place to work. We pride ourselves on our welcoming and supportive ethos, where every child is encouraged to achieve their full potential and develop a true love of learning.

The successful candidate will be kind and personable, an enthusiastic team player with a “can do” attitude and high expectations for all children.

Woodchurch Road Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children within our care. Suitable candidates will be subject to stringent enhanced checks as part of the selection process.

Visits to the school are welcome, please contact the office on 0151 652 3104 to make an appointment. The appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance for the successful applicant.

Please complete the application on MyNewTerm. The closing date is 6th August 2025 at 4pm. Interviews are planned for Friday 8th August.

32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year, commencing September 2025

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 Woodchurch Road Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 192 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodchurch-road-primary-school-birkenhead

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