12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    14 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    31 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3

Working pattern

Full time: Monday to Friday - 37 hours - 39 weeks per year

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,405 - £25,183 FTE

Pay scale

SCP - 13 - 16

Additional allowances

Plus SEN Allowance of £1,492 per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you a passionate and dedicated Teaching Assistant looking to make a real difference in the lives of children with complex learning needs? Brookfields School is seeking three enthusiastic and skilled Teaching Assistants to join our team and support our pupils in reaching their full potential.

Brookfield School is a specialist school providing high-quality education for pupils with complex learning difficulties, including autism, profound and multiple learning disabilities and communication needs. Our nurturing and inclusive environment ensures that every child receives the individualised support they require to thrive both academically and personally.

Brookfields School provides a quality, inclusive and specialist education for pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties and autistic spectrum disorders.

What the school offers its staff

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

  • An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
  • Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
  • Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
  • Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
  • Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
  • Free Eye Tests
  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

Further details about the role

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.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Brookfields School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
School size
122 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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Brookfields is a primary special academy situated in Widnes, Cheshire. Our school provides a quality, inclusive and specialist education for pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties and autistic spectrum disorders. The school is part of the Shaw Education Trust.

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