22 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    4 July 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    10 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years

Working pattern

Part time: 17.5 hours per week 8.30-4.00pm Monday and Tuesday with a half an hour lunch break. 8.30am-12noon on Wednesdays.

Contract type

Fixed term - approximately one year - Maternity or parental leave cover

Actual salary

£10,040-£10,199

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Level 2 Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated team of Nursery staff to promote excellence in teaching and learning. We are a three-form entry school with a large co-located Nursery School. Successful candidates will join a very supportive year group team and be provided with high quality induction, CPD and support. We are looking for a teaching assistant who has:

• high expectations of learning and behavior • has excellent interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and a commitment to working as part of a team. • Is committed to ensuring high levels of achievement • Is committed to raising standards

What the school offers its staff

We offer you: • A ‘Good’ school, committed to excellence; • Enthusiastic, welcoming and friendly children • An experienced, hard-working and supportive team of staff and governors • A school committed to ‘Success for All’

Further details about the role

1 x Temporary Level 2, Start Date September 2025. Based at our Nursery Site on South Street, Rochdale.

17.5 hours per week 8.30am-4.00pm with half an hour lunch break Monday and Tuesday. 8.30am-12noon on Wednesday.

Grade 3 points 5-6. Annual salary £10,040-£10,199. Pay award pending.

The Governing Body of Heybrook Primary and Nursery School is looking to appoint a Temporary Level 2 Teaching Assistant to cover maternity leave at our Nursery Site on South Street, Rochdale.

Heybrook Primary and Nursery School is a large, multi-cultural primary school situated in Rochdale. The School currently has 715 children from 2 to 11 years of age. Our school is an exciting place to work with well-behaved children and a friendly and dedicated staff team. Our school motto is ‘Be happy, be healthy, be successful and learn together’ and as a school community, we are committed to ensuring that we achieve this for each and every one of our children.

To apply for this position please download the application form and supporting documentation and send completed applications to cgibson@heybrook.org by 11:59pm on Friday 4th July 2025.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background check

The ability to converse at ease with customers and service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is an essential requirement of this post.

Applicants are advised that by applying for this position they are declaring that they are not subject to any immigration controls or restrictions that prohibit them undertaking work in the UK, and that they are able to provide proof of their Right to Work in the UK if they are invited to attend an interview.

The school will carry out an online search as part of their due-diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.


Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to cgibson@heybrook.org

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About Heybrook Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
683 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01706 647201

Heybrook Primary and Nursery School is a community school in Rochdale, Lancashire.

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