8 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 November 2025

  • Closing date

    16 October 2025 at 1pm

  • Date listed

    6 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£28,599.00 - £31,023.00 Annually (Actual)

Thrive Centre Manager job summary

An interesting and challenging position is available, to work in a positive and pro-active way with students in our Thrive Centre. The Thrive Centre is about enabling students to be included within school, make progress and overcome barriers to their learning. We want students to have access to personalised programmes and support provisions so they are empowered to self-manage and achieve expected rates of progress. This post would suit someone with a background in social care or youth work. The successful candidate will have good interpersonal and communication skills and be able to relate confidently to both students and parents.

You will be an enthusiastic, flexible, and committed team player with excellent communication skills and a positive attitude. The role requires an ability to multi-task, and it is necessary to be organised and remain calm in a busy environment. You need to have excellent IT skills and be able to adhere to deadlines. You will be willing to become a first aider for the school.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Jason Newham via email on jnewham@theoaksacademy.co.uk or on 01270 661223. For further information about the school, please visit our website https://www.theoaksacademy.co.uk/

In return, we offer a pension scheme, free parking, wellness scheme, store discount and a cycle to work scheme.

Hours of work: 37 per week

Weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)

Salary range: £ 28,599 to £ 31,023 (Pro rata salary £24,676 per annum)

Interviews: Week commencing 20th October 2025

Closing date: Thursday 16th October 2025, midnight

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The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

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.
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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.

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About The Oaks Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
648 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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The Oaks Academy (TOA), Crewe is part of The Learning Alliance (TLA) which serves families from Congleton, Crewe, Knutsford and parts of North Staffordshire. It includes Congleton High School, The Oaks Academy, Black Firs Primary School, Castle Primary School, The Knutsford Academy, The Knutsford Studio, Edgerton Primary School and Sir William Stanier.

TOA joined TLA on 1st September 2020 and will continue the journey of school improvement in this partnership. We have made significant strides in our school transformation and seek to appoint staff that understand the culture and climate of the school, our community, and the wider educational environment. Staff have a unique opportunity to work alongside colleagues in other secondary schools within the Trust. The school is also part of the Chimney House Teaching Alliance.

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