Teaching Assistant
Job description
Are you passionate about making a difference in the classroom and helping young people reach their full potential?
We are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants to support students within a variety of secondary schools across Oldham. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in rewarding educational settings, providing valuable support to both students and teaching staff.
Your Role
As a Teaching Assistant, you'll play a key role in supporting learning by:
- Providing classroom support to teachers and pupils.
- Working with small groups and individual students to boost engagement and progress.
- Supporting pupils with additional learning, behavioural, or emotional needs.
- Helping to create a positive, inclusive, and productive learning environment.
- Assisting with lesson preparation and classroom organisation.
We're Looking For
- Experience working with children or young people in any setting.
- A patient, positive, and proactive approach.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to build positive relationships with students and staff.
- A genuine passion for supporting education and student development.
What's on Offer?
✅ Flexible work to suit your availability
✅ Opportunities for both short-term and long-term placements
✅ Experience across a range of supportive secondary schools
✅ Competitive rates of pay
Whether you're an experienced Teaching Assistant, a recent graduate, or someone with transferable skills gained from youth work, coaching, mentoring, or care roles, we'd love to hear from you.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.
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