Grade: Grade 5 (SCP 12 - 17)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 Hours Per Week
Working Pattern: Term Time + 1 week
Actual Salary: £25,119 - £27,248
Interview Date: Thursday 23rd October 2025
The children, staff and Governors of Woodland Community Primary School are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, creative and inspirational Teaching Assistant to join our caring and aspirational team. This post will be based within the school’s internal inclusive provision supporting children with additional needs.
Woodland Community Primary School is a warm and supportive community. The school has high ambitions for pupils’ achievement and behaviour...Pupils and staff enjoy excellent relationships. Pupils feel happy and well cared for...Pupils are excited to contribute to school life...They have many opportunities to learn outside the classroom and explore their local area...They are particularly proud to represent the school in sporting events...As a result of the significant improvements to the teaching of English and mathematics in the last few years, pupils are making rapid gains in their learning. (Ofsted, February 2025)
Based in fantastic grounds and with amazing resources, Woodland Community Primary School is a happy, inclusive school with high standards of behaviour.
The successful candidate will:
* Have a proven track record of supporting teaching and learning at a high level in the primary phase
* Be enthusiastic, creative, innovative and prepared to ‘roll their sleeves up and have a go’
* Have high expectations of pupils behaviour, behaviours for learning and achievement
* Be an excellent communicator who is committed to being proactive in working in positive partnership with all stakeholders
* Be willing to involve themselves in, and support, the wider aspects of school life
In return we can offer:
* A happy, inclusive and supportive school environment
* Children who are polite, well behaved and enthusiastic learners
* Excellent support for your professional development
* A very well-resourced learning environment
* A welcoming, friendly and extremely hardworking staff team
For further information, please contact Chloe Boardman, School Business Manager by email (cboardman@woodland.rochdale.sch.uk) or telephone 01706 620305
Closing Date 21st October 2025 at 11:59pm
Shortlisting 22nd October 2025 (Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted).
Interviews Thursday 23rd October 2025
To apply for this position please download the application form and supporting documentation and send completed applications to Chloe Boardman, School Business Manager cboardman@woodland.rochdale.sch.uk by 11:59pm on 21st October 2025. Please do not send to other email addresses as these may not be monitored.
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 2022 (para 220).