Role: Level 2 Teaching Assistant Location: North Chadderton School, Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BN Hours: 31 hours 50 minutes, Term Time Only 1 day (INSET Day) Salary: L2 Teaching Assistant Grade 3 (SCP 6-11) £24,939 - £27,006 (actual salary) Employment type: Permanent Start Date: As soon as possible We are looking to appoint a passionate, enthusiastic, pro-active, and committed teaching assistant to join our team. The successful candidates will be patient, flexible, adaptable, and able to show initiative and enjoy making a real difference to students’ learning. They will also have highly effective communication skills and the ability to create and promote positive strategies for ensuring the wellbeing and happiness of all learners whilst taking a restorative and patient approach. North Chadderton School is a strong school and is fully committed to continuing to further raise academic standards and attainment, across an academic curriculum. We are committed to career-long staff development and if you join our team, you will be based in a diverse, friendly, and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning. As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing and workload support, including access to employee counselling. Located to the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links. Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to recruitment@theoaktrust.org.uk or please phone The Oak Trust Recruitment Team on 0161 785 5960. Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs. Closing date: noon Monday 2nd March 2026 North Chadderton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks. 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’ (para 221) Supporting Documents ↗ Job Description & Person Specification Calculate your take home pay. Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you should pay for the current tax year. Employment could affect your benefits, find out more here. Turn2us Benefits Calculator.