Teaching Assistant
Marlfields Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced temporary Teaching Assistant to start in September 2025. The role will be temporary for 1-year, full-time grade 4 post with PPA cover paid at a relevant rate (at least 3.25 hrs per week.) term time plus insets.
You must be experienced in working with primary aged children in a school setting and would ideally hold a level 3 qualification or equivalent.
You will need to demonstrate:
- Your ability to work as part of a very enthusiastic team
- Commitment, flexibility and energy
- Excellent behavioural management skills
- A knowledge of the national curriculum and assessment
- To be willing to undertake suitable training for your own professional development.
Your responsibilities will include:
- supporting the teacher in the development and implementation of intervention programs
- assisting in maintaining classroom discipline through the implementation of the school’s behaviour management strategies
- providing support to pupils to achieve learning goals e.g. leading guided reading and other small group work.
- supervising pupils for a particular curriculum activity under the guidance of a qualified teacher
- assisting the teacher with the planning of learning activities
- assisting with the day-to-day routines of a classroom
- assisting the teacher in monitoring pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.
The ability to planning and lead curriculum lessons to cover PPA sessions.
The closing date for this post will be 9am Friday 29th August 2025 and interviews will take place during the week beginning Monday 1st September 2025.
For further information regarding this role, please contact admin@marlfields.cheshire.sch.uk
Salary range
- £20,000 - £24,999 per year