Wheelock Primary School is happy to offer an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, positive, and dedicated Teaching Assistant to join our vibrant team! If you have experience across the primary age range and a real passion for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), we want to hear from you. We’re looking for someone who is eager to inspire young learners, champion their development, and help create a warm, nurturing environment where every child can thrive. This is your chance to make a real impact—come and grow with us!
What does the role involve? The main aim of this role is to support our teachers to deliver academic excellence, day in, day out, with professionalism and enthusiasm. This will involve providing a comprehensive support service to the school including:
- Assisting students with their educational and social development, on an individual and group basis through math interventions
- Providing support for individual children inside and outside the classroom to enable them to fully participate in activities
- Assisting teachers with the maintenance of children records
- Building and maintaining successful relationships with children, whilst treating them with respect and consideration
- Provide expertise to deliver a personalised curriculum for each child’s learning
- Work together with families and other agencies to ensure every child is valued, challenged and supported
- Have the highest expectation that every child will make sustained academic and personal progress
The successful candidate will also provide whole class cover during Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time, Senior Leadership Time etc
Each and every member of staff, regardless of their position or seniority, is expected to participate in the overall running of the school and to act as a positive role model for our children. In and out of the classroom you will encourage and promote positive behaviour and effectively manage any situation that threatens to impact on the progress of other children.
You will be expected to be well organised and flexible with high expectations of attainment, achievement and behaviour and have a drive to make a difference to the education of all children. You will have excellent communication skills and evidence of continued professional development.
There will also be ample opportunities for you to develop further skills through onsite and offsite training for areas such as Mental Health etc
In return we will also be offering the successful candidate:
- A welcoming school with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff
- Inquisitive and self-motivated children to inspire
- Staff benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact
officemanager@wheelock.cheshire.sch.uk
This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of our successful and forward-thinking primary school. Wheelock is part of the Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust (MAT) and the Trust offers outstanding opportunities for peer learning and development.
This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure Certificate. Stringent Checks and Vetting Procedures apply to all posts as part of our Safeguarding Policy.
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Hours: 31.25 hours per week, working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm: 45 Min Lunch
Weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time only)
FTE Salary: £28,599 (£20,841 pro rata to hours and weeks worked)
The closing date for applications: Wednesday 3rd December 2025 @ 12 Noon
Interviews: Monday 8th December 2025
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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.
