Job Description

Employer
Oasis Academy Harpur Mount
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Contract Type
Temporary
Hours
Full Time
Contract Length
12 Months
Salary
NJC Support Staff Scale 4-6 pro rata
Posted
23rd October 2025
Start Date
5th January 2026
Expires
14th November 2025 12:00 PM
Contract Type
Temporary
Start Date
5th January 2026
Job ID
1515354
Job Reference
TA2JAN26
Start Date
5th January 2026
Contract Type :Temporary Contract Length: 12 Months Job ID: 1515354

Oasis Academy Harpur Mount are seeking to appoint nurturing, skilled and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants to join our great Academy.

About the Academy

At Oasis Academy Harpur Mount, we are incredibly proud to be able to provide education to our students in a beautiful and inspirational environment. The Academy is rich with history, built in 1904 and opened by Emmeline Pankhurst, it boasts cutting-edge equipment throughout. Our Oasis Horizons scheme provides every primary student (Reception to Y6) and their teachers and support staff, with an iPad to give them access to enhanced online learning, no matter where they are. Students and teachers use the devices together in lessons to bring subjects to life and participate in shared learning. We aim to provide a safe, stimulating environment for the holistic development of our students, whilst maintaining excellent relationships with parents and the community.


As a member of our staff team you will be instrumental in promoting and supporting outstanding standards of education and helping create a safe, stimulating and purposeful environment where our children will love to be and will make excellent progress. We want our children to feel equipped and confident about the next stages of their education, and harbour fond memories of their experiences at our Academy.


Our vision is to remove any disadvantaged barriers and ensure our children are able to be the best version of themselves. We are seeking to appoint the right people to join us on this journey. We are proud of the work the Academy is recognised for across the city in leading the way with supporting pupils with a range of needs. The ideal candidate will be:

Resilient

Reflective and inclusive

Nurturing

Kind

Consistent

Our ideal candidate will be able to develop and maintain positive relationships, whilst embracing the challenge of working as a large team. At Oasis we aim to recruit individuals who display the competence and character to drive our schools towards success. We are looking for positive role models who can model and demonstrate effective behaviour management and build intentional relationships in-line with our inclusive vision.


Candidates must show commitment to the Oasis Ethos and be ambassadors for Inclusion, Equality, Healthy Relationships, Hope and Perseverance.

In return for your hard work and dedication we will offer you:

A supportive environment where talents are valued and nurtured

A dedicated and supportive team of staff

A state of the art working environment supporting dynamic teaching and learning

Amazing children who are eager to learn

An opportunity to be part of a supportive trust

Continued professional development and development opportunities within the trust

Unique, amazing and confident children

Don't just take our word for it...


"Oasis is the perfect name for this extremely hard-working and safe haven in which all pupils are thriving. Pupils make good progress" (Ofsted, September 2014).


"Staff have high expectation of pupils. Classrooms are supportive environments where pupils strive to do their best" "Leaders and staff are highly ambitious for pupils. They are highly motivated to improve the life chances of pupils in the local area." (Ofsted, November 2018)



'Oasis Harpur Mount provides a safe, caring and inclusive environment in which all children are supported by every member of staff from the minute they arrive at school to when they leave.' (TISUK Mentally Healthy School Award, November 2022)


'Pupils thrive at this vibrant and nurturing school, which is a haven for them. They know that there are always trusted adults who care for them and will help them if they have any concerns. This helps pupils to feel happy and to have a strong sense of belonging.'



(Ofsted, March 2024)



Oasis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.


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Safeguarding Statement:

Oasis Academy Harpur Mount - Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.