Job Description

About The Role
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Working Hours: Part Time, 08:50am - 3:30pm (30 minutes unpaid lunch break
Monday - Friday
Number of Positions: 2
Qualifications Required: Maths and English
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Salary: 25,183 - 27,269 per annum
Gorton Primary School is part of Vantage CE Academies Trust which was set up in 2012 and is one of 10 schools across Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Bolton and Knowsley. It is a place of learning where all are inspired to achieve together.
At the heart of our vision is a shared curriculum and approach to teaching and learning across our schools.
The International Primary Curriculum and its eight learning goals are deeply embedded across all our academies - providing both rigour and internationally recognised standards for all pupils. The goals, which are shared by everyone in our schools, are:

• Resilient
• Ethical
• Communicator
• Collaborator
• Thinker
• Adaptable
• Empathetic
• Respectful

We are seeking to appoint outstanding Teaching Assistants who have:

• Successful experience of working with children in a school or nursery setting
• Successful experience of working with children 1:1
• Successful experience of working with children with SEN
• The highest standards for themselves and children
• A passion to be part of a creative and personalised approach to learning
• A commitment to be part of a team to secure the best outcomes for children

About the Candidate
In response, we can offer successful candidates:

• An inclusive and diverse school community
• Friendly, motivated, committed and highly skilled staff
• Opportunities to work with colleagues from across Vantage Academy Trust
• A firm commitment to your professional development A supportive Leadership team
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and offer an extensive staff benefits package

About Us
To apply please visit our trust website at:
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We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed .
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation