Job Description

Sir William Stanier School

Cheshire East
19,688 - 20,985 per year

Salary:

Pro rata

Job type:

Part Time, Permanent

Start date:

01 November 2025

Apply by:

18 September 2025

Job overview

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Sir William Stanier is committed to providing high-quality education to our diverse student body, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.

Position: Part-time Teaching Assistant Grade 5
Contract Terms: Permanent
Position Type: Learning Support

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The successful candidate will work within our Learning Support department, assisting teachers in delivering engaging lessons and supporting students with their academic progress.

Skills and Qualifications:Excellent communication skills Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting Strong organizational skills


Values and Attitudes:Passion for working with students from diverse backgrounds Commitment to creating an inclusive learning environment Flexibility and adaptability in approach to tasks


Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant looking to make a real difference?

We are seeking to appoint two dedicated individuals to join our welcoming and experienced support team.

This is a demanding yet highly rewarding role, offering the opportunity to positively impact the lives of our students every day.
What

We're Looking For:

Essential: Previous experience in supporting students to achieve high-quality learning outcomes.
Desirable: A particular strength in literacy or numeracy support.
Valuable: Experience in delivering targeted interventions, especially in speech and language development and social skills.

You will work closely with the Class Teacher and Intervention Manager to support pupil progress and attainment. The role involves both one-to-one support and in-class assistance for students with a wide range of learning, medical, or behavioural needs.

We welcome applications from Teaching Assistants with backgrounds in both Primary and Secondary education.

Hours of work: 33 per week, over 39 weeks of the year (term-time plus 5 days).

Salary: FTE 25,583 (Pro rata 19,688)

Closing date: 18th September 2025 at 9am.

Interviews week commencing: 22nd September 2025

To learn more about the role please contact Michele Dobson, Principal's PA: michele.dobson@sws.cheshire.sch.uk.

We will only contact candidates that have been short-listed for interview. If you do not receive a communication within 10 working days of the closing date, you can safely assume that you have not been invited to interview.

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).
In line with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 The Learning Partnership does not request attendance or medical information on candidates for posts prior to appointment. We will, however, seek a post-appointment reference for successful candidates, which will include questions relating to attendance records. Appointments will be made subject to this reference and the Trust may, in some circumstances, withdraw the offer of appointment on the basis of information received, again having full regard to the requirements of the Equality Act.
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 are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status. The Trust supports CIPD's #FlexFrom1st campaign and is 'happy to talk flexible working'. International School Sir William Stanier is a prestigious educational institution located in Europe, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We are committed to providing high-quality education to our diverse student body, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
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About

Sir William Stanier School

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Sir William Stanier School

Coronation Street, Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4EB
United Kingdom

+44 1270 660880

Sir William Stanier; a school at the heart of its community, built and equipped for learning in the 21st century. An exciting and stimulating place of learning with innovative practice, high standards and traditional values.

Sir William Stanier School is part of The Learning Partnership.

The Learning Partnership is a new multi-academy trust that was formed on 1st September 2023 as a merger between The Learning Alliance and The Learning for Life Partnership. The trust consists of fourteen schools, eight of which are primary schools and six are secondary schools, all based across east Cheshire and north Staffordshire.



We are an inclusive school and believe all of our students can achieve success in life. We see it as our responsibility, working in partnership with our families, primary schools, and post 16 partners, to provide the opportunities and environment that will nurture a love of learning. We embrace change and challenge and aim to develop students that do the same.

Our School Values:

Opportunity -

We believe we can achieve anything and we have high expectations of ourselves. We take pride in how we dress and how we talk to everyone at all times.

Community -

We welcome everyone to contribute positively to our school. We look after each other and bring out the best in each other. We are all part of the SWS Family.

Courage -

We work hard and never give up. We take measured risks which encourage us to experience more and to know more enabling us to grow into the leaders we are going to be.



We have exceptional teachers, an exciting curriculum and an extensive extra-curricular programme designed to maximise participation.



If you are passionate about teaching or joining our team in a support role, and you are looking for an exciting opportunity we would like to hear from you. You will join a school with an excellent, dynamic and inspirational leadership team who are relentless in their pursuit of improvement and progress. Subsequent development opportunities are considered excellent.

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