Job Description

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School are recruiting a Teaching Assistant to start in September 2025. The successful candidate will work closely with pupils and should be supportive, hard-working, and able to encourage students to achieve their full potential. If you are committed to raising achievement and quality of education for pupils, and can offer understanding and guidance, we would love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed candidate with:

High expectations of what can be achieved. A clear vision of what makes a successful Teaching Assistant. Experience working as a Teaching Assistant, or undertaking similar responsibilities. A commitment to improving outcomes for all students. The ability to work in an organised and methodical way. The ability to relate well to children and young people.
We are looking for candidates who will:

Complement our team with their enthusiastic and positive attitude. Be able to multitask and prioritise workload effectively. Be innovative and use initiative. Have drive and enthusiasm, with a desire to explore, develop and evaluate new ideas. Have a sense of humour, caring nature and build strong relationships with everyone. Thrive in a busy school environment.
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is a forward looking, selective state school with academy status and an outstanding record of promoting academic excellence. Our curriculum is broad and we provide a wide range of enrichment and wellbeing opportunities, and we are proud of our inclusive community. There are currently just over 1,000 students on roll across years 7 to 13. The admission policy prioritises girls from the Lancaster District, but students do travel to us from across Lancashire and Cumbria. LGGS enjoys a city centre location with strong transport links, yet is only a short walk from nearby parks and a nature reserve.

Full details of the Person Specification and for the role are provided in our Role Profile.

This is a part-time (30 hours over 5 days per week), term time only, fixed-term for one year on the basis of: Funding (supporting students with EHCPs) role: details of the contractual terms and salary are included in the Role Profile. LGGS also offers a competitive benefits package which is detailed in our Recruitment Information Pack.

For our more information about working at LGGS please visit our website: https://www.lggs.org.uk/staff-vacancies/working-at-lggs. For more information about this vacancy please see the recruitment advert on our mynewterm site.

Applications must be submitted on the LGGS mynewterm application form by the closing date of 9.00am on Monday 07/07/2025 We do not accept applications via other online platforms such as Indeed.

Shortlisting will take place shortly after the closing date, and interviews are provisionally planned for week commencing 14/07/2025.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 24,404.00-27,269.00 per year

Expected hours: 30 per week

Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 07/07/2025
Expected start date: 01/09/2025