Teaching Assistant

We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated individuals to join our inclusion team at Winsford Academy.

Ambition and Excellence for All

WA is a fully inclusive school so ideal candidates will be passionate about social mobility and have a determination for all students to achieve their potential.

At WA, Teaching Assistants work both inside and outside the classroom, on a one-to-one and group basis, supporting students with a wide range of special educational needs. Working alongside class teachers you will support students in their academic achievement.    

Further detail about the roles can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.  

Benefits of working at WA:

Alongside knowing that you are making a positive difference to the lives of young people, working at WA means that you will benefit from:

• High quality professional development.
• Regular training to develop strategies within the four broad areas of special educational need.
• A generous and secure pension scheme.
• Generous staff hospitality.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Leisure centre discounts and access to fitness suite on site.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the Principal’s PA jane.fox@winsfordacademy.org.uk. 

We reserve the right to extend, withdraw or close vacancies at any time and without notice.

Winsford Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.

How to apply

We ask all applicants to apply through Face-Ed; our recruitment software. This enables us to efficiently carry out our safer recruitment checks, but we recognise it can take some time for the applicant. The good news is you will only need to register for Face-Ed once to apply for any role in the Trust's 10 schools.

Our top tips for a painless process are as follows:

1. Because Face-Ed is cloud-based software, it is possible for you to experience a break in connection, and you won't necessarily know about it straight away. We therefore strongly recommend that you prepare your main application content in a different package like MS Word/Notepad and copy and paste it into your Face-Ed application form in the relevant sections.
2. If you get a message saying "Validation Error" it isn't a software fault. It means you have entered data in a format that wasn't expected, and it is causing a problem with saving. This might mean you have entered words in a box that expects numbers, for example.