Key Role Information

Salary
£19,402 - £21,009
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
06/07/2026 12:00
Interview
14 July 2026
Start
1 September 2026
Pay grade
Support Staff | 6 - 11
Department
Teaching Assistant
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
32.50
Weeks per year
38.400
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Role: Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Location: Thorp Primary School, Westerdale Drive, Royton, Oldham, OL2 5TY

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time Only + 5 days

Salary: Grade 3 (SCP 6-11) £19,402 - £21,009 (Actual salary)

Employment type: Permanent

Start Date: 1st September 2026


We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, hardworking and committed Teaching Assistant to Thorp Primary School. The successful candidate will be patient, flexible, adaptable, able to show initiative, and enjoy making a real difference to students’ learning. They will also have highly effective communication skills and the ability to create and promote positive strategies for ensuring the wellbeing and happiness of all learners whilst taking a restorative and patient approach.


We can offer:

  1. A structure that supports flexible working hours
  2. An opportunity to work for a ‘Good’ school as rated by Ofsted, committed to excellence.
  3. An enthusiastic, hardworking, and supportive team of leadership and staff.
  4. Friendly children who are eager, love challenges and are ready to learn.
  5. Excellent professional development opportunities.
  6. An inclusive and positive ethos.


As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.


Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to info@thorpschool.uk or please phone Thorp Primary School on 0161 823 0520 Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.


Closing date: noon Monday 6th July 2026


Thorp Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks. The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’ (para 221)


           

Thorp Primary School

Lisa Graham

info@thorpschool.uk

Westerdale Drive
Royton
Royton
Oldham
OL2 5TY
Lisa Graham
info@thorpschool.uk

Safeguarding Information

The Oak Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


Any offer of employment will be subject to checks being carried out in order to ensure that you are not subject to a prohibition order or an interim prohibition order.


I understand that if shortlisted, the Trust may carry out an online search as part of their due diligence (KCSIE 2024, paragraph 221). This is to help identify any incidents or issues that may have happened and are publicly available online. I understand that any concerns will be explored at interview.


As an applicant it is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, schools and colleges if you are barred from engaging in such activity.



All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, the amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

 

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not “protected” prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. 

 

Please note that a conviction will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining employment.