Teaching Assistant - Meadowbank Primary School
Contract: Permanent 
Closing date for applications:
8 June 2026, 11.59pm 
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Teaching Assistant - Meadowbank Primary School
Contract type: PERMANENT
Location: MEADOWBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHEADLE
Required from: 1st September 2026
Salary: Scale 3 Point 6 (£25,989 pro-rata)
Closing date: 8th June 2026
Interview date: Friday 12th June 2026
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join our caring, enthusiastic and forward thinking Trust.
The successful candidate will be committed to making a positive difference to young people’s lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your skills and knowledge will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our children, providing the support they need to succeed.
The successful candidate:
- will have high expectations for all children, be a committed team player, and will work collaboratively to meet the learning and development needs of all children.
- have prior experience of working with children
- ideally have experience within a school setting
- will be able to support children’s learning and development
- Is creative and has a passion for working with children
- Has excellent subject knowledge
- Is confident in delivering to groups of children of all abilities
- Is empathetic, patient and uses their initiative when working with children
- Is flexible and has experience of working with primary children
- Is open to professional development opportunities as part of a curriculum team
We can offer you:
- An enthusiastic, supportive and committed team of staff and governors
- A forward thinking and creative Trust of 5 schools
- An inclusive Teaching School where the learning of both children and staff are valued
About Education Learning Trust:
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a valued member of our Trust, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding benefits package. This includes a highly competitive salary, a respected and generous pension scheme, and outstanding opportunities for career progression and professional development. We are also committed to supporting your health and wellbeing, offering access to our award-winning employee assistance programme and a wide range of employee benefits and discounts.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
- exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
- school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
- opportunities for professional development and leadership
- a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
- innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks.
It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and 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/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’
We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Please send completed applications to admin@meadowbankprimary.com
Interview Date: 12 June 2026