Interviews will be held week beginning January 26th, 2026
About us
We are a large urban primary school in Salford, touching distance from Manchester
City Centre. We serve a vibrant, diverse community and value and celebrate this
diversity at all levels in school. The Friars is a supportive, friendly school with
opportunities for growth within our staff group and a range of additional opportunities
for staff and children.
We currently have exciting vacancies within our team to enable us to continue to
build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the
team.
About the role
We are looking for a Level 2 Teaching Assistant who has experience of working with
children in a Primary School setting to join our staff team. This role will
predominantly involve providing cover across an assigned phase but will also include
other cover elements such as SEN interventions and in-class support.
The successful candidate will:
Demonstrate a commitment to our school ethos and values
Have a passion for promoting and supporting children’s learning and wellbeing
Be able to support the learning and wellbeing of children of different ages across
school as required
Be able to relate well to both children and adults and be able to work well in a team
Duties will include planning, preparing and delivering learning activities for
individuals/small groups and monitoring and assessing, recording and reporting on
pupil’s achievement, progress and development under the direction of the teaching
This is an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic school and to be part of its future
developments.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.
If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants.
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Continuous Service commitment
New employees can keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others under this scheme. Find out if this applies to you on our Continuous Service page.
Guaranteed Assessment Schemes
We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please visit our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme page.
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