Teaching Assistant

Teaching Personnel are currently working alongside a large mixed secondary school in Bury to appoint a dedicated and passionate teaching assistant to join their team of support staff from October 2026. Competitive pay…

Pay rate £1,000/day
Job type Temporary
Posted 28 August 2026

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Teaching Personnel are currently working alongside a large mixed secondary school in Bury to appoint a dedicated and passionate teaching assistant to join their team of support staff from October 2026.

Competitive pay (No umbrella company or agency fee)
Paid weekly, every Friday via PAYE
Full-time role, Monday – Friday
Registration required through Teaching Personnel prior to start
This is a fantastic opportunity to build on experience within a secondary school setting. No prior school-based experience is necessary, although experience supporting children or young adults within a regulated setting is required.

Within this role you will work deliver one-to-one interventions to students requiring additional support within the classroom, as well as assisting small groups of students with their knowledge of the curriculum and completion of set work. You will also work closely with the class teacher to prepare and plan lessons in line with the national curriculum and schemes of work.

Our client school require a teaching assistant who is flexible with working across KS3 and KS4, across a variety of subjects and pupil ability.

This secondary school is located in Bury, making it easily accessible from surrounding areas such as Salford, Rochdale and Bolton via bus, tram or car (on-site parking).

If you are interested in this role, please submit your updated CV with your application or for further information, please contact the Manchester West Secondary branch on (phone number removed).

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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