EHCP Teaching Assistant

The Meadows Primary School; Crewe; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 16,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused primary school in Crewe is seeking an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to support a wonderful pupil with an education health care plan. The role involves a mix of one-to-one and group sessions, contributing to a nurturing and inclusive environment. Benefits include a generous pension scheme, holiday entitlement, and professional growth opportunities. Candidates are encouraged to engage with the school and discuss the role further with the Headteacher.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme

Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan

DiscountForTeachers Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and dedicated to supporting students' learning.
• Able to create a culture of success and engagement.
• Experience working with students with education health care plans.

Responsibilities

• Support learning through one-to-one and group sessions.
• Assist with lunch time cover.
• Engage with families and support their involvement.

Skills

Nurturing attitude

Good understanding of literacy, numeracy, science, SEN

Excellent communication

Team player

Job description

The Meadows is a small school where our family ethos creates a sense of belonging, pride in our community and compassion for everyone in our school family. We seek an enthusiastic and dedicated TA to support the learning of one of our wonderful pupils with an education health care plan. This support will be delivered in a mix of one-to-one and group work sessions. There may also be the opportunity for overtime.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Nurturing and committed to working with students to help them achieve their potential
• Have a good understanding of areas of learning e.g. literacy, numeracy, science, SEN
• Able to create a culture and ethos where all students can achieve success and become engaged in their own learning
• An excellent communicator and demonstrates openness and honesty
• An excellent team player who enjoys working collaboratively

Interested candidates can visit The Meadows Primary School to meet the Headteacher and / or Senior leaders. You can also telephone the school for a discussion about the role (Contact details can be found on advert attachment).

Benefits

• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan : Enjoy health services designed to support your well‑being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
• Experienced leadership and subject‑specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.

Actual Salary : £15,528-£15,771

Working hours : 27 hours a week, Mon‑Friday (intended allocation of time : 3 full days and 2 half days), including lunch time cover, term time only, 38 weeks per year plus 5 INSET days

Contract type : FTC, based on funding, until 13th November 2026 with the view to be extended

Safeguarding Statement

The Meadows Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, click here to review Safeguarding and Pupil Protection Policy https://www.shaw-education.org.uk/our-trust/key-information

This position is subject to robust vetting procedures, including an online search for all shortlisted candidates, in line with our Trust’s commitment to safer recruitment.

An enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), formerly known as the CRB, is required. You will be asked to disclose all relevant unspent and, where applicable, unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions, and convictions.

Shaw Education Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are fully committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection processes promote equality, diversity, and inclusion at every stage.

In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CVs alone will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on‑going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.

Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.