Primary SEND Teaching Assistant

Oasis Academy Harpur Mount; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Oasis Academy Harpur Mount in Manchester is seeking a dedicated education support professional to help deliver a safe, stimulating environment where pupils can progress. You will work under a class teacher to support a small group of children with complex needs, modelling positive behaviour and inclusive practice.

We value resilience, empathy and collaborative teamwork, and offer a supportive school community, ongoing professional development and opportunities to contribute to safeguarding and

Qualifications

• The role involves supporting a small group of children with complex needs.
• Commitment to inclusion, equality and healthy relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support a small group of children with complex needs under direction of a class teacher.
• Promote positive behaviour and inclusive classroom practice.

Skills

Resilient

Reflective

Nurturing

Kind

Consistent

Job description

At Oasis Academy Harpur Mount, we are incredibly proud to be able to provide education to our students in a beautiful and inspirational environment. The Academy is rich with history, built in 1904 and opened by Emmeline Pankhurst, it boasts cutting-edge equipment throughout. We aim to provide a safe, stimulating environment for the holistic development of our students, whilst maintaining excellent relationships with parents and the community. We are proud to have been recognised for our inclusive offer, achieving both our Mentally Healthy Schools award and our School of Sanctuary award.

As a member of our staff team you will be instrumental in promoting and supporting outstanding standards of education and helping create a safe, stimulating and purposeful environment where our children will love to be and will make excellent progress. We want our children to feel equipped and confident about the next stages of their education, and harbour fond memories of their experiences at our Academy.

Our vision is to remove any disadvantaged barriers and ensure our children are able to be the best version of themselves. We are seeking to appoint the right people to join us on this journey. We are proud of the work the Academy is recognised for across the city in leading the way with supporting pupils with a range of needs. The ideal candidate will be:

• Resilient
• Reflective and inclusive
• Nurturing
• Kind
• Consistent

Our ideal candidate will be able to develop and maintain positive relationships, whilst embracing the challenge of working as a large team. At Oasis we aim to recruit individuals who display the competence and character to drive our schools towards success. We are looking for positive role models who can model and demonstrate effective behaviour management and build intentional relationships in-line with our inclusive vision. The role involves supporting a small group of children with complex needs, where you will work under direction of a class teacher in a SEND learning base..

Candidates must show commitment to the Oasis Ethos and be ambassadors for Inclusion, Equality, Healthy Relationships, Hope and Perseverance.

In return for your hard work and dedication we will offer you:

• A supportive environment where talents are valued and nurtured
• A dedicated and supportive team of staff
• A state of the art working environment supporting dynamic teaching and learning
• Amazing children who are eager to learn
• An opportunity to be part of a supportive trust
• Continued professional development and development opportunities within the trust
• Unique, amazing and confident children

Don’t just take our word for it…

“Oasis is the perfect name for this extremely hard-working and safe haven in which all pupils are thriving. Pupils make good progress” (Ofsted, September 2014).

“Staff have high expectation of pupils. Classrooms are supportive environments where pupils strive to do their best” “Leaders and staff are highly ambitious for pupils. They are highly motivated to improve the life chances of pupils in the local area.” (Ofsted, November 2018)

‘Oasis Harpur Mount provides a safe, caring and inclusive environment in which all children are supported by every member of staff from the minute they arrive at school to when they leave.’ (TISUK Mentally Healthy School Award, November 2022)

Interviews will be held on Monday 12th October 2026