Level 3 Teaching Assistant and Wrap Care Assistant

Role: L3 Teaching Assistant and Wrap Around Care Assistant

Location: Fir Bank Primary School, Grasmere Road, Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL2 6SJ

Hours: 27.5 hours a week, Term Time Only + 5 days

Salary: Grade 4 (SCP 12-17) £18,065 - £19,596 (Actual salary)

Employment type: Permanent

Start Date: September 2026

Are you passionate about working with young people and want to inspire them through outdoor exploration? We are looking to appoint a dedicated Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join Fir Bank Primary School. In this role, in addition to inspiring students in the classroom, you will also lead in the planning, preparation and delivery of wrap around care at the school through nature-based learning and exploration.

Fir Bank Primary School is a popular, one form entry, co-educational 3-11 school which has recently been rated by Ofsted as a ‘Good’ School, committed to excellence. We are part of a cohesive Trust of three schools with capacity and ambition to grow in the near future. We are committed to career long staff development and if you join our team, you will be based in a friendly and supportive school with an excellent quality building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning.

As well as offering you a competitive salary with employer contributions to the local government pensions scheme, we also provide free on-site parking, a cycle to work scheme and a range of well-being and workload support, including access to employee counselling. Located to the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.

Please apply via this portal. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.

The Oak Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks. The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’ (para 221).