TEACHING ASSISTANT (TA2)

Location

Colne Primet Academy, Dent Street, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8JF (881 on roll)

Tel: 01282 863970
School website: www.colneprimet.co.uk/

Summary

Role Specific:

To support students as part of a planned inclusion programme, supporting designated individuals or groups of students with weak literacy/numeracy skills, and those with special educational needs.

Assisting the class teacher with the monitoring of students’ progress and the identification and preparation of appropriate materials and resources for teaching purposes.

To work collaboratively with the teacher in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of the effectiveness of the curriculum for student(s) and to differentiate curriculum content according to the needs of student(s).

To plan and implement specific intervention programmes with individual students or groups appropriate to the developmental needs of individual children throughout different curriculum areas such as IDL, mathswhizz, reading intervention etc.

To be fully involved in the planning and development, of independent social and interpersonal skills and to undertake activities to support the personal, social and emotional needs of student(s) – these will include delivering social stories and talk about, social communication programmes.

To assist in the devising of student’s individual targets and their monitoring and review; and to monitor individual students’ progress and to report on student needs, achievements and concerns.

To develop positive relationships with students and staff to assist student progress and attainment; and to liaise with parents, carers and outside agencies, where appropriate.

To monitor and record student progress on a regular basis and to prepare reports as required.

To assist in the specific medical/care needs of students when specific training has been undertaken.

To undertake cover supervision for whole classes.

Administer tests and assist in the invigilation of exams.

For further information please see attached document.

Please use the Pendle Education Trust application form found at https://careers.pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/job/teaching-assistant-ta2-2/ to apply for this role

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Closing Date: 9am 10 September 2025

For an informal discussion please contact:

Please contact hr@pendleeducationtrust.co.uk

Equal Opportunities statement

An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

 

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.