Teaching Assistant Level 3 (Upper KS2)

Part Time, Fixed Term for one year, due to secondment with another school

Starting  1st September 2026 to 31st August 2027

NJC Band 4, SCP 12-17

(£28,598 to £31,022) pro rata, actual salary (£15,268 to £16,562)

Hours: Part time, 22.5 hours per week for a 39 week working year (Term Time plus 5 Inset days)

Monday to Friday 8:00am – 12:30pm

Applications are invited for the post of Teaching Assistant Level 3 at Bowdon Church School, Grange Road, Bowdon, Cheshire WA14 3EX.
The Governors of Bowdon Church School wish to appoint a highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join our hard-working, lively and successful team.
We are looking for someone with:

• High expectations of themselves and others
• The ability to uphold and promote the Christian Vision & Values of Bowdon Church School
• A passion for teaching and learning and providing the very best outcomes for all children
• Excellent classroom practice in Upper KS2
• An inclusive approach to their classroom support and teaching
• Excellent communication and organisation skills
• A commitment to self-development and self-improvement

In return we can offer:

• The opportunity to work in a large, successful school
• Support from the Upper KS2 team, senior leadership team and other relevant professionals
• Opportunities to network with local schools and local hubs
• Commitment to your continued professional development

As a Church of England Voluntary Aided school, the valid applications must be supported by the Chester Diocese application form and a completed person specification sheet.
As a school we are striving for better representation of our community within our staff and thus encourage applicants with diverse voices to consider nomination whether that be ethnicity, culture, language, gender, sexuality etc. The school is committed to becoming consistently and pro-actively anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.
Bowdon Church School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested prior to interview, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, alongside a barred list check. In line with the statutory guidance, ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, the school will conduct online searches on all shortlisted candidates. This process forms part of our due diligence to determine your suitability to work with children. All references will be verified before any offer of employment is confirmed. Other checks carried out are a medical check, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the right to work in the UK.
All posts within the school are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants for paid work and relevant volunteers will be required to declare all unfiltered convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as spent.
For further information, application form and person specification please see below
Applications should be submitted to applications@bowdoncs.org for the attention of Mrs V Hardman, School Business Manager.

Closing date for applications: Friday 10th July 2026

Interviews & observations: week commencing Monday 13th July 2026