Location: Leighton Academy

Position: Midday Assistant

Salary: Grade 2 - FTE £24,416.00 pro-rata per annum

Actual: £4,160.82

Contract: Permanent – Part time

The Learning Partnership along with the Principal at Leighton Academy wish to appoint a motivated, committed and highly effective Midday Assistant to join our hard working and enthusiastic team. The successful candidate will have good communication skills, be positive and energetic for the children, a strong team player and be able to use their own initiative.

Working hours will be Monday to Friday, 7.5 hours per week between the hours of 11.50am – 1.20pm term time only.

About the Trust

Formed of two local trusts on 1st September 2023, The Learning Alliance and The Learning for Life Partnership, The Learning Partnership is a diverse new multi-academy trust delivering excellent educational provision for pupils in primary and secondary schools across the North-West. The Trust primarily serves the communities of Crewe, Congleton, and Knutsford, and is now the largest multi-academy trust in Cheshire.

At The Learning Partnership, we believe that there are three core facets of our mission –people, passion, and performance. We are striving to build a community of the strongest people, inspiring a passion for education that galvanises these people to maximise their abilities, which supports all pupils to perform at their best. We believe that these core principles will create a culture that helps all our schools to improve and ensures pupil outcomes are the very best they can be.

The trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:

· Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets

· Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme

· Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral

· Flexible working offered as a day 1 right of employment

· Free parking

· Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities

The Learning Partnership is a disability committed employer: applicants requiring adjustments to the application or interview process should contact Debbie at: recruitment@leighton.cheshire.sch.uk.

The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), and appropriate online searches in line with the requirements in Keeping Children Safe in Education (2023).

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers. For further information regarding this role, please contact: oreillyd@leighton.cheshire.sch.uk

Closing Date: Wednesday 15th April 2026 at 9.00am

Interviews: Week beginning Wednesday 20th April 2026 

Start Date: ASAP (negotiable)