Level 3 Special Education Needs Learning Support Assistant
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2PG13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed Term for 2 years until 31/08/2027, Term Time
Pay scale
- NJC SCP 12-15 FTE: £27,711- £29,093
What skills and experience we're looking for
Salary: NJC SCP 12 - 15. FTE: £27,711 - £29,093 Actual Salary will be pro-rata to term time Start Date: Required for September 2025 Contract: Fixed Term for 2 years until 31/08/2027, Term Time
Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the pupils are engaged and committed to study; the staff are intelligent, friendly and forward looking.
We are looking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant (Level 3) to provide the highest level of support to a range of pupils with special educational needs.
What the school offers its staff
The role is intended to work alongside the SENDCO and all staff in raising the awareness of Special Educational Needs and Disability (‘SEND’) and incorporating strategies into quality first teaching. You will ideally have experience of working within a similar role within a school context. You are someone who is flexible, highly organised and able to multi-task. You are someone who can be the key advocate for young people with SEND; understanding, and subsequently minimising the barriers and challenges to learning that these young people face.
You will ideally have experience of working within a similar role within a school context. You are someone who is flexible, highly organised and able to multi-task and prioritise work to meet specific deadlines. You are someone who enjoys being part of a team and you care about all pupils having the opportunity to achieve their potential.
We strongly encourage informal visits to the school with the opportunity to meet prospective colleagues and pupils.
Please contact Simran Sahota (Executive Assistant) to arrange such a visit, by emailing s.sahota@qmgs.merciantrust.org.uk
Applications should be made using the recruitment portal on the vacancies page of our website and set out how your experience and expertise match the requirements of job description and person specification. Please read the information pack, which is also available on the job listing.
Closing Date: Monday 2 June 2025
Interviews: W/C 9 June 2025
Queen Mary’s Grammar school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Commitment to safeguarding
Queen Mary’s Grammar school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Queen Mary's Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1344 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Queen Mary's Grammar School website
- Email address
- lara.bridgett@merciantrust.org.uk
Queen Mary’s Grammar School is an invigorating and rewarding place to work: the pupils are intelligent and committed to study; the staff are friendly and forward looking. It is far more than just a place of work – it is a thriving community, proud of its past and confident of its future. We are an outstanding school, as recognised by OFSTED in our most recent inspection in March 2023.
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