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Teaching Assistant

Q3 Academy Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, B43 7SD

This job expired on 12 April 2026 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 April 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 3 (SCP 4 – 6) (Actual Salary: £19,516 – £20,139)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teaching Assistant

Q3 Academy Great Barr is seeking a caring, motivated Teaching Assistant to join our SEND team. You will support students with additional needs, help remove barriers to learning, and work closely with teaching staff to adapt lessons, monitor progress, and deliver targeted interventions.

The Role

• Support students in and out of class
• Build positive relationships and encourage engagement
• Adapt resources and assist with learning plans
• Support behaviour expectations and safeguarding
• Communicate with families and professionals
• Assist with trips, activities, and interventions

What We’re Looking For

• GCSE English & Maths (Grade 4/C or above)
• Experience supporting young people
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Ability to adapt learning and work as part of a team
• Commitment to inclusion and our values of Community, Ambition, Respect, Excellence

Please note that previous applicants need not apply.

Closing Date: Sunday 12th April 2026, 11:59pm

Interview Date: Wednesday 15th April 2026

To arrange a visit, contactc.drummond@gbr.merciantrust.org.uk

The Mercian Trust 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.

What the school offers its staff

Why Join Us?

• Supportive, friendly staff community
• Centralised behaviour system
• Excellent CPD and development opportunities
• Modern facilities and fully resourced curriculum
• Staff wellbeing benefits and onsite parking

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

This job post has expired.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teaching Assistant Application Pack.pdf - 1.45 MB (opens in new tab)

About Q3 Academy Great Barr

• School type: Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1163 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Q3 Academy Great Barr website
• Email address: lottie.fellows@merciantrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/q3-academy-great-barr

Q3 Academy, Great Barr is a highly successful, oversubscribed Academy located in Great Barr, committed to raising achievement and curriculum innovation. Our GCSE and A Level headline results continue to be among the best in Sandwell, and this success is underpinned by a relentless focus on raising standards, developing the whole child and improving the quality of teaching and learning.

Arranging a visit to Q3 Academy Great Barr

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lottie.fellows@merciantrust.org.uk.

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