Teaching Assistant
Q3 Academy Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, B43 7SD31 days remaining to apply
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
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
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
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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