Teaching Assistant Grade 2

Walkwood Church of England Middle School, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5AQ

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2, Key stage 3
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share): 33 3/4 hours per week Monday to Friday, term time only plus 5 Inset days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £24,790 and £25,183

What skills and experience we're looking for

Education and training

(academic and vocational)

• GCSE passes in Maths and English (C/4+) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of SEN Code of Practice

Experience and achievements (paid/unpaid)

• Experience of working as a Teaching Assistant supporting pupils in a classroom environment, including those with special needs.

Skills, abilities and personal qualities

• Ability to establish good working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to assist members of the public with queries and complaints.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Must have a commitment to safeguarding children.

Other relevant factors

• Good working knowledge of, and be able to follow, relevant school policies
• Approachable attitude when dealing with pupils, parents or other visitors.

What the school offers its staff

A committed and supportive leadership team

• Wonderful, motivated children
• A commitment to your future professional development
• Support from the whole community of our church school
• Support from The Spire Trust (currently in process of joining)

Further details about the role

Main responsibilities are to:

Under the educational plan agreed with the teacher or designated supervisor:

• Support the activities of individuals or groups of children to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development.
• Use specialist skills to undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical and emotional needs of pupils.
• Use skills to foster the intellectual and social development of children. Undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical and emotional needs of individuals and groups of children, including pupils with educational, physical or emotional special needs.
• Undertake those activities necessary to foster the intellectual and social development of children.
• To feedback to class teachers, achievements, problems, and concerns to designated supervisor.
• Actively engage in the delivery of the educational work programme and activities developed by the classroom teacher.
• To present a good image and carry out duties in a way which promotes the School’s aims and values.
• To comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Regulations. To take reasonable care for the Health and Safety of him/herself and others affected by his/her work and to co-operate with employers in ensuring the Health and Safety responsibilities are carried out.
• All staff within the school are expected to demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding children.
• Undertake such duties and work hours as agreed with the Line Manager and carry out duties as may be required from time to time as detailed by the Line Manager.

Commitment to safeguarding

Walkwood Church of England Middle School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful in obtaining this post you will be subject to a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and health screening. As part of our safer recruitment processes, if you are shortlisted for the post, we will carry out a social media account search.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@walkwoodms.worcs.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Walkwood Church of England Middle School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 9 to 13
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 662 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 13
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Walkwood Church of England Middle School website
• Email address: recruitment@walkwoodms.worcs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01527 543361
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walkwood-church-of-england-middle-school

Walkwood is a place of learning where clear values are taught within all lessons alongside the subject knowledge and associated skills.

Our school is “middle deemed secondary”, and the timetable is run as for a secondary school, with great emphasis placed on subject specialisms.

Walkwood teachers support children in developing their understanding of problem solving and reasoning in a broad range of contexts in which they can explore, enjoy, learn, practice and talk about their developing understanding. Children are offered opportunities for these skills to be practiced in order to give them confidence and competence in their use.

Throughout their time at Walkwood, all pupils are encouraged to express themselves creatively and imaginatively, through their reading, writing, speaking and listening. We expose them to a wide range of genres, text types and visual and audio media to stimulate their responses.

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