Teaching Assistant

High Meadow Community School, Coleshill, Warwickshire, B46 1ES

29 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  12 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday-Friday 08:30-15:30
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Scale F Point 7

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Requirements

• Support the teacher in curriculum planning, evaluation and implementation.
• Support the delivery of lessons and interact with the teacher and pupils as required.
• Undertake agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
• Support and use ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
• Support individuals or groups during independent/group work, e.g. explain tasks, reinforce key objectives/concepts or vocabulary, use practical apparatus, support less able pupils, extend/challenge more able pupils, and keep pupils on task, motivated and engaged.
• Provide occasional support to the whole class for short periods (e.g. story reading or leading a short activity), under the direction of the teacher.
• Help pupils to develop communication skills, including through role play activities.
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils, encouraging them to interact, work cooperatively and engage in activities.
• Promote independence and support the development of pupils’ self-esteem.
• Support the personal, social and emotional development of pupils.
• Assist with the development and implementation of IEPs and behaviour plans.
• Use specialist skills, knowledge or training to provide support in specific areas.
• Encourage and reinforce positive interactions between pupils, particularly in line with behaviour targets.
• Identify and report any uncharacteristic behaviour patterns to the teacher.
• Assist with pupil supervision on trips off the premises, under the overall guidance of the teacher.
• Monitor and support the general care, safety and welfare of pupils, including tasks connected with their social inclusion and personal/physical care.
• Provide short-term, occasional cover for whole classes, delivering pre-prepared work under the direction of a teacher or senior leader, in line with school policy.

Experience (Desirable)

• Hold a recognised and relevant NVQ level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification and have undertaken other appropriate training (preferably leading to national standards at NVQ level 3) or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, experience and skills
• Minimum GCSE (or equivalent) English and Maths at grades A-C
• Have good communication and listening skills and be able to present information verbally and in writing to others
• Have experience of TA work
• Have attended further training on aspects of the curriculum or areas of specific special need
• Have good level of knowledge and understanding of at least one area of learning (eg . English, maths, science)
• Display commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people
• Value and respect the views and needs of children
• Understand school’s policies and how they relate to local and national frameworks/policies (eg child protection, health and safety, equal ops, SEN).

What the school offers its staff

What the school offers its staff

• A caring ethos where every child matters
• Children who show behaviour and attitudes to learning which are exemplary
• A friendly, supportive and collaborative staff team
• A supportive wider school community
• Commitment to our further professional development including mentoring and support
• A fun environment to work in

If you would like to be part of a highly effective staff team and support our pupils to achieve their full potential in our supportive close-knit school, we would love to hear from you.

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.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About High Meadow Community School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 197 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: High Meadow Community School website
• Email address: cassisi.t@welearn365.com
• Phone number: 01675462312
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/high-meadow-community-school

High Meadow Community School is a thriving, growing primary school at the heart of the community.
Our school learning environment is bright and well resourced and our children in Nursery and Reception enjoy learning and playing together in a creative, nature inspired space. To accommodate our conversion from infant to primary school, we now have a wonderful, creative new learning space called 'The Burrow' which is home to our Key Stage 2 classes, namely The Rabbits, The Hedgehogs, The Foxes and The Otters. The Burrow has been built to optimise children's connection with nature; overlooking our natural meadow and Forest School with floor to ceiling windows, a living turf roof and their own outdoor space in which to enjoy the natural world.

Alongside our amazing learning space, we are proud to be a Gold Arts Mark Award school which recognises the importance of ensuring the Arts run through the heart of our curriculum. Weekly music and singing lessons led by a range of peripatetic specialists ensure our spaces are full of joy and harmonies too!

Our children also benefit from weekly Forest School lessons led by our qualified Forest School Leader. There, children learn to appreciate and love the natural world as well as build dens, roast marshmallows on open fires and build bug hotels to encourage the minibeasts to take up residence in our amazing space.

All of our practice is informed by research with the Education Endowment Foundation recommendations influencing everything we do. We teach Maths using a Mastery approach and are in the third year of working with the White Rose (now Origin) Maths Hubs. Our maths lead now showcases her outstanding maths teaching to other schools who are at the start of their maths mastery journey. In english, we recognise the importance of the development early language and as such use the Storytelling Approach to teach literacy skills from the early years through to the spring term of Year 1. We then transition to the Power of Reading (led by Centre for Literacy in Primary Education) where high quality children's books help develop our children into outstanding readers and writers. To find out even more about our wonderful school please check out our website.

Arranging a visit to High Meadow Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cassisi.t@welearn365.com.

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