Teaching Assistant Level 2/3 - Leaning Mentor
Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3AG21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
13 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
22 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £13,884.41 - £30,075.67 Annually (Actual) Scale E – H (Points 5 –17): £13,884.41 – £30,075.67 per year, (£26,427 – £34,811FTE)
Teaching Assistant Level 2/3 - Leaning Mentor job summary
‘Being a pupil at Lawrence Sheriff is a highly positive and rewarding experience ... Staff feel extremely well supported by leaders’ Ofsted 2026.
Is your perception that, as a boys’ grammar school, we will be overly traditional and elitist? Think again! If you want to become part of a calm and happy school community then Lawrence Sheriff may well be the place for you!
Lawrence Sheriff School is a forward looking boys’ grammar school of approximately 1200 students, around 450 of whom are in our coeducational sixth form. As a Teaching School Hub, we play a significant role in initial teacher training and continuous professional development across the region. Our Teaching School Hub status also enables us to offer all staff varied and interesting opportunities to enhance their practice.
We are looking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to support students with SEND, for example Autism and SEMH in and out of a classroom, in order to facilitate their access to the curriculum and maximise their independence.
The successful applicant will be based in the Inclusion Department as well as a classroom and must have the ability to establish effective relationships with young people and teaching staff.
Being an effective communicator is critical due to the needs of students and therefore excellent written and spoken English is essential. You must be highly organised, with good time management skills and be IT literate.
Applicants must be able to deal sensitively with matters of confidence whilst following the School Child Protection policy, for which training will be given.
For further information please contact the Personnel department: Tel: 01788 843700, E‑mail: recruitment@lawrencesheriffschool.com
Closing date for applications:
09.00 am on Tuesday 13 October 2026
Lawrence Sheriff School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As part of the pre-employment process, an enhanced DBS Check, Prohibition Checks, Childcare Disqualification (where appropriate) and Online/Social media screening will be undertaken in addition to other relevant background checks. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Lawrence Sheriff School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1200 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
'This school is a truly special place. Pupils flourish here’ (Ofsted, 2022).
Lawrence Sheriff School is a boys’ grammar school with a co-education sixth form. We have approximately 1080 students, over 380 of whom are in the sixth form. We believe that much of our success - including our consistently high Ofsted grading and our high rankings in DFE performance tables - can be directly linked to our emphasis upon LSS being a happy place to work for both pupils and staff. The 2022 Ofsted report goes on to say that ‘the passion that pupils have for their learning is palpable’ and 'there is a clear culture of mutual respect between staff and students'.These comments sum up the distinctive ethos and values of the school. As a National Teaching School, we have played a significant role in initial teacher training and continuous professional development across the region. Our Teaching School Hub status now enables us to offer all staff varied and interesting opportunities to enhance their practice.
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