Teaching Assistant Level 2

Birchills Church of England Community Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 8NF

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,347.51 Annually (Actual) Level 2 NJC 7-11

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

As a Level 2 Teaching Assistant at Birchills Church of England Community Academy, you will play a key role in supporting teaching and learning across the school, helping pupils to achieve their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally. Guided by the school’s Christian ethos and its belief that “With God all things are possible,” you will contribute to a caring, inclusive environment where every child is valued, nurtured, and encouraged to flourish.

Working closely with teachers and other professionals, you will provide high-quality classroom support, including leading learning activities, supporting individuals and small groups, and contributing to planning, assessment, and the delivery of engaging lessons. You will promote positive behaviour, independence, and resilience in line with the school’s values of respect, belief, nurture, achievement, inspiration, outstanding behaviour, and a welcoming community.

You will support pupils with a range of needs, helping to remove barriers to learning and ensuring that all children feel safe, confident, and motivated. Through your commitment to high expectations, teamwork, and professional practice, you will make a meaningful contribution to the school’s mission of developing happy, confident learners who are inspired to have the highest aspirations to achieve their best within a supportive Christian community.

The successful candidate will have NVQ Level 2 or equivalent, experience of working with children and will demonstrate a passion for education.

If you would like any further information about the post, please contact Miss Poole, Trust Headteacher. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the office on 01922 721063

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) clearance is required for this role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children's Barring List Check. If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post.

Please refer to the job description and person specification. The Trust is committed to being a Flexible Employer and welcomes open discussion around flexible working options.

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 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.

About Birchills Church of England Community Academy

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 442 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Birchills Church of England Community Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birchills-church-of-england-community-academy

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