Teaching Assistant Level 2

Brooke School, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 6DY

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,606.00 - £23,965.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

About this Role

About us

Brooke School is a broad-spectrum special school catering for pupils aged 4 - 19 years. We have a warm, mutually supportive and caring ethos with enthusiastic and skilled staff who are highly aspirational and committed to pupil welfare, progress and life-chances.  

Our school is part of Unity MAT, which is a small, ambitious trust comprising of ourselves and two other similar special schools. Our collaborative working means that we have shared understanding of the challenges and issues that our schools face and can work together to find solutions. The schools are supported by a strong Core Team who provide dedicated support services across the Trust.

What we need

We currently have a vacancy for a Level 2 Teaching Assistant and are seeking to appoint highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our friendly and ambitious school. This position will involve working on a 1:1 basis with some of our pupils. Experience of working with pupils with a range of complex needs is desirable and a passion for enabling pupils with SEND to achieve their full potential is essential.

The core purpose of your role will be:

• To support the class teacher in delivering a high-quality educational experience for all pupils
• Assist with preparation of learning materials and resources ensuring they are tailored to meet the diverse needs of the pupils.
• Contribute to the assessment of pupils by teachers through monitoring, recording and reporting.
• To provide support to pupils in their personal, social and emotional development and engage them in their own learning.
• Maintain positive ethos and core values of the school
• Contribute to constructive team building amongst teaching staff, non-teaching staff, parents and carers.

What we offer

• the opportunity to make a difference
• enthusiastic, friendly and engaged pupils who are keen to learn

• a supportive community of families and external partners
• a friendly and inclusive working environment
• talented, dedicated and hardworking colleagues and SLT team
• comprehensive induction and probation support

Reward & Benefits

We offer:

• A competitive salary
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme & significant employer contribution
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Enhanced employee assistance programme (including GP helpline, financial & legal advice line and carer support for employee and household members)
• Well-being app & staff discounts
• Occupational Health Service
• Family friendly and Employee Health & Well-being policies

Safer Recruitment

Unity MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow robust safer recruitment processes, including online searches, during all recruitment. Please see application pack for further details.

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.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from candidates of all ages, backgrounds and those with disabilities

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

Unity MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this.

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 Brooke School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 200 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brooke School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brooke-school

Brooke School, is an all-age broad-spectrum special school in Rugby, Warwickshire, which is part of Unity MAT.

At its Ofsted Inspection in May 2022, the school was placed in Special Measures. The Trust have implemented a significant support package and we are now looking to appoint a proven, inspirational leader with the vision, knowledge and experience not only to drive the school’s improvement journey at a rapid pace, but to elevate it to be a centre of educational excellence.

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