Teaching Assistant

New Leaf School, Walsall, West Midlands, WV12 4EG

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 6 (SCP 15-23)

What skills and experience we're looking for

New Leaf School

New Leaf School is seeking to recruit a highly skilled and enthusiastic

Teaching Assistant: Permanent Contract

Grade 6 (SCP 15-23) – 32.5 hours per week term time only

Actual Salary Range (including 5 training days per year)

£22,721- £26,213

What the school offers its staff

New Leaf School is the only Key Stage 1,2 and 3 Pupil Referral Unit in Walsall. Most pupils are placed at New Leaf for social and emotional reasons which have often resulted in them becoming resistant learners. Far from having learning difficulties, many simply find learning difficult and need a different approach. Consequently, the ability to engage with challenging and vulnerable learners is an essential part of this job. When the structures around learning are effective, pupils can and do settle to learning at this school and progress can be rapid, rewarding and sustained. Most of the pupils have already experienced significant school and social exclusion in one form or another and New Leaf works hard to mitigate the social disadvantages that have resulted in their placement here. These students are some of Walsall’s most vulnerable learners and as such should benefit from the very best we have to offer.

Our staff are hard-working, experienced, friendly and supportive.

Visits to our school are encouraged.

Please contact Claire Fairburn if you require any further details: cfairburn@newleaf.walsall.sch.uk

Forms to be returned by the closing date shown below.

Closing date: Wednesday 21st January 2026

Interviews will be held on Thursday 22nd January 2026.

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About New Leaf School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: No information available
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: jasmine.gill@merciantrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/new-leaf-school

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