15 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    25 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    10 September 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Part time: Based on 27 hours 40 minutes per week, term time only plus 5 Inset Days

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

FTE £26,428 - £26,848 pa

Actual salary

£17,359 - £17,635 pa

Pay scale

Scale 3, Pt 5 to 6

Hourly rate

£13.70 to £13.92

What skills and experience we're looking for

JOB PURPOSE

To support the classroom teacher with their responsibility for the development and education process by providing care and supervision skills to students, including those who have special physical, emotional and educational needs, by utilising a good standard of practical knowledge and skills.

What the school offers its staff

This is a chance to join a Special Educational Needs and Disability department that is regarded as a centre of excellence. The students it supports have a wide range of needs and working with them offers you the challenges and rewards of education at its best.

Nunnery Wood High School is oversubscribed with extremely high standards of behaviour and respect. Our students with additional needs are a vital part of the school community and they all access mainstream lessons as a significant part of their timetables. Their remaining time is spent in the Base – a suite of rooms dedicated to additional support.

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

Nunnery Wood High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students.

All staff at Nunnery Wood High School have a safeguarding responsibility.
The successful applicants will be required to undertake safer recruitment vetting checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Nunnery Wood High School

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1488 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01905 363636

Welcome to Nunnery Wood High School.

Nunnery Wood High School is an academy in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. It is a co-educational school and a Science College with about 1500 students on roll aged from 11 to 16. In 1983 following a restructuring of schools in Worcestershire the Nunnery Wood Secondary School was renamed Nunnery Wood High School.

The school campus is located on the edge of Worcester, surrounded by some 15 acres (61,000 m2) of gardens and playing fields which it shares with the adjacent Sixth Form College. The school benefits from refurbished or purpose built extensions including facilities for Science, English, Music, Art & Design, Languages and ICT. The school’s sports centre has an all-weather outdoor pitch and athletics track.

Arranging a visit to Nunnery Wood High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@nunnerywood.worcs.sch.uk.

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