Teaching Assistant
Walsall Studio School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1RL13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Term Time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 4 (SCP 6-11) £21,661- £23,455
What skills and experience we're looking for
Walsall Studio School
Teaching Assistant – Studio 5 Specialist Resource Provision (SRP)
Job Title: Teaching Assistant – Studio 5 Specialist Resource Provision
Salary: Grade 4 (SCP 6-11) £21,661- £23,455 TTO
Responsible to: SENDCo / Deputy Headteacher / HLTA Crew Leader
Responsible for: Supporting students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), with a focus on learning, inclusion, and wellbeing
Role Type: Support Staff
Contract Type: 37 hours per week, Term Time only
Job Purpose
The Teaching Assistant will work under the direction of the class teacher and SENDCo to support the learning, development, and wellbeing of students with additional needs. The role is focused on promoting inclusion, fostering independence, and ensuring students are able to make the most of the educational and cultural opportunities available at Walsall Studio School. You will be specifically working with students who have Educational Health and Care Plans (EHCP) with identified needs relating to Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) and/or Communication and Interaction difficulties.
Key Responsibilities
- Attend to students' personal needs including health, welfare, emotional, and social development.
- Support learning activities using specialist knowledge, strategies, and resources tailored to individual needs.
- Foster inclusion by supporting students in both classroom and wider school activities, promoting peer interaction and social skills.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of Individual Learning Plans and support strategies.
- Monitor students’ engagement and progress, modifying approaches as required to ensure intended outcomes are achieved.
- Promote the use of assistive technology and adaptive strategies to ensure access to the curriculum.
- Encourage and develop students' independence in learning, personal care, and school life.
- Collaborate with class teachers to clarify lesson content, learning objectives, and support strategies.
- Support the Assess–Plan–Do–Review cycle and contribute to SEN reviews and target setting.
- Play an active role in the delivery and adaptation of lessons and learning activities.
- Prepare learning resources, make use of appropriate school materials, and contribute to lesson preparation (e.g., photocopying, resourcing).
- Provide feedback and insight to teaching staff on student progress and challenges.
- Act as a key point of contact for external professionals (e.g., speech therapists, educational psychologists), ensuring clear communication and implementation of recommendations.
- Support the EHCP review process through feedback and evidence collection.
- Maintain positive working relationships with parents/carers, providing regular updates and fostering trust and transparency.
- Liaise regularly with pastoral and curriculum teams to ensure consistent support for students.
- Comply with and uphold all school policies, including those related to child protection, behaviour, health and safety, and equal opportunities.
- Promote and celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusive practice throughout the school.
- Attend and contribute to relevant meetings and training sessions, including INSET days.
- Undertake training in first aid and provide basic first aid to students when necessary.
- Participate in continuous professional development and use personal expertise to support colleagues.
- Carry out additional duties as reasonably directed by the SENDCo or SLT in alignment with the needs of the school.
Safe Working Practices for Adults Working with Children All staff at Walsall Studio School are expected to model and uphold the Trust’s ethos of safe, respectful, and professional conduct when working with students. The postholder must act in line with safeguarding principles and actively promote a culture of vigilance and care.
Walsall Studio School 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.
What the school offers its staff
OUR OFFER TO YOU
- A superb staff team committed to doing their absolute best for all in our school community.
- Support from our Trust central teams and other schools in our Trust to ensure you have the tools to deliver success (our schools are all located close to one another, and we work better when we are working together).
- A wealth of support for your ongoing continuing professional development, including a Trust-wide programme for support staff drawing on expertise from across the Mercian Trust.
- A comprehensive employee assistance and staff benefits package including Simplyhealth (cash-back health plan and 24:7 video call and telephone access to GP and counselling), salary sacrifice schemes, and discounts portal (ranging from gym membership to discount cards and vouchers for online and high street retailers).
- There will never be a dull moment; we never stand still, every day offers new challenges and opportunities within an ambitious, forward-thinking team.
Commitment to safeguarding
Studio School & Sixth 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. A copy of the ‘Safeguarding Policy’ is available to view or download by logging onto the School website: https://walsallstudio.school/
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.
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About Walsall Studio School
- School type
- Free School, ages 14 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 179 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 14 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Walsall Studio School website
- Email address
- hrmatters@merciantrust.org.uk
Studio School & Sixth is a specialist 14-19 non-selective school and founding member of The Mercian Trust.
Located in the heart of Walsall town centre, our unique small school and sixth form offers an immersive professional experience; supporting academic, vocational and personal excellence for students starting Year 10 or Year 12 who seek a creative and digitally rich curriculum.
Vocational learning is really important here, but it would be wrong to think that this means our students focus purely on practical work. There’s plenty of theory to learn and we strike a good balance between the academic and the vocational. Above all, we challenge our students to be the very best they can be in their chosen fields.
Back in the Renaissance, more than 400 years ago, ‘apprentices’ studied under the guidance of ‘masters’ and it’s this model that has influenced the way Studio Schools operate today. Of course, much has changed and now, thankfully, those ‘masters’ and ‘apprentices’ are just as likely to be women and girls as men and boys.
Studio School & Sixth has almost 300 such ‘apprentices’. It’s one of only a handful of Studio Schools in the country and opened its doors in 2013. Its students go on to universities, conservatoires and high-quality apprenticeships. The school focuses on the creative, health and digital industries, which means students have careers as paramedics, therapists, software engineers, actors, dancers, teachers and much else besides.
Arranging a visit to Walsall Studio School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hrmatters@merciantrust.org.uk.
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