At a Glance
- Tasks: Support learning for children with special educational needs and lead engaging classroom activities.
- Company: Oak Wood Primary School, a specialist setting for diverse learners.
- Benefits: Professional development, free lunch, gym membership, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Join a supportive team dedicated to staff wellbeing and student success.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while developing your teaching skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in education and a passion for supporting diverse learners.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Contract: Maternity Cover, 39 weeks per year
Hours: 32.5 hours per week
Grade: Band H: SCP14 - SCP17
Start date: January 2027
About the Role
Oak Wood Primary School is a successful specialist setting for children aged from 4 to 11 with a broad spectrum of special educational needs and learning disabilities. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated teaching assistant who will plan, lead and support learning opportunities for our pupils alongside the class teacher in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for all pupils.
At Central England Academy Trust, our staff are our most precious resource. We are committed to offering you:
- excellent continuous professional development
- reduced workload
- behaviour for learning that empowers teachers to teach and students to learn
- a range of imaginative approaches to ensure staff wellbeing
- free, onsite parking
- subsidised eye care for extended VDU users
- a Gym Membership Scheme
- a Cycle to Work Scheme
- free lunch for duty staff
- an Employee Assistance Programme, providing practical and emotional support
- an Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on everyday essentials
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and enthusiastic individuals to assist in the introduction to the learning and interact with the teacher and pupils as required and apply considerable depth of knowledge and understanding of a relevant area of the curriculum, age range or SEN in supporting pupils.
The Role: Teaching Assistant Level 3 Broad Description: Works with delegated authority and under the overall direction of Class Teacher through to the head teacher, and holds a senior role within the teaching assistant field of work supporting pupils’ learning in a range of classroom settings, including working with individuals, groups and whole classes and providing cover during teachers’ planned or unplanned short-term absence, involving taking whole groups/classes and delivering lessons/learning activities. Contributes to whole school policy development.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsibility for people:
The post has considerable impact on the well-being of individuals or groups through contributing to the assessment of pupil need and progress, the development and implementation of plans and providing appropriate care/support to pupils with complex health care and/or learning needs.
Responsibility for staff:
If leading a team, this will involve responsibility for managing a team of staff who support learning in the classroom (normally other teaching assistant staff), their supervision, performance management, development and training. If having lead responsibility for co-ordinating a school activity, the post will have limited responsibility for supervising – though will be expected to demonstrate tasks or advise/guide new employees, work experience or trainees.
Responsibility for budget:
The post has no responsibility for financial resources, though could be involved in occasionally handling small amounts of cash, processing cheques, invoices etc.
Responsibility for physical resources:
The post has some direct responsibility for physical resources, through safe/secure record keeping and maintenance/management of learning resources.
For an informal conversation about the role or to arrange a visit, please telephone the school on 02746 740 901.
Central England Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced criminal record check (DBS) including a barred list check. Online checks will be undertaken as detailed in KCSIE. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
Teaching Assistant Level 3 - Maternity Cover in Nuneaton employer: Oak Wood Primary School
Oak Wood Primary School is an exceptional employer, dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment for its staff. As part of the Central England Academy Trust, employees benefit from extensive professional development opportunities and a range of attractive staff benefits, all while making a meaningful impact on the lives of pupils in Nuneaton. Join us to be part of a collaborative team that values growth, innovation, and the well-being of both students and staff.
