Level 2 Teaching Assistant

TMET Board of Trustees; Leicester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a thriving primary school as a Level 2 teaching assistant with TMET. This role focuses on enhancing support for Key Stage 2 pupils through targeted interventions, fostering compassion and resilience among children. Ideal for individuals passionate about making a difference in education and improving student outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting children’s learning in a Key Stage 2 environment.
• Ability to lead effective interventions.
• Commitment to enhancing children's potential.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the offer for KS2 pupils directed by the senior leadership team.
• Support targeted interventions to improve learning outcomes.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Respect

Curiosity

Good subject knowledge of upper Key Stage 2 curriculum

Job description

Posted 6th June 2025

Start Date 26th August 2025

Expires 16th June 2025 08:00 AM

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Length: 1 year fixed term/1 permanent

Job ID 1491583

The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) is a growing partnership of primary and secondary schools situated in the East Midlands. TMET provides its academies access to a world-class education network and staff with high-quality professional development. We are committed to ensuring each academy enables every pupil to achieve the very best. We believe that ‘together we make a positive difference.’

We have a unique opportunity for a Level 2 teaching assistant to join our thriving school. We require someone to enhance the offer for our KS2 pupils, directed by the senior leadership team, to improve outcomes in learning.

Kestrel Mead Primary Academy is a split-site, diverse, and happy school with a strong desire to ‘be the best we can be’. We are dedicated to improving children’s learning outcomes through class support and targeted interventions.

Are you somebody who:

• Embodies our school core character values of compassion, resilience, respect, and curiosity?
• Would thrive in supporting children to achieve their full potential through targeted learning focus and intervention?
• Has good subject knowledge of the upper Key Stage 2 curriculum to lead effective interventions?
• Believes that you can make a difference and ensure every child is the best they can be?

If so, our school is the one to apply for!

Please visit our school website and Twitter feed for an authentic glimpse of daily life at Kestrel Mead. Find out more online and search @kestrelmead.

Interview date: Thursday 19th June

The successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check.

How to apply:

If you are interested in this post, please read the candidate pack for application instructions. NO AGENCIES OR CVs PLEASE.

TMET is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory employment references.

This post involves contact with vulnerable groups and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants must declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind-overs in their application, before interview, regardless of when they occurred.