Level 3 Teaching Assistant (MFS)

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative and inclusive culture

Access to staff training

Job summary

Education Impact Academy Trust is recruiting a Level 3 Teaching Assistant for Mayfield School in Birmingham. This permanent role is 32.5 hours per week, term time only, across two sites (Wheeler Street Lozells and Heathfield Road Handsworth).

Salary is Grade 3 (£27,254-£33,699 FTE) with pro-rata SEN allowance (£1,722). Start date 2 November 2026. A collaborative, inclusive culture and regular professional development opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience of working directly with children or young people in a specialist setting.
• Willing to work with others as part of a strong team.
• Role model positive attitudes and behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils to access the curriculum and engage in learning.
• Work as part of a strong team to deliver the school’s objectives.
• Contribute to a joyful and rewarding learning environment.

Skills

Experience with children

Teamwork

Positive attitude

Flexibility

Job description

Role: Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, Term time only

Salary: Grade 3- £27,254 - £33,699 FTE (£21,217.91 - £26,235.50 Actual) and SEN Allowance - £1,722 pro rata. Pay award pending Autumn 2026

Start Date: 2 November 2026

Closing date: Sunday 20th September 2026

Interviews: TBC

EIAT is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in North Birmingham incorporating Wilson Stuart School, Mayfield School, Queensbury School, The Hive College, Lime Tree Nursery and Blue Sky Nursery. We strive to share best practice and work in cohesive, collaborative and innovative ways. Our ethos is 'Better Never Ends'.

About this role

Mayfield School is looking for experienced, positive and flexible teaching assistants to join our team. Our school is a special school for 315 pupils aged between 3 and 19 with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities including autism.

The school is split across two sites - Wheeler Street in Lozells (co-located with Holte School and Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery) and Heathfield Road in Handsworth. The EYFS department, currently made up of two class groups, is based at Mayfield’s Heathfield Road site.

At Mayfield School, teaching assistants are valued and appreciated as the largest workforce group in our organisation. Teaching assistants have a key role in supporting pupils to access the curriculum and engage in learning. This is a joyful and rewarding job and one where you can really make a difference to the lives of young people and their families.

We are looking for people who can role model positive attitudes and behaviours, have experience of working directly with children or young people in a specialist setting and who are willing to work with others as part of a strong team.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully before deciding to apply.

A recent Welbee staff survey showed Mayfield as being in the top 20% of schools, showing that risks of work-related stress and staff wellbeing are effectively managed and controlled. Our teaching assistants tell us that they value the in-house training offered by the school and welcome the professional development opportunities available to them.

We are proud to be part of Education Impact Academy Trust where "better never ends".

In addition to the salary, we offer a benefits package for all employees through BSHF and regular opportunities for professional development and growth through the school and as part of the Trust.

We can offer

• A collaborative and inclusive culture
• A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students
• Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth.
• Ten staff training days per year
• Employee Assistance Programme via BHSF - free totally confidential support,
• Access to discounts and offers via BHSF
• Access to a generous pension scheme (Teachers’ Pension Scheme)

Trust is committed tosafeguardingand promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be requiredto providetwo suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. All successful candidates will be required to present their birth certificate along with evidence of any changes.Please read a copy of our Recruitment and Selection Policy here: EIAT-Recruitment-and-Selection-Policy.pdf.

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This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and 2023, which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’,so they do not need to be disclosedto employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

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Please note that only Trust application forms will be accepted. We will not read accompanying CurriculumVitaes(CV’s) or accept them instead of an application form.

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.