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Pool Hayes Academy; Willenhall; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Staff benefits

Discounts

Cycle-to-work

Gym schemes

Cinema tickets

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Pool Hayes Academy is seeking a committed SEMH Teaching Assistant to support identified students and improve their social, emotional and mental wellbeing. The role involves working with pupils who have Special Educational Needs and attendance challenges, delivering elements of the curriculum under guidance from subject leaders.

The successful candidate will contribute to an ambitious Trust culture, join a supportive team and benefit from professional development and a range of staff benefits.

Qualifications

• SEMH Teaching Assistant role supporting identified vulnerable students.
• Deliver elements of the academic curriculum with guidance from subject leaders.
• Includes safeguarding and DBS considerations as part of the role.

Responsibilities

• Improve social, emotional and mental wellbeing of students.
• Support attendance and engagement to help exam preparation and outcomes.

Job description

Actual salary: £19,328 to £21,261 per annum

32.5 Hours per week, 39 Weeks per year

We are searching for the best education professionals to join our trust. Are you passionate about making a difference to our children’s learning? Do you understand the importance of education?

Pool Hayes Academy are looking to appoint a committed and self-motivate SEMH Teaching Assistant, with a real drive to enhance students’ experience of secondary education. The successful applicant will be responsible for improving the social, emotional and mental wellbeing of identified vulnerable students in order to increase their academic outcomes.

The role will include working with students with special educational needs and also includes working with students who are hard to reach and may have difficulties with attendance. This role will include delivering elements of the academic curriculum, with guidance from subject leaders, to enable students to achieve exam success.

The department is part of a well led, dynamic team, whose colleagues all enjoy supporting the Academy and its culture of outstanding success amongst our students.

Why choose Pool Hayes Academy? We have experienced substantial growth in recent years and the academy is now a provider of choice in the area and is over-subscribed. Our Ofsted rating has improved to Good in April 2022 – but that’s just the beginning of our ambition for the pupils and staff at this 11-18 academy.

Our vision for Pool Hayes Academy means that any pupil regardless of circumstance can fulfil their potential. Furthermore, we believe that educational success leads to empowerment for our young people and the freedom to make more choices over their future.

About Academy Transformation Trust

Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident. We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.

In return, you can expect fantastic Professional Development opportunities, a comprehensive employee benefits package, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.

Pool Hayes Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person – able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 23 September 2026 – 09.00am

Interview date: To be confirmed

Pool Hayes Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2026. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

SEMH Teaching Assistant

Company: Pool Hayes Academy Salary: £19,328 to £21,261 a year, pro rata Hours: Part-time Location: Willenhall, WV12 4QZ Working pattern: On-site Job type: Permanent Posting date: 8 Sept 2026 Closing date: 23 Sept 2026

Summary

SEMH Teaching Assistant

NJC Scale Point: 5 - 11

Actual salary: £19,328 to £21,261 per annum

32.5 Hours per week, 39 Weeks per year

We are searching for the best education professionals to join our trust. Are you passionate about making a difference to our children’s learning? Do you understand the importance of education?

Pool Hayes Academy are looking to appoint a committed and self-motivate SEMH Teaching Assistant, with a real drive to enhance students’ experience of secondary education. The successful applicant will be responsible for improving the social, emotional and mental wellbeing of identified vulnerable students in order to increase their academic outcomes.

The role will include working with students with special educational needs and also includes working with students who are hard to reach and may have difficulties with attendance. This role will include delivering elements of the academic curriculum, with guidance from subject leaders, to enable students to achieve exam success.

The department is part of a well led, dynamic team, whose colleagues all enjoy supporting the Academy and its culture of outstanding success amongst our students.

Why choose Pool Hayes Academy? We have experienced substantial growth in recent years and the academy is now a provider of choice in the area and is over-subscribed. Our Ofsted rating has improved to Good in April 2022 – but that’s just the beginning of our ambition for the pupils and staff at this 11-18 academy.

Our vision for Pool Hayes Academy means that any pupil regardless of circumstance can fulfil their potential. Furthermore, we believe that educational success leads to empowerment for our young people and the freedom to make more choices over their future.

About Academy Transformation Trust

Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident. We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.

In return, you can expect fantastic Professional Development opportunities, a comprehensive employee benefits package, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.

Pool Hayes Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person – able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 23 September 2026 – 09.00am

Interview date: To be confirmed

Pool Hayes Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2026. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.