Teaching Assistant

Learning Community Trust; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Wellbeing support

Induction and professional training

Job summary

Queensway School in Telford is seeking a Teaching Assistant to support learning and inclusion for pupils with SEMH, autism, and communication needs. This post is 32.5 hours per week.

You will work with teachers to adapt activities, encourage independence, and provide calm, consistent support across lessons and transitions. The Learning Community Trust offers induction, training, pension, wellbeing support and flexible policies.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or young people preferred.
• Ability to build positive relationships and maintain professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Support learning, independence, communication and inclusion for pupils with SEMH and autism.
• Follow teachers’ plans, adapt explanations and resources, observe pupil responses and provide feedback.
• Create a safe, organized and nurturing learning environment during lessons, transitions, visits and unstructured times.

Job description

32.5 hours per week

Make a meaningful difference every day as a Teaching Assistant at Queensway School, helping children and young people feel safe, understood and ready to learn.

A rewarding opportunity to support learning, independence, communication and inclusion across our specialist school

Queensway is a specialist school in Telford supporting children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs and Communication and Interaction needs, including autism. We are a Trauma Informed Gold school with Advanced Autism Accreditation, where relationships, empathy and high expectations come together to help every pupil thrive.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with teachers and other professionals to help pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans access an ambitious curriculum and participate fully in school life. Supporting individuals and small groups, you will adapt explanations and resources, encourage communication and independence, and provide calm, consistent support during lessons, transitions, visits and unstructured times.

You will follow teachers’ planning and agreed programmes of support, observe pupils’ responses and provide clear feedback, and help create a safe, organised and nurturing learning environment. Using relational, trauma-aware, de-escalation and co-regulation approaches, you will help pupils develop confidence, resilience, positive learning behaviours and the skills they need for adulthood.

We are looking for a patient, reliable and resilient person who has experience of working effectively with children or young people and can build positive relationships while maintaining clear expectations and professional boundaries. You will be flexible, observant and committed to safeguarding, inclusion and teamwork. Experience of autism, SEMH, communication, complex or medical needs is welcomed, and we will support the successful candidate through a comprehensive induction and role-specific training.

What we can offer you

This is an exciting time to join Queensway. The school is entering a period of development, including new purpose-built SEMH facilities that will create further opportunities for pupils and staff. As part of the Learning Community Trust, you will join a collaborative family of primary, secondary and specialist academies united by a commitment to inclusion, professional growth and ensuring that no child is left behind.

You will benefit from a comprehensive induction, ongoing professional development and opportunities to progress across a growing Trust. We also offer generous Local Government Pension Scheme provision, wellbeing and counselling support, family-friendly policies, salary sacrifice schemes, free parking where available, and the chance to learn alongside experienced colleagues in specialist education.

Closing date for applications: 12 th October by 5pm

Interview date: w/c 19 th October

The Learning Community Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, children’s barred list check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. An online social media check will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates prior to interview. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). Guidance on disclosing convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Under the Immigration Act 2016, candidates for customer-facing roles must meet the necessary standard of spoken English. It is an offence to apply if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Any offer of employment is subject to medical fitness, satisfactory references, right to work in the UK, satisfactory online checks and an Enhanced DBS check. Applicants must have current right to work visa status; this role does not support visa applications.