Teaching Assistant Level 2

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Walsall; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial, Health and Lifestyle

discounts on everyday purchases (Eden)

comprehensive health plan (UK Health)

Cycle to work scheme (Halfords)

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Oakwood School in Walsall is a specialist provision for children with complex educational needs aged 3–15. The school fosters a safe, stimulating and nurturing learning environment where learners progress through bespoke approaches. We promote inclusive, technology-enabled learning and high-quality experiences across a range of styles.

We are looking for Teaching Assistants Level 2 to join our team. You will support learning under supervision, assist with planning and pupil wellbeing, and help

Qualifications

• Effective use of ICT to support learning.
• Ability to use other equipment and technology, including video and photocopier equipment.
• Understanding of relevant policies, codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation.
• General understanding of the national/foundation stage curriculum and other basic learning programmes and strategies.
• Basic understanding of child development and learning.
• Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
• Ability to relate well to children and adults.
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities.
• Awareness of, and commitment to, equality of opportunity.
• Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Completion of the TDA induction programme for teaching assistants.
• NVQ Level 2 in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, or equivalent qualifications or experience.
• Training in relevant learning strategies, for example literacy.
• First aid training or willingness to undertake training as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils’ learning, care and personal development under supervision.
• Supervise and provide support for pupils, including those with SEND, ensuring safety.
• Assist with development and implementation of Individual Education Plans, Behaviour Plans and Personal Care programmes.
• Establish positive relationships with pupils and interact according to their needs.
• Promote inclusion and independence, positive interaction with others.
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress under teacher guidance.
• Attend to pupils' personal needs, including social, health, physical, hygiene and welfare.
• Assist in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly learning environment.
• Assist with planning learning activities and use strategies to help learning goals.
• Monitor pupils’ responses and record progress as directed.
• Provide regular feedback to teachers on achievement, progress and issues.
• Promote positive pupil behaviour and manage conflicts per policy.
• Establish relationships with parents and carers.
• Undertake structured learning activities and adapt to pupil responses.
• Support pupils’ use of ICT and help develop their competence and independence when using technology.
• Prepare, maintain and use equipment and resources required for learning activities.
• Comply with policies relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection.
• Contribute to the ethos, work and aims of the school.
• Participate in meetings, training, learning activities and performance development as required.
• Assist with pupil supervision outside lesson times, including before/after school and lunchtime.
• Accompany staff and pupils on visits, trips and out-of-school activities under supervision.

Skills

ICT to support learning

Video/photocopier tech

Policies & legislation awareness

National/foundation stage curriculum

Child development understanding

Self-evaluation & learning

Interpersonal with children & adults

Teamwork

Equality of opportunity

Experience with children

Numeracy & literacy

TDA induction programme

NVQ2 in ST&L or equivalent

Literacy training

First aid training

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools

Job description

About this Role Job Title:Teaching Assistants Level 2

Location:Walsall

Oakwood School is a specialist provision for children and young people aged 3 - 15 years with complex educational needs. The school is commissioned for 267 places (September 2025).

We prideourselves in providing a safe,stimulatingand nurturing learning environment where we help our pupils to learn in bespoke and innovative ways to ensureoptimumprogression.

Our highly qualified staff coupled with our forward-thinking approach to resources and technology, allow learners to communicate andparticipatein the world around them.

We promote a wide range of high-quality learning experiences, catering for all learning styles so that no learner is ever left behind.

At Oakwood everyone is valued and treated with respect and is encouraged to be the best they canpossibly be.

Our Vision

At Oakwood School we are nurtured to grow and flourish.

We promote a culture of positivity, ambition and resilience through pupil centred learning to engage,motivateand empower learners in all areas of their lives.

Learners are at the heart of our school. Together with their families, we foster strong supportive teams around them to build on strengths and overcome barriers, embracing creativity,innovationand technology.

We maximise potential, growindependenceand celebrate all achievements.

Our Mission

As a hub of the community, it is our responsibility to create opportunities for every learner to be the best that they canpossibly be!Through ourpersonalised curriculum learners will develop emotionally,physicallyand holistically.Learners will feel valued,respectedand safe in our happy and inclusive environment.

Find more information here: Oakwood

Want to make a difference to young people?

Are you ready to embark on a rewarding journey within an educational community that values increasing opportunities, improving outcomes for our students.We are looking for Teaching Assistants Level 2to join our team. Reporting tothe Head of Schoolyou will undertake:

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work under the instruction and guidance of teaching and senior staff to support pupils’ learning,careand personal developmentprogrammes.
• Supervise and provideparticular supportfor pupils, including those with special educational needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
• Assistwith the development and implementation of Individual Education Plans,BehaviourPlans and Personal Careprogrammes.
• Establish positive and constructive relationships with pupils, interacting with them according to their individual needs.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils, encouraging independence, self-esteemand positive interaction with others.
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under the guidance of the teacher.
• Attend to pupils’ personal needs, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfaremattersasrequired.
• Support the teacher in creating andmaintaininga purposeful,orderlyand supportive learning environment.
• Assistwith planning learning activities and use agreed strategies to support pupils in achieving learning goals.
• Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement and progress as directed.
• Provide regular feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement,progressand any issues arising.
• Promote positive pupilbehaviour, responding promptly to conflict and incidents in line with school policy.
• Establish constructive relationships with parents and carers.
• Undertake structured and agreed learning activities and teachingprogrammes, adapting activities according to pupil responses.
• Support pupils’ use of ICT and help develop their competence and independence when using technology.
• Prepare,maintainand use equipment and resources required for learning activities.
• Comply withpolicies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety,confidentialityand data protection.
• Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school.
• Participate in relevant meetings, training, learningactivitiesand performance development asrequired.
• Assistwith pupil supervision outside lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtime.
• Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits,tripsand out-of-school activities, taking responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.

Pay range:Grade 5, SCP 9-17

Qualifications and Skills:

• Effective use of ICT to support learning.
• Ability to use other equipment and technology, including video and photocopier equipment.
• Understanding ofrelevant policies, codes ofpracticeand awareness of relevant legislation.
• General understanding of the national/foundation stage curriculum and other basic learningprogrammesand strategies.
• Basic understanding of child development and learning.
• Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
• Ability to relate well to children and adults.
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities.
• Awareness of, and commitment to, equality of opportunity.
• Experienceofworking with or caring for children of relevant age.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Completion of the TDA inductionprogrammefor teaching assistants.
• NVQ Level 2 in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, or equivalent qualifications or experience.
• Training in relevant learning strategies, forexampleliteracy.
• First aid training or willingness to undertake training asappropriate.

For full details of the post please see attached JobDescription and Person Specification

Why The Mercian Trust?

• Sustainable Growth- becoming one of the largest and most diverse trusts in the region
• Social Mobility & Social Justice- National recognition for the Trust’s two selective grammar schools who the most successful on the number of local disadvantaged students passing the entrance and joining the schools
• Increasing Opportunities– Opening brand-new purpose-built campus in Walsall Town Centre including an alternative provision for students at risk at permanent exclusion from mainstream schools alongside a Digital Skills Hub to provide professionals and employers
• Pioneering Spirit– National recognition for pioneering work around youth mental health, includingestablishingan in-house multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and allied health professionals delivering interventions and providing support to vulnerable students
• Outward Looking– Organising and hosting the region’s first Youth Suicide Conference (2023) and Youth Violence Conference (2024) at Villa Park
• Innovation and Improvement– A multi-million-pound investment in the digitalinfrastructure of Trust schools and our Digital Skills Hub underpinning the ongoing transformation of how staff teach, students learn, leaders lead and the whole Trustoperatesin readiness for the AI-supercharged careers and workplaces of the future.

Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more:The Mercian Trust

What can we offer you:

Benefits:

• Financial, Health and Lifestyle
• discounts oneveryday purchases (Eden Red)
• a comprehensive free of charge health plan (UK Health Care)
• a cycle to work scheme via Halfords
• Access to the Blue Light Card

For further benefits including education sector leading CPD: The Mercian Trust

The Mercian Trustis committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments aresubject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

The Mercian Trustis also committed to promoting equality, challengingdiscriminationand developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.