Teaching Assistant
Contract type: Permanent – Full Time Support Staff – 36.5 hours per week TTO
Salary: NJC 09 – 22 – £26,409 – £32,654 FTE (£23,196.44 – £28,681.76)
Start Date: ASAP
Are you passionate about supporting students in their learning journey? Do you want to work in a school that invests in developing and growing its staff? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen at King Edward VI King’s Norton School for Boys. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated, organised and confident Teaching Assistant to join our team.
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and dedicated to fostering a positive learning environment. You will play a crucial role in supporting our students, helping them achieve their academic and personal potential.
- Supporting Students: Build positive relationships with students, promoting high self-esteem, independence and social inclusion.
- Teaching and Learning: Assist with the planning and delivery of differentiated learning activities, supporting the teaching of a broad curriculum aimed at helping students reach their full potential.
- Behaviour Management: Use effective behaviour management strategies consistently in line with the school’s policies, promoting high standards of behaviour.
- Collaboration: Work collaboratively with teachers, parents and other professionals to share knowledge and understanding of students, ensuring informed decision-making regarding interventions and support.
- Professional Development: Keep your knowledge and understanding relevant and up to date by reflecting on your practice and seeking and engaging in all opportunities for training and professional growth.
At King Edward VI King’s Norton School for Boys, we are proud of our journey, and with over 100 years of history, our school has many great traditions that live on in our ethos today. We maintain the best of these traditions and enhance them with the latest educational practice; this provides us with a blend of traditional values with a forward-looking approach to learning.
We are part of the King Edward VI Multi Academy Trust, which is a diverse family of schools serving Birmingham. The trust supports the school in our shared aim and values; to make Birmingham the best place to be educated. To achieve this, it is essential that we add value, academically, personally and culturally to our student’s journey. We are proud of our curriculum, teaching, learning and the results they enable our students to achieve. We are proud of our students and the way they develop as individuals through their interactions and experiences. We are proud of the range of opportunities that we offer which take our students out of their comfort zone and help them to build character, self-worth and resilience.
Aspiration is essential to all of this; it is the key to continually striving for improvement. Our motto is: ‘Humani Semper Contendimus’. – ‘we humans are always striving’. It drives us in providing the highest quality, well-rounded education for the boys we serve.
Applicants should complete the school’s application form sent to recruitment@knbs.co.uk. Please do not delay in sending in your application as applications will be considered as they arrive. We do not intend to consider any application that arrives after 4pm on Wednesday 20st August 2025. Final shortlisting of applications will take place at this time and interviews will be held on either Wednesday 27th August 2025 or Wednesday 3rd September 2025.
If you’d like a tour of the school or an informal conversation with a member of our team, please contact us on 0121 628 0010 or email recruitment@knbs.co.uk and we will happily oblige.
King Edward VI King’s Norton school for boys is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. For short-listed candidates an online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Job Description
School Librarian
| Post Holder: | |
| Purpose: | To support teaching staff in the development and education of students including the provision of specialist skills as appropriate. |
| Reporting to: | SENDCO |
| Liaising with: | Headteacher / SLT, other Heads of Faculty, Heads of Subject, Heads of House, Student Support Team, relevant staff with cross school responsibilities, relevant non-teaching support staff, and parents. External support staff (e.g. BEP or Local Authority) |
| Working Time: | 36.5 hours per week, TTO |
| Salary/Grade: | 09 > 22 £26,409 – £32,654 FTE (£23,196.44 – £28,681.76) |
| Disclosure level: | Enhanced |
| Duties | |
| Knowledge and understanding | Share responsibility for ensuring that their own knowledge and understanding is relevant and up to date by reflecting on their own practice, liaising with school leaders, and identifying relevant professional development to improve personal effectiveness. – Take opportunities to acquire the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience required for the teaching assistant role, with support from the school/employer. – Demonstrate expertise and skills in understanding the needs of all pupils (including specialist expertise as appropriate) and know how to contribute effectively to the adaptation and delivery of support to meet individual needs. – Demonstrate a level of subject and curriculum knowledge relevant to their role and apply this effectively in supporting teachers and pupils. – Understand their roles and responsibilities within the classroom and whole school context recognising that these may extend beyond a direct support role. |
| Teaching and Learning | – Demonstrate an informed and efficient approach to teaching and learning by adopting relevant strategies to support the work of the teacher and increase achievement of all pupils including, where appropriate, those with special educational needs and disabilities. – Promote, support and facilitate inclusion by encouraging participation of all pupils in learning and extracurricular activities. – Use effective behaviour management strategies consistently in line with the school’s policy and procedures. – Contribute to effective assessment and planning by supporting the monitoring, recording and reporting of pupil performance and progress as appropriate to the level of the role. – Communicate effectively and sensitively with pupils to adapt to their needs and support their learning. – Maintain a stimulating and safe learning environment by organising and managing physical teaching space and resources. |
| – Recognise and respect the role and contribution of other professionals, parents and carers by liaising effectively andworking in partnership with them. – With the class teacher, keep other professionals accurately informed of performance and progress or concerns they may have about the pupils they work with. – Understand their responsibility to share knowledge to inform planning and decision making. – Understand their role in order to be able to work collaboratively with classroom teachers and other colleagues, including specialist advisory teachers. – Communicate their knowledge and understanding of pupils to other school staff and education, health and social care professionals, so that informed decision making can take place on intervention and provision. | |
| Other Specific Duties: | – To be fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. – To continue personal development as agreed – To promote the safe use of school facilities in line with the health and safety requirements. Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers. The school will endeavour to make any necessary adjustments to the job and the working environment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. This job description is current at the date shown, but following consultation with you, may be changed by the Headteacher to reflect or anticipate changes in the job which are commensurate with the salary and job title. |
Person Specification
| Essential | Desirable | Method of Assessment | |
| Qualifications | GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above | Level 2/3 qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning, Childcare or equivalent | Application Form, Certificates |
| Experience | Experience supporting students with special educational needs (e.g. ASD, ADHD, speech & language) | Experience in a secondary school setting or with a specific SEN specialism (e.g. SEMH, MLD, SLCN) | Application Form, Interview |
| Knowledge & understanding | Understanding of the needs of students with SEND and strategies to support their learning | Awareness of EHCPs, differentiated learning strategies, and assistive technologies | Interview, Task |
| Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures | Understanding of inclusive practices in mainstream education | Interview | |
| Personal Qualities | Ability to build positive relationships with students, particularly those with additional needs | Ability to adapt communication and learning materials for diverse needs | Interview, Task, References |
| Strong behaviour management and de-escalation skills | Training in relevant intervention programmes (e.g. PECS, Makaton, Team Teach) | Interview, Task | |
| Empathetic, patient, and resilient | Proactive in identifying and responding to individual student needs | Interview, References | |
| Works collaboratively within a team and follows guidance from teaching staff and SENCO | Keen interest in progressing within SEN or educational support roles | Interview | |
| Willingness to undertake relevant CPD (e.g. SEND training, safeguarding, manual handling) | Valid first aid or Team Teach certificate | Application Form, Interview, Certificates | |
| Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people | Interview, References, Enhanced DBS Check |