WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION TRUST Waverley School Yardley Green Road Bordesley Green Birmingham B9 5QA Resource Base – Level 3 SEND Teaching Assistant Grade 3 Salary £27,254 - £33,699 Scale point 9 – 22 (Full Time, TTO) Actual salary based on scale point 9 approximately £23,939 36.5 Hours per week To start ASAP Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 2000 students on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people. Waverley School is an all through school for students aged 4-19. It also has a Resource Base for students with cognition and learning difficulties. In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students. Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do. “Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021 As part of the exciting development plans for the Resource Base, we are expanding our team to support pupils’ needs. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Primary Phase team as a SEND specific Teaching Assistant (L3, GR3). The ideal candidate will be able to encourage, motivate and enthuse pupils to promote individual progress and social collaboration. The applicant must be able to work as part of a team. The applicant should be willing to support the successful integration of Resource Base pupils in mainstream education as well as able to nourish needs within the Resource Base. Our aim is to support each and every pupil to be the best that they can be. We aspire to ensure that every child develops the skills they need to be independent young adults who have promising futures. The applicant’s views need to align with this vision and be supportive of progress towards these goals. You will need to be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people, with the ability to inspire and motivate students. The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the school application form will be accepted. Waverley Education Foundation is committed to the protection and safety of its students. For further details or to arrange an informal visit to see the school please call our HR team on 0121 566 6607. For an application pack please visit our website: www.thewef.org.uk Closing date: Tuesday 08 December 2025 at 10.00am Completed applications should be sent to Applications@waverley.bham.sch.uk Applications received after this date and time will not be considered. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.