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Teaching Assistant
Grade TA2
Scale 3, Pt 5 to 6
Actual Starting Salary £16,804.61 - £17,071.95
Hourly rate: £13.26 to £13.47
FTE £25,583 - £25,990 pa
Based on 27 hours 40 minutes per week, term time only plus 5 Inset Days
We are currently expanding our superb team of Grade 2 Teaching Assistants and invite applications from energetic, positive applicants who want to make a difference in the lives of our wonderful students.
This is a chance to join a Special Educational Needs and Disability department that is regarded as a centre of excellence. The students it supports have a wide range of needs and working with them offers you the challenges and rewards of education at its best.
Nunnery Wood High School is oversubscribed with extremely high standards of behaviour and respect. Our students with additional needs are a vital part of the school community and they all access mainstream lessons as a significant part of their timetables. Their remaining time is spent in the Base – a suite of rooms dedicated to additional support.
We welcome applications from those already working in education, but equally from those keen to make a career shift.
An application form and further information is available from the vacancies section of the school website.
Applications should be made on the Nunnery Wood High School, DfE or ETeach application forms, C.V’s will not be considered.
Closing date for applications: Monday, 13th April 2026 – 12 Noon.
All staff at Nunnery Wood High School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and amendments to the Exemptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check.
Safeguarding Statement
Nunnery Wood High is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.