Q3 Academy Tipton
Sandwell
Salary:
Grade 2 (SCP2-4)
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
10 October 2025
Job overview
Learning Support Assistant
32.50 hours per week | Term Time Only
Q3 Tipton has high expectations for all students and is one of twelve schools in the Mercian Academy Trust. We embed the ethos of the Trust: "To live life to the full in pursuit of that which is good, right and true" and are passionate about social equality within our community. "They want all pupils to 'live life to the full in pursuit of what is good, right, and true'. Pupils understand these expectations and appreciate the positive environment. Q3 Tipton has high expectations for all students and is one of nine schools in the Mercian Academy Trust. We embed the ethos of the Trust: "To live life to the full in pursuit of that which is good, right and true" and are passionate about social equality within our community. "Pupils are becoming motivated and resilient learners who show pride in their achievements, they enjoy their learning. Pupils say this is now a place where they feel safe, supported and heard. Teachers treat pupils as individuals, and pupils welcome this" (Ofsted, Q3 Academy Tipton received 'Good' from their latest Ofsted Inspection, being described as 'committed to improving outcomes for all pupils' (Ofsted, 2025).
We are seeking a dynamic and committed professional to join our amazing school as a Learning Support Assistant. You will be an ambitious, motivated, and compassionate teacher committed to improving life chances for our students. The school is on a rapid improvement journey, and you will need to be fully committed to investing time, effort, and expertise with all teams at the school to further contribute to this journey.
About the Role
As a Learning Support Assistant, you will:
Provide support for students with speech, language, communication, social, and emotional difficulties.
Assist students in using resources, including IT, and help them access the national curriculum.
Support individual and group work, following plans set by the Learning Consultant.
Deliver pre-planned programmes of work under the direction of a teacher.
Help assess, record, and monitor student progress.
Supervise students on school trips and during break/lunchtime.
Liaise with teachers, staff, and parents/carers to support student development.
Take responsibility for the care and welfare of students, including personal care if required.
Attend planning meetings and training sessions as needed.
Play a full part in the life of the Academy, upholding our values and ethos.
What We're Looking For
Essential:
GCSE Grade C (contemporary Grade 4) or above in Maths and English.
Recent and relevant professional development.
Ability to support children individually, in small groups, and in whole class settings.
Excellent communication and organisational skills.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Trustworthy, respectful of confidentiality, and suitable to work with children and young people.
Competent ICT skills and a positive, resilient outlook.
Desirable:
GCSE Grade C or above in Science.
Relevant qualification in Childcare and/or Education.
Experience leading interventions or working in a SEN department.
Ability to adapt resources and suggest alternative ways of supporting children.
Evidence of previous CPD/training related to the role.
Why Join Us?
A welcoming and inclusive environment.
Opportunities for professional development and training.
The chance to make a real impact on students' academic and personal development.
Supportive colleagues and leadership team.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
About Q3 Academy Tipton
Q3 Academy Tipton
Alexandra Road, Tipton
West Midlands
DY4 7NR
United Kingdom
A Welcome Message from our Headteacher
I am delighted that you are looking for information about Q3 Academy Tipton. Our mission is to be incredible in everything that staff and our students do, with students: knowing more, doing more, achieving more. We are proudly a comprehensive and community school and we acknowledge the wide variety in diversity and opportunity this provides us. We celebrate each child for their individualities in preparing them to 'live life to the full'. With approximately 1600 students from ages 11-19, we are proudly a school of choice. We constantly work to be pioneering and relevant, introducing strategies and initiatives which support closing gaps for all students in order for them to achieve their own 'incredible'.
All of our work is underpinned by our four values which run through everything we do like letters through a stick of rock:
Ambition: The desire to be incredible; to want more for yourself and others and not choose the easiest option.
Kindness: Incredible support and manners for everybody and everything around you
Resilience: The ability and hard work to keep going even when things are more challenging, to achieve 'incredible'.
Respect: The understanding and acceptance that others may have different views and goals.
These four values uphold our focus on 'Academic Rigour' as we support and challenge students to achieve incredible things in all of their learning, particularly the ambition by not choosing the easiest option and resilience in working hard to achieve it. Academic Rigour provides 7 aspects for us to develop: critical thinking, active learning, meaningful content, appropriate challenge, healthy struggle, thinking harder, achieve more independently.
Our curriculum is broad and challenging and provides opportunities for all students to be successful and find their 'incredible', building on prior learning from Primary school and preparing them for life beyond school. Alongside our supportive, yet challenging curriculum we offer many extra-curricular and wider opportunities to support students' development and experiences beyond the academic. We unashamedly expect the highest of standards from all members of our community and hold our students to account by being: kind, ambitious, resilient and respectful.
Adam Slack
Headteacher
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