Job Title: Teaching Assistant Level 2 Salary Scale Point: 5 - 6 (actual salary £16,702.00 to £16,967.00) Employer : Mercian Educational Trust Closing Date : Friday 7th November 2025 Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 10th November 2025 Starting Date : As soon as possible Hours : 27.5 Job Purpose We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to start with us. Keen to work with our team we are looking for the successful candidate to bring with them a sense of team work and enthusiasm. Working alongside our class teachers and other TAs in you will support children in class to enable them to engage fully with school life and prepare them for the next stage of their learning journey. The role will involve working with children in small groups and on a 1:1 basis as well as supporting with whole class activities. This role will be supervised by classroom teacher, a designated supervisor, and/or SENDCo This post requires the ability to perform a role that involves frequent contact with children This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. You must be able to perform a role that involves constant contact with children. Generic Responsibilities Under the direction of and within an education plan provided by the classroom teacher: o Supervise the activities of individuals or groups of children to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development. o Use specialist skills to undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical and emotional needs of pupils. o Use specialist skills to foster the intellectual and social development of children. o Undertake those activities necessary to meet the physical and emotional needs of individuals and groups of children, including pupils with educational, physical or emotional special needs. o Undertake those activities necessary to foster the intellectual and social development of children. o Within competence to assist the teacher in the delivery of educational and developmental work programmes. o To monitor and report individual children's progress, achievements, problems and developmental needs to the classroom teacher or designated supervisor as appropriate. o Assist the classroom teacher in the planning of work programmes for individuals and groups of children. Specific Responsibilities- TA2 Working in the class in the morning to support groups of learners in the morning