• Permanent, Term Time Only

• Grade 4 Spine Point 7

• Salary £26,403.00 (FTE)

• Actual Salary £18,413.62

• 30 hours a week

REQUIRED TO START: As soon as possible

Location: Abbey Primary School

The Trustees are seeking to appoint a strong Level 3 Teaching Assistant, who has had experience of upper Key Stage Two or secondary school, as initially the role would be to work with older primary school children.

Abbey Primary School & Nursery is a warm, welcoming and community minded school situated in Bloxwich, Walsall. As a school, we are proud of our links to our community and believe passionately in providing the best possible experiences and opportunities for our children and staff.

The Academy is looking for an outstanding Level 3 Teaching Assistant, who is aspirational, enthusiastic, creative, caring and committed to supporting the delivery of education within our academy. The successful candidate will support teaching staff in the development and education of pupils, including the provision of specialist skills as appropriate.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in a similar role within KS2;

• Have experience of providing intervention support as set by the teacher;

• Monitor students’ progress;

• Record and report on pupils’ achievements to teaching staff.

When you join Abbey Primary School you become part of the St Bartholomew’s C.E. Multi Academy Trust family, which consist of 16 primary schools spread across Dudley, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton and Walsall.

As a member of the Trust, you will have access to a wider network of colleagues, working in similar positions in other schools, who are available to offer support, share ideas and provide guidance.

Visits to the school are welcome, please call 01922-710753 to arrange an appointment or if you wish to discuss the vacancy further.

Schools in the Trust:

• St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School, Penn, Wolverhampton

• St Benedict Biscop CE Primary School, Wombourne, South Staffordshire

• Woodfield Primary School, Penn, Wolverhampton

• All Saints’ CE Primary School, Trysull, South Staffordshire

• Oak Meadow Primary School, Wolverhampton

• Fairhaven Primary School, Wordsley, Dudley

• Christ Church CE Primary School, Bloxwich, Walsall

• Gnosall CE Primary Academy, Stafford

• Haughton CE Primary Academy, Stafford

• Woodseaves CE Primary Academy, Stafford

• St Paul’s CE Primary School, Stafford

• Old Church CE Primary School, Walsall

• Abbey Primary School, Walsall

• Tibberton CE Primary School, Newport

• St Lawrence CE Primary School, Telford

• Little Bloxwich Primary School, Walsall

For further information, to discuss the role, or to arrange a visit, please contact: Roz Bowater (office manager), 01922 710753

Closing date for applications: Friday 1^st May 2026, at 9am

To apply: please complete the application form and equality and diversity recruitment monitoring form and submit to jobs@stbartsmat.co.uk quoting reference SBMAT370 in the subject line of your email. Further information is available at www.stbartsmat.co.uk/vacancies 

St Bartholomew’s CE Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS, Prohibition List, Barred List, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable professional references.

It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. For further information, please refer to the Trust's policy on ex-offenders.

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies for all schools within St Bartholomew's CE Multi Academy Trust are available on the respective schools' websites. Links to all of our schools are available from the homepage.

With effect from September 2022 and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, shortlisted candidates may have their publicly available social media profiles (where applicable) checked by the Trust for posts going back up to 5 years and those candidates will therefore be expected to provide their social media “handles/platforms” if shortlisted.