Prep Teaching Assistant

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Job Description

We are looking to appoint a skilled and proactive Level 2 Teaching Assistant to support the teaching staff with academic and pastoral intervention for pupils in Prep. The ability to work across the full age range (Reception to Year 6) is expected.
Birkenhead School, awarded the Sunday Times Independent Secondary School of the Year in the North-West for 2025, was founded in 1860. It is an HMC independent day school providing education for boys and girls drawn from the whole of the Wirral and as far afield as Chester and North Wales.Situated in the leafy suburb of Oxton, the School enjoys excellent facilities. The main campus has a village green atmosphere, with classrooms and laboratories looking out over the cricket square.
Birkenhead School prides itself on being a family school. It is attractive to parents to have all their children in one school, and it is a great advantage for the school to be able to establish strong, long-lasting relationships with families.A key feature of the School is its strength of community, which runs through the student, staff and parental bodies. The School is embedded within the wider Wirral community and has strong links with local business and charities.

A dedicated, talented and collegiate staff body is required to achieve these aims. The Schools informal motto is Respect, Responsibility and Resilience, to which we have recently added inclusivity, compassion, integrity, humility and courage as defined School values. Birkenhead School recruits on attitude as much as the quality of an individuals qualifications on paper.

The Role

We are looking to appoint a skilled and proactive Level 2 Teaching Assistant to support the teaching staff with academic and pastoral intervention for pupils in Prep. The ability to work across the full age range (Reception to Year 6) is expected. The role reports to the School SENDCo with daily direction from the Prep Assistant SENDCo and teaching staff. Usually in the classroom with the teacher, our Teaching Assistants support access to learning for pupils, and provide general support to the teacher in the management of the pupils and the classroom. They also take responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision.

Education is a very privileged profession, and such is the emotional energy invested by the best Teaching Assistants into the development of their children, one that comes with its considerable highs and lows. Supportive colleagues, who are positive and see the good in people and situations, are key to creating an enjoyable working environment, and these are the staff we seek. Birkenhead School is a dynamic environment where teamwork is crucial and staff are encouraged to roll up their sleeves, help one another and be pro-active in looking for new initiatives to create a truly inspiring learning environment for its students. If this is you, we look forward to receiving your application.

For the full list of responsibilities and personal specification, please review the Information for Candidates, available on the School website under Employment Opportunities.

This is a full-time role of 40 hours per week based upon EHCP funding.Post holders will be required to work as necessary to carry out the duties of the role. All staff are expected to attend INSET and staff training.

Benefits

We will value and support your contribution to School life and in return provide you with excellent rewards;

  • Working with fantastic young children
  • Working as part of a committed team
  • Term time is approx. 34 weeks
  • Membership of the Employee Assistance Programme
  • Lunch provided during term-time
  • Free use of the fully equipped on-site gym
  • Support for your continuous professional development
  • Electric Car charging points
A letter of application indicating skills and experience, together with a completed application form, including the names and email addresses of at least two referees, should be sent for the attention of the Head of Prep via Cheryl Wallace (Personnel Manager).
Candidates are welcome to contact the School SENDCo, Miss Zillah Edwards, with any questions relating to the role.
To meet our safeguarding obligations, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is undertaken as part of the recruitment process for all new staff. As Birkenhead School is an educational provider, it is permitted to ask whether an applicant has any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings which would not be filtered in line with current guidance, as defined by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). It is a criminal offence for an individual who is barred from working with children to apply for a role which is classed as regulated activity.

The closing date for applications 9.00am on Monday 9th March 2026.


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Location:
Prenton
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Education

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