Teaching Assistant

Location: Prenton

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. T he 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. Whilst anticipated to be in Prep, our team of Teaching Assistants can be asked to support students across all key stages. 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, Liverpool 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. Recent capital developments have included a new landscaped playground area and an outdoor classroom. The School comprises Pre-School (Early Years), Prep and Seniors and integrates their objectives and activities within a ‘One School' concept.

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 School's 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 individual's qualifications on paper.

Role and Responsibilities Supporting the Pupils To have regard for the safety and wellbeing of pupils at all times. To promote pupils' development in a safe, secure and challenging environment. To establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations, working alongside individual pupils and groups of pupils in activities specified by the class teacher, establishing an atmosphere conducive to learning while acting as a role model.

To listen to pupils reading, promoting enjoyment of reading, and encouraging development of reading skills. To develop an understanding of pupils' specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible, promoting independence and employing strategies to recognise and reward achievements of self-reliance. Supporting the Teacher To promote an atmosphere of care and enthusiasm, whilst providing for the day to day care of the children To set out, prepare, use, tidy and clean equipment after use in line with the daily/weekly programme of activities and events, assisting in the general preparation and tidying of the classroom under supervision.

To be aware of pupils' needs/progress/achievements and report to the teacher as agreed, while gathering and passing on information from parents/carers. To provide administrative and clerical support e.g. record keeping, photocopying, filing, receiving and passing money to the Prep Office. To assist with tasks…