Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ00005333

Date posted

11/12/2025

Application closing date

05/01/2026

Location

Scunthorpe (Melior Community Academy)

Salary

Grade D Points 6 to 8 (25,989 to 26,824 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at 17,146.82

Annual weeks

38 (Term Time Only)

Contractual hours

29

Basis

Part time

Job category/type

Education Support



Job description - Support - Teaching Assistant Level 2.pdf

Teaching Assistant Level 2

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Job description

Melior Community Academy are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant Level 2 to join our academy in January 2026 on a part time, permanent basis.



Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.

Your new role

As a Teaching Assistant Level 2, you will work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. You may carry out work in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.



Please see the job description on our website for the essential criteria and more information.



If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.

Your new school

Melior Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The Academy opened in January 2013 for students aged 11 to 16. We are a fully inclusive Academy with a distinctively warm ethos and continue to have the highest aspirations for, and expectations of, our students. The school has recently been rebuilt and facilities are excellent, located within easy commuting distance of the main urban areas this is a great place to work.



We are looking to recruit well qualified and talented staff who will complement and add to a dynamic team and who have all the right attributes to make a valid contribution to the wider life of the school and ensure that students are making the right progress.

Why join us?

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust's success story.



This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.



As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your

Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing

. Here are just a few examples in each area...

Financial Wellbeing

Membership to either the

Teachers' Pension Scheme

or

the Local Government Pension Scheme

Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme

Access to an

extensive

discounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

24/7 access to an online GP

or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household

Gym & fitness discounts

Cycle to Work

scheme

Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

Access to an industry leading

Employee Assistance Programme

Menopause Support Service

Trained

Mental Health First Aiders

in all our settings

Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained*

Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days

(subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.

The Trust reserves the right to close adverts early


In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.