Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Hours Per Week: 30, Term time only

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31 August 2025

Bellfield Junior School

Job Start Date: 4 March 2024

We wish to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join a “Good”, (Ofsted June 2022). The vacancy will be Classroom based, supporting children across KS2. Candidates will need to show initiative and be able to work as part of a team to provide a caring and stimulating learning environment for the children. You will be qualified to NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent), have good interpersonal skills, good behaviour management, ICT skills and enjoy working with children. A SEND & SEMH/ pastoral experience or qualification would be desirable. Visits to school are encouraged. Please can contact the school to speak with the Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, or School Business Manager to answer any queries or arrange a visit – please visit our website & review our last Ofsted report.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
This school is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.  

Application packs are available by email to: enquiry@bellfield-jun.bham.sch.uk the school Website or by collection from the school office.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.   

BCC is a Living Wage employer 

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.