
EAL Assistant
Small Heath Leadership Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 9RX13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To be confirmed
Closing date
21 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,403 to £28,142 per annum
Actual salary
- Pro rata £19,948.09 to £21,261.95 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will be committed to making a positive difference to young people’s lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your intervention will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our young people, providing the support they need to succeed.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively support learning and teaching, and to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.
You will have:
- Meet Higher Level Teaching Assistant standards or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Recent experience of working in a school or other organisation with children of relevant age to promote learning.
- Understanding and knowledge of the issues relating to students who have little or no English.
- The ability to maintain positive relationships with students, parents and staff.
- The ability to work independently and as part of a team to deliver identified learning outcomes.
What the school offers its staff
About Small Heath Leadership Academy
Small Heath Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham. We joined Star Academies in 2018 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
The school was rated ‘good’ in all four areas of the inspection framework during its inspection in May 2022.
We are an ambitious school with high expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Small Heath Leadership Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1188 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Small Heath Leadership Academy website
- Email address
- joy.nessa@smallheath.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 0121 464 7997
Small Heath Leadership Academy in Birmingham is a 1200 place, 11-18 secondary school and sixth form. Small Heath joined the Trust on 1 January 2018. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.
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