EYFS Playworker

St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 6LW

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  25 February 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  5 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE) Band B

EYFS Playworker job summary

Our Lady and All Saints CatholicMultiAcademy

EYFS Playworker

Salary: Band B £24,796 to £25,583 (annually full time equivalent)

Actual salary: £17,234 to £17,782

Fixed Term - 1 term

30 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School

Fordbridge Road, Kingshurst, Birmingham B37 6LW

Start Date: ASAP

Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Multi Academy Company (“the MAC”) was formed in April 2021 and comprises of 12 Catholic Primary Schools and 2 Catholic Secondary Schools across the Birmingham, Solihull, and Warwickshire areas.

The Board of Governors of St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, with support of Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Multi Academy Company (“the MAC”), are now seeking to appoint a Level 2 Teaching Assistant. Initially this will be based in Early Years but the successful candidate will need to be prepared to work across all phases.

St Anthony’s is a welcoming Catholic community where we all our pupils belong to a caring, sharing community which promotes learning through respect and love for all through our shared Catholic faith. We strive to follow Christ’s example to always do our best. We remain focused on giving our pupils a primary school experience to enjoy and remember, whilst striving to provide the best educational provision for children in our locality.

We can offer:

• A competitive salary
• A unique exciting career opportunity to be working in a successful school who is now part of an evolving and growing MAC which is committed to staff development and career progression.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified Level 2 Teaching assistant
  

• A passion for improving outcomes for pupils
• Works hard as part of a team
• Experience across Early Years settings
• Is dedicated to continuing their own professional development
• Be committed to promoting the Catholic ethos of our school. Protected posts will be required to be a Practising Catholic.

For further information regarding this post, please contact school office on Tel: 0121 770 3168 or through the school office email on office@st-anthonys.solihull.sch.uk

Prospective candidates are warmly invited to visit, please contact the school office above to discuss further.

To apply, please visit My New Term to complete an online application https://mynewterm.com/jobs/148090/EDV-2026-SACPS-30578 Alternatively, to receive a copy of the application form and supporting documents, please email recruitment@olaas.co.uk detail which vacancy you are applying for and send completed application documents to recruitment@olaas.co.uk .

Closing Date: Wednesday 25th February

Shortlisting: Thursday 26th February

Interview Date: TBC

St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, part of Our Lady and All Saints Multi Academy Company, has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups. All employees and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and to obtain an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) and where relevant, a childcare disqualification check. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including two suitable references, evidence of Right to Work, Medical Clearance and where applicable a prohibition check and evidence of qualifications. All successful candidates will be required to present their birth certificate along with evidence of any name changes.

This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

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

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

*Please note the MAC reserves the right to change this date.

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Therefore, should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Anthony's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 254 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Anthony's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-anthony-s-catholic-primary-school-b37-6lw

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