HLTA

St Laurence Church Infant School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2DJ

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  13th April 2026 or as soon as possible after

• Closing date

  20 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,670.00 Annually (Actual)

HLTA job summary

Salary: Grade 4, Point 23

Monday - Friday, term time only 8.30am until 3.30pm 32.5 hours a week

Job Start Date: 13th April 2026 or as soon as possible after

If you enjoy working with children and would like to join our friendly team, we would love to hear from you.

The role will involve supporting learning in the classroom in a TA role with some teaching cover for classes. These sessions will be planned and resourced by the class teachers.

The successful candidate will:

• Have at least a Level 3 qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning and preferably the HLTA qualification. Candidates without this qualification must be willing to work towards this
• Be an experienced and highly effective classroom practitioner within EYFS and/or KS1
• Have a nurturing and caring approach with relationships prioritised
• Have a passion for helping children overcome barriers to learning and support the independence and resilience of children with SEND.

Be supportive of our Christian vision to “Do all things with love.”

We can offer you:

The opportunity to work with wonderful, caring and enthusiastic children

A supportive SLT and a school with an established and explicit behaviour policy

A commitment to your CPD

A caring and happy environment with staff who work well together and support each other

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.

The closing date for the vacancy is Friday 20th March 2026 at 9am.

Interviews to be held on 27th March 2026

Safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. As this is our top priority, we encourage applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

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

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.

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

St Laurence Church Infant School is committed to the highest standards in protecting and safeguarding every child entrusted to our care.
Safeguarding is defined as:

• Protecting children from maltreatment;
• Preventing impairment of children's health or development;
• Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective
care; and
• Taking action to enable all children to have the best life chances.

Applicants will be subject to a safer recruitment process. We will seek two professional references and a Disclosure and Barring Service check before the successful candidate can take up post.

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 Laurence Church Infant School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 267 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Laurence Church Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-laurence-church-infant-school

A nurturing and child centred three form entry Church of England infant school in the South of Birmingham with a "Good" Ofsted rating.

Our vision is to "Do all things with love" (1 Corinthians 16:14) and our ambition is for every member of our school community, children, staff and families to grow a love of learning, life and each other.

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