SEND Teaching Assistant

City Road Primary School, Birmingham, B16 0HL

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  30 November 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  11 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £28,824.00 Annually (Actual) The SEND allowance is £1507.28 pro-rata. Salary details as per April 2025 rates.

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

City Road Primary School

(part of the Inspire Education Community Trust)

is seeking to appoint

GR2 Teaching Assistant (with SEND allowance)

Monday to Friday 32.5 hours (term-time only)

Monday to Friday 8:30am to 3:45am

(45 minutes unpaid lunch break)

Are you passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities?

We are seeking enthusiastic teaching assistants to work with children who have complex special educational needs. in our early years or in our specialised provision groups.

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate:

the passion and commitment to supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities

flexibility

their ability to work using own initiative, and work effectively as part of a team

how they communicate clearly and effectively with pupils and colleagues

Applicants must hold as a minimum the Level 2 TA Qualification and possess good numeracy and literacy skills. Good ICT skills are also essential.

We offer a friendly and supportive working environment with a commitment to the professional development of all staff.

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.

Inspire Education Community Trust is committed to treating all people equally and with respect irrespective of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Any appointments will be subject to satisfactory medical checks, references and an enhanced DBS check.

Safeguarding Statement

Inspire Education Community Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees 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); online checks as part of KCSIE; medical fitness; identity and right to work in the UK. Applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This 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. However, there are some exceptions to this when applicants must declare any relevant criminal record when asked to do so, even if it is regarded as spent in other circumstances. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

The Trust’s privacy policy can be found on the Trust or school pages of MyNewTerm.

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 City Road Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: City Road Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/city-road-primary-school

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