SEND Teaching Assistant

Erdington Hall Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B24 8JJ

20 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,455.00 - £26,528.00 Annually (Actual)

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

SEND Teaching Assistant

Start Date: Required As Soon As Possible

Contract: Fixed Term until 17th July 2026

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, term time only

Salary: Support Staff Scale Grade 3 (9-22), full time equivalent salary range £27,254p.a. - £33,699p.a. (actual salary range is £21,455p.a.- £26,528p.a.)

Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement

Success through Endeavour

Ambition through Challenge

Strength through Diversity

Here at Erdington Hall Primary School we aim to create opportunities and support achievement for our students and staff alike. We are looking for an inspiring Teaching Assistant with specialism in KS1, who can work with students and with teaching staff to create a nurturing environment within which everyone can reach their full potential.

Join us and you will be part of a fantastic team. We believe in working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things. With a level 3 TA qualification as well as GCSE’s (or equivalent) in English and Maths at Grade C/5 or above/equivalent, you will have a real passion for supporting students, including those with particular needs, as well as a desire to develop a pro-active and supportive culture within the Inclusion Team. Erdington Hall is a developing and improving school and this is an exciting opportunity to support that journey of school improvement.

For a full description of the role and person specification, please see the accompanying documents.

About our school

Erdington Hall Primary School is part of Summit Learning Trust comprising of Ninestiles, An Academy, Cockshut Hill School, Lyndon School, five primary schools and the Sixth Form College Solihull. The leadership at Erdington Hall is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the school on a journey of excellence, with staff that have a passion for teaching and learning. Join us and you will be part of an improving school with a strong team ethos. We believe in working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things.

Why work for us?

We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:

• Employee assistance programme
• High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
• Wellbeing Advocates
• Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
• Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
• Generous employer pension schemes
• Excellent Holiday Entitlement

Visits to the Academy are encouraged. Please contact (0121 464 3122) to arrange this.

The closing date is midday Friday 7th November 2025. Interviews to be held week commencing 10th November 2025.

We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and communities. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to thrive.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s Barred List check., and online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates. Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available to view here. If you require the application form in a different format, please contact hr.enquiries@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.

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 Erdington Hall Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 279 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Erdington Hall Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/erdington-hall-primary-school-birmingham

Erdington Hall is a two form entry, mixed primary school for pupils aged 3 -11. We are one of the family of schools in the Summit Learning Trust and pride ourselves on being an inclusive school. At Erdington Hall we are continually developing ways to ensure our children have the best possible opportunities to be successful. We recognise that through an enriched, varied curriculum, children are challenged. We also ask that children challenge themselves and aspire to be the very best they can be.

You will be part of a very supportive team whose successful aim is to help students reach their full potential within this forward looking school.

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