Teaching Assistant/Cover Supervisor

City Road Primary School, Birmingham, B16 0HL

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  26 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,409.00 - £32,654.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant/Cover Supervisor job summary

City Road Primary School

(part of the Inspire Education Community Trust)

Teaching Assistant / Cover Supervisor (x3 posts)

Grade GR3

32.5 hours per week, term time only

Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 3:45pm

(Includes a 45-minute unpaid lunch break)

We are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to join our team as Teaching Assistants / Cover Supervisors.

These roles are based in Reception or Key Stage 1 (KS1) and involve working closely with class teachers to support pupils' learning and development. You will also be expected to provide cover for teacher absences across the year group or wider school when required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting learning in Reception or KS1 as part of a professional team
• Delivering small group sessions in phonics, reading, maths, and other interventions
• Releasing teachers in KS1 and lower KS2 for PPA or leadership time
• Providing classroom cover across the school when necessary

We are looking for candidates who are:

• Enthusiastic and optimistic in their approach to education
• Dedicated to improving children’s lives and learning opportunities
• Ambitious and driven to help children achieve their full potential
• Reflective and self-critical, always striving to improve their practice

Join us in making a real difference in the lives of our pupils. If you are passionate about education and eager to contribute to a supportive and forward-thinking school community, we would love to hear from you.

We offer a friendly and supportive working environment with a commitment to the professional development of all staff. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information. 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. 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.

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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