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This job expired on 7 July 2025

  • Start date details

    01 September 2025

  • Closing date

    7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    24 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£26,409.00 - £32,654.00 Annually (FTE) Term Time Only - Pro Rata

Teaching Assistant L3 Gr 3 job summary

Highfield Nursery School provides high quality early education to children aged two to four years of age. The school plans to expand its age range from September 2025 to include children from 9 months of age. We are looking for a practitioner with suitable experience of working with children aged under two to join our team. Not only do you need to be a good or outstanding practitioner but also flexible, resilient and able to contribute innovative ideas.

There is a commitment from staff that every moment will count for every child. Our provision for children with special educational needs/disabilities is exemplary. Staff are well trained and incredibly skilled in child development. This is a very positive and inspirational community (Ofsted 2023).

Birmingham Federation of Maintained Nursery Schools consists of nine Nursery Schools delivering inclusive high-quality early education and care to children aged 0-5 across Birmingham. We have a vibrant and enthusiastic staff of teachers, teaching assistants, nursery officers, play workers, administrators and other support staff who make up our large staff team. As well as outstanding provision for children and families we are committed to staff professional development and you would have opportunities to be part of the wider and developing role of our nursery schools. Our settings are culturally diverse with a large number of languages spoken. We have a reputation for supporting children with a range of complex Special Educational Needs and disabilities as well as support for families who may have additional challenges in their lives. We offer a mixture of provision, including fee paying, as well as before and after School provision in most schools.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children, and expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Suitability checks will be undertaken including identity, qualification, on-line and two references.

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.

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About Highfield Nursery School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 5
Education phase
Nursery
School size
159 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 5
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