Teaching Assistant L3 Gr 3
Highfield Nursery School, Birmingham, B8 3QFThis 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
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.
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
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highfield Nursery School website
School location
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