Teaching Assistant Level 2

Highters Heath Nursery School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 4BH

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01/02/2026 or as soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  9 December 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 - £26,403.00 Annually (FTE) Increases relating to BCC's EPP restructure will be available from April 2026

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

The post will include:

• Supporting small groups of children in our 2 year old provision.
• Working alongside teaching and support staff in order to deliver high quality teaching and learning opportunities for children.
• Working as part of a team, forming positive relationships with pupils, parents and staff.
• Supporting with personal care, healthy eating, embedding nursery routines and speech and language.

• Ensuring adequate supervision of the children at all times and deal with the needs of the children on a daily basis.
• Ensuring that the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection policy and procedures are followed at all times.

Please contact the school office on 0121 474 2356 or email enquiry@hiheathn.bham.sch.uk if you would like any further information or would like to arrange a visit to the school on Friday 19th December at 2pm or Monday 5th January at 4pm.

Safeguarding:

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS, Online Searches, Prohibition checks, Childcare Disqualification, qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work.

References:

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references, one of which must be from your current or most recent employer.

Terms and Conditions:

BCC is a Living Wage employer

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 Highters Heath Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 4
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 55 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 4
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Highters Heath Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highters-heath-nursery-school

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