Teaching Assistant Level 2

Hodge Hill Girls' School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 8EY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday - Friday 36.50 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796 - £28,142

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a Level 2 Teaching Assistant to support our pupils in class, individually and in small groups. You will be committed and enthusiastic about helping young people reach their potential. You will be joining an experienced, dedicated SEND team and will work closely with pupils to provide high quality academic intervention and mentoring to support learning and progress. You will be confident, with a talent for inspiring and encouraging others. Ideally you will have a strong academic background, with excellent literacy & numeracy skills (Grade C or above at GCSE or equivalent) in order to be able to offer dedicated and subject-specific support. Previous experience of working in a school or SEND is advantageous, or alternatively any work supporting young people outside of the classroom.

Found in the heart of the Hodge Hill community, we are a small secondary girl’s school with strong community values. We know and care for every pupil as an individual. We strive to meet the needs of each member of our school community, celebrating diversity and always striving for equality in our school family and the wider world.

Our ethos encourages mutual respect and support to enable every pupil to make the greatest personal, social, and academic progress during their time with us, preparing them for successful careers and fulfilling lives. A relentless drive for the best academic progress for each individual pupil, sits comfortably alongside the wider curriculum where values education embraces citizenship, pupil voice, charity, and community work.

Here at Hodge Hill Girls' School, we genuinely value and strive to enhance working partnerships with our families, feeder schools and our local community. This partnership is essential in raising standards and achievement, every member of our family has a role to play in raising the aspirations of all our pupils to ensure we really are "Educating tomorrow's women today

What the school offers its staff

In return, we can offer you:

• A caring and happy community that always puts our young people first
• A supportive environment that takes an active interest in your professional development and personal wellbeing.
• A highly supportive Senior Leadership Team
• Access to a wide range of CPD courses
• Use of a school laptop
• Access to the local government pension scheme
• 24 hours access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• A strong and supportive Governing Body
• Classrooms equipped with projection and interactive capabilities
• A well-equipped staffroom
• Free on-site car parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Birmingham City Council reward scheme

We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if submitted with a fully completed application form.

Safer Recruitment

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable): qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of students.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2000. Which 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.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and experience our school at first hand. If you would like to arrange a visit, please contact Mrs N. Panton via email: HR@hodgehgs.bham.sch.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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Hodge Hill Girls' School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 749 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hodge Hill Girls' School website
• Email address: HR@hodgehgs.bham.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01214643094
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hodge-hill-girls-school

Located in the heart of the Hodge Hill community, we are a small secondary girl’s school with strong community values. We know and care for every pupil as an individual. We strive to meet the needs of each member of our school community, celebrating diversity and always striving for equality in our school family and the wider world.

Arranging a visit to Hodge Hill Girls' School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@hodgehgs.bham.sch.uk.

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