Teaching Assistant Level 2
Hodge Hill Girls' School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 8EY13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 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 Teaching Assistant Level 2 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
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.
Applying for the job
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About Hodge Hill Girls' School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- 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
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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