Teaching Assistant Level 2

Newtown Nursery School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 2NS

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2026

• Closing date

  9 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 June 2026

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 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) Salary is paid pro rata due to term-time only hours

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

Newtown Nursery School provides high quality early education to children aged 9 months two to 4 years of age. We are looking for a practitioner with suitable experience of working with young children 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.

Newtown Nursery School is an outstanding school (March 2024). The school is highly inclusive where everyone is valued. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported. Staff are very skilled at delivering an exciting curriculum because of the excellent training they receive. Staff morale is high. There is an unmistakable sense of collaboration and teamwork.

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.

Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.

Visits to the school are most welcome. Please email s.carter@hifieldn.bham.sch.uk (School Business Manager) if you would like to arrange a visit.

This role is subject to formal evaluation via the BCC equal pay progression job evaluation process.

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 Newtown Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 0 to 5
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 96 pupils enrolled
• Age range: Not given
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Newtown Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newtown-nursery-school

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