Teaching Assistant Level 2 or 3

St Laurence Church Infant School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2DJ

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  8 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  30 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,838.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant Level 2 or 3 job summary

St Laurence Church Infant School is a happy, popular, 3-form entry voluntary aided school which enjoys high standards of learning and teaching in a Christian community.

We wish to appoint the following to start as soon as possible

Teaching Assistant Level 2 or Level 3 fixed term until August 2026. For either 32.5hrs/week (8.30 to 3.30 daily) or if preferred this role could be within the school day only to allow flexibility for childcare term time only.

The successful candidate will have:

• outstanding classroom practitioner skills;
• a nurturing and attachment aware approach to behaviour management;
• recent teaching assistant experience in KS1;
• excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills;
• a commitment to the Christian ethos of the school;

We offer:

• a school where we “do all things with love”
• happy, engaged children and staff, who enjoy school;
• high standards of behaviour, learning and teaching;
• a commitment to your well being and professional development

St Laurence Church Infant School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

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

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

St Laurence Church Infant School is committed to the highest standards in protecting and safeguarding every child entrusted to our care.
Safeguarding is defined as:

• Protecting children from maltreatment;
• Preventing impairment of children's health or development;
• Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective
care; and
• Taking action to enable all children to have the best life chances.

Applicants will be subject to a safer recruitment process. We will seek two professional references and a Disclosure and Barring Service check before the successful candidate can take up post.

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 St Laurence Church Infant School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 267 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Laurence Church Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-laurence-church-infant-school

A nurturing and child centred three form entry Church of England infant school in the South of Birmingham with a "Good" Ofsted rating.

Our vision is to "Do all things with love" (1 Corinthians 16:14) and our ambition is for every member of our school community, children, staff and families to grow a love of learning, life and each other.

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