Teaching Assistant, Level 3

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 0DN

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 35 hours per week, term-time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,409 - £32,654 pro rata
• Actual salary: £22,239 - £28,134
• Pay scale: Grade 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

The role:

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant, who will work in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate support for pupils, including those pupils with specific or complex Special Educational Needs.

We are looking for a level of competence to support pupils across the key stages.

Successful candidates will be highly motivated, positive and enthusiastic, love working with children and helping them to strive to achieve against their targets.

What we are looking for:

The successful candidate should

• Be able to develop positive relationships with all children
• Support the activities of individuals or groups
• Be able to stay calm and objective when presented with unusual or challenging behaviour
• Promote children’s social and emotional development
• Contribute to the health and well-being of pupils
• Provide support for bilingual / multilingual pupils
• Support children with specific needs for example sensory and/or physical impairment, cognitive or learning difficulties; behavioural; moderate to severe SEND needs, including autism, ADHD, behavioural, social and emotional learning difficulties, speech and language needs
• Support children with literacy and numeracy skills
• Support children to access the curriculum
• Be enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team
• Be a confident and clear communicator with parents
• Have GCSEs or equivalent level, including at least a Grade 4 (previously Grade C) in English and Maths

You must be willing to:

• support and uphold our Catholic ethos
• contribute to the planning and evaluation of learning activities
• design and prepare resources to support language development and understanding as well as resources to support children with difficulties in cognition and learning
• implement strategies as recommended by professionals, e.g. Speech and Language Therapist, which might include, but are not limited to, teaching language through categorisation tasks and games, sequencing activities, pre and post tutoring of key vocabulary, and using a phonological and semantic approach when teaching new vocabulary.
• work in consultation with the class teacher to create an environment which is conducive to a learning environment for all: - language rich, in terms of spoken language and the use of complementary communication systems such as visual symbols; challenges
• lead interventions that target reading comprehension, word reading, and spelling; and maths
• Cover a whole class for a short time (in an emergency for a period normally less than a whole lesson) or for a very short period of planned absence.

Essential criteria:

• NVQ3 or equivalent
• A high standard of spoken English
• high expectations and a strong commitment to raising standards
• work with initiative and be self-reliant when appropriate
• a high standard of general education with good numeracy and literacy skills

Desired criteria:

• Have experience working with a range of children and abilities, including those with SEND on both a 1:1 basis or within the general classroom environment
• Knowledge of the Early Years, KS1, KS2 curriculum
• confident in using ICT to support children
• Knowledge of teaching phonics and early mathematics
• Experience supporting children with moderate to severe SEND needs including autism, ADHD, behavioural, social and emotional learning difficulties, speech and language needs

What the school offers its staff

What we offer you:

• A happy and successful school
• Professional and hard-working staff who go the extra mile for the children
• Happy and confident children who enjoy learning
• A committed and supportive Senior Leadership team and Governing Body

Further details about the role

Application packs are also available to download from our school website here - https://www.stmaryrc.bham.sch.uk/web/l3_teaching_assistant/447579

or may be obtained by e-mailing recruit@stmaryrc.bham.sch.uk

N.B. Only our school's CES application form will be accepted.

Please Note: CVs will not be accepted.Please do not send in CVs, the application form covers the information required and is designed to ensure fairness during interview shortlisting.

Completed applications forms should be e-mailed to

recruit@stmaryrc.bham.sch.uk by the closing date.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged.

Date for visits: Wednesday 25th June at 2:00pm andThursday 3rd July at 2:00pm and 4:00pm

Call school office or email recruit@stmaryrc.bham.sch.uk to book.

Interviews will take place week commencing 7th July 2025

Commitment to 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: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; online check; identity and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruit@stmaryrc.bham.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Mary's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 419 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Catholic Primary School website
• Email address: recruit@stmaryrc.bham.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0121 464 2141
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-catholic-primary-school-birmingham

St. Mary’s is a successful and highly respected Catholic Primary School, in Harborne, Birmingham. We are a mixed, over-subscribed, 2-form entry Catholic Primary School for children aged 4-11, with capacity for 420 children. Our Catholic ethos is embedded in all that we do, and we strive to ensure that our pupils’ experience of Catholic Life is rich and meaningful. We are proud to share a unique relationship with our neighbouring parish of St Mary’s, and indeed the wider community of Harborne.

Arranging a visit to St Mary's Catholic Primary School

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

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