Teaching Assistant

Ulverley School, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 8RZ

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  27 September 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  10 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE) This pay grade is currently under review.

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for a caring and motivated Level 3, Band B Teaching Assistant to join our internal specialist provision (The Hub). You will support children with EHCPs, including those awaiting places in specialist schools. The successful candidate will have a strong interest in supporting children with communication and learning difficulties and a commitment to inclusive education. They will bring their proven skills in adapting learning, delivering targeted interventions and implementing strategies that promote engagement and progress. Having a genuine curiosity about how children play, interact and communicate is essential, along with the ability to use these insights to support their development.

The role requires excellent communication, strong teamwork and the confidence to work closely with The Hub team, external professionals and families to ensure the best outcomes for every child.

The ideal candidate will be resilient, proactive and reflective in their own practice, with the ability to remain calm and solution-focused in a range of situations. Working with our children can be both challenging and demanding but it is also incredibly rewarding as you see the difference your support can make every day. Candidates will need to have a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification.

This is term time working only plus inset days. The hours will be 27.5 hours per week.

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

The MAT 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 pre-employment checks, including: an 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.

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 Ulverley School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 472 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ulverley School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ulverley-school-solihull

Ulverley is a diverse school with a range of families representing a variety of different backgrounds. These families come together with their similarities and differences as one community.

Our community is built upon respect and kindness, where everyone is supported and appreciated. We believe in ourselves and others, being positive and resilient in order to move forwards, compromising wherever we can. We do our best to show excellent behaviours, being good role models and doing only that which is beneficial.

We are purposeful in our actions, being in the right place at the right time, with the right kit and in the right frame of mind. As such, we believe that it is important to tell everyone what they need to know, when they need to know it.

We strive to improve, learning collaboratively with and from others, providing opportunities for all.
Ulverley School is proud to be a part of Robin Hood Multi-Academy Trust and this has allowed the school to further develop it’s exciting and innovative curriculum and offer outstanding professional development opportunities across the schools.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Solihull and West Midlands