Teaching Assistant ( with additional needs)
Birches First School, WOLVERHAMPTON, West Midlands, WV8 2JG6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
18 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 8:30am - 12:00pm two mornings - Not Friday 1:00 - 3:00pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Days negotiatable
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Pay scale
- 4
Hourly rate
- £12.85 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Governors of Birches First School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced and highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join our wonderful team. We encourage applications from anyone who has experience of supporting children with SEMH, Communication and interaction, Cognition and learning, ADHD Diagnosis to develop and achieve, who can build a good rapport with children and staff and who works well as part of a team. The successful TA will work with teachers and the school to establish a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which children make excellent progress.
The role is for a 15 hours per week providing learning opportunities and care to our children.
Applicants must have a full and approved Level 2 Qualification to work within our School setting.
Please contact the school to discuss working hours further and to arrange a visit to come and see our amazing School environment.
Level 2 Grade 4, Term Time Only
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- A great team of hardworking colleagues
- Outstanding children who are keen to learn
- Supportive parents and governors
- Opportunities for professional development within school and as part of the MAT
- A well-resourced and safe working environment
- A highly skilled SENCo as a source of expertise and support
- Cyclescheme - Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Employee wellbeing support / Counselling
Commitment to safeguarding
Posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Shortlisted candidates will need to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the interview. You may be asked for information about your criminal history during recruitment.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@birches.staffs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Birches First School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 177 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Birches First School website
- Email address
- office@birches.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01902 297910
Codsall Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Codsall Multi-Academy Trust currently comprises of St Nicholas CE First School, Codsall Middle School and Birches First School.
As geographical neighbours and partners with shared responsibility for the education of Codsall pupils from Nursery through to Year 8, Codsall Multi Academy Trust was formed in October 2016 to achieve their vision for:
Excellence throughout the EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3 phases
a continued pathway for learning and pastoral support for children and their families.
Maximising provision and opportunities for children, parents and staff
Working closely together with the aim of ensuring that each and every one of our pupils receives an outstanding education and is supported in becoming highly effective and successful members of society.
Birches First School aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality. At Birches, we aim to provide a rich and varied curriculum so that pupils of all abilities are helped to achieve in a safe, friendly and purposeful environment. Each child will be given every opportunity to learn to the best of their ability and, through our school values, learn to respect others and treat everyone in our school community with care, courtesy, kindness, and tolerance.
Codsall Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Arranging a visit to Birches First School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@birches.staffs.sch.uk.
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