Level 2/3 Teaching Assistants

Level 2/3 Teaching Assistants

Level 2 - £20,812 to £22,777 pro rata

Level 3 - £23,194 to £29,439 pro rata. Subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review.

Hours per week: 25 per week, term time only

Contract type: Both permanent and fixed term

Holte School

Wheeler Street

Birmingham

B19 2EP

Telephone number: 0121 566 4370

Email address: hr@holte.bham.sch.uk

Required as soon as possible.

We are looking to expand our team of Teaching Assistants and have temporary or permanent positions available to work in our SEND department and support the school in its work to continue to improve outcomes for all our pupils.

You must be reliable, positive, adaptable, and committed to working with pupils, displaying good communications skills and a sensitivity to the needs of individual pupils. Experience of working with secondary age children would be a distinct advantage.

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate person who has:

• NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 in Teaching Assistant or equivalent

• a good understanding of KS3 to KS5 curriculum

• strong communication skills

• a genuine enthusiasm to work with children

• skills to adapt to meet the needs of our pupils, either in 1:1, small or larger group settings

We offer:

• a supportive community and governing board

• a talented staff team who welcome new challenges and are committed to supporting and developing colleagues

• enthusiastic students who are keen to learn

• quality continuous professional development

• opportunities to work in collaboration with partner schools, where available

Holte School is an oversubscribed, diverse, multi-racial, 11-18 community school and are one of only 8 schools across the country to be recognised as a ‘National IQM Inclusion Champion’ school. The school is on a shared site with both a primary and a special school, with plans to develop our sixth form facilities. The school's ethos emphasises high quality teaching to achieve excellence and enable our students to maximise their potential. We have the highest expectations around behaviour and standards, and this is achieved through working alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues who share this vision.

Our young people are proud of the school and their community and have high aspirations that we see reflected in their conduct and engagement. We also actively promote staff wellbeing, supporting colleagues in what is a challenging yet rewarding profession. We are awaiting the publication of our recent Ofsted Inspection, which we believe recognises the many strengths of our school.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing date: 27 November 2023, 10:00am

It is anticipated that interviews will take place week beginning 4 December 2023.

For further details and an application form, please download information from our vacancies page

A completed non-teaching application form, recruitment monitoring form and supporting statement should be returned to: hr@holte.bham.sch.uk

We hope you will take the opportunity to arrange an informal visit, as we believe that by doing so, you will discover what a great place this is to work and be inspired to join our hard-working students and supportive and ambitious team. Please arrange an appointment by contacting Cherise Hogan, HR Assistant, on 0121 566 4370.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) 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 on all shortlisted candidates. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. 

BCC is a Living Wage employer.