Level 2 Primary Teaching Assistant

Job start date: 24 February 2025  

Hours per week: 40 term time only  

Ark Victoria Academy
Talbot Way
Birmingham
B10 0HJ
Telephone number: 0121 393 4459

Contact email: q.qureshi1@arkvictoria.org

Contract type: Permanent

About the role:

Are you a fantastic teaching assistant, passionate about giving the children in your care the education they deserve?

We are looking for:

• individuals who are passionate with high expectations of themselves and for the pupils they work with

• teaching assistants who share our aspirations for pupils and will inspire, challenge and motivate them to achieve

• a positive attitude, the ability to work well as part of a team and a love of reading

We can offer:

• engaged, well-behaved pupils who love coming to school, enjoy their learning and are respectful, confident individuals

• a wide range of professional development opportunities including personalised CPD, coaching, mentoring and regular opportunities to share best practice across the academy and the Ark Network

• a staff team who truly support and care for each other

• a leadership team who provide substantial support and training to their staff with a genuine focus on career progression

• the opportunities that working as part of an all-through provides including a wealth of resources, subject specialists and greater options for staff development working across the phases

• highly supportive parents who work with the school to provide the best education for our pupils

• a genuine focus on staff wellbeing; our “Wellbeing Wednesday” treats have been very popular this year!

If you are ready to add further value to our team of Primary TAs and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding.

About Ark Victoria Academy

Aim high, be brave, be kind, keep learning!

Ark Victoria Academy is a high performing school across all key stages, providing pupils with a unique journey in their education through the curriculum, personal development programme, student experience offer and the vast range of opportunities that we are able to provide as an all-through school. Whilst being a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.  

Why work for our school?

Hear what our teachers have to say about working at Ark Victoria Academy

• we take CPD seriously, which is why we offer twice the number of training days as standard

• our staff can take advantage of our on-site fitness suite

• access to Ark Rewards scheme offering up to £1,000 a year in savings from over 3,000 major retailers

• interest-free loans of up to £5,000 available for season tickets or a bicycles

• gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym

For an informal, conversation about the role please contact HR Officer, Qudsiyyah Qureshi on 0121 393 4459 or email: q.qureshi1@arkvictoria.org

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

How to apply:

Please visit our website and submit your application.

You can download the job description and person specification

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response.

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: enhanced DBS; 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.  

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.  

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.