- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002121
- Job Title
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant
- Job Start Date
- 1 October 2024
- Salary Range
- Support Staff Scale Grade 3, (FTE £25,119 to £31,364) Actual salary is £19,774 to £24,690.
- Hours Per Week
- 32.5
- Working Pattern
- Term time only
- School Address
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Pegasus Primary School
Turnhouse Road
Birmingham
B35 6PR
Telephone number: 0121 464 4293 - Contact Email
- recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 22 September 2024, 9:00am
- Job Information
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Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
Pegasus Primary School is looking to appoint a dynamic and highly motivated teaching assistant to join our established and experienced team. Pegasus is warm and welcoming and has enthusiastic and happy learners.
Pegasus is a one form entry, family orientated school, in the heart of North Birmingham. Our Castle Vale community strives for the very best for their children. We are thrilled to say that our school was judged to be a ‘GOOD’ school by Ofsted in June 2021.
Ofsted June 2021 ‘Pupils are happy to be at school. Staff make sure that school is a safe space for pupils. Staff and pupils get on well. Pupils behave well and play sensibly together.’
Children at Pegasus love coming to school and are keen to learn. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive school with high expectations and a commitment to providing the very best for all our learners.
You will be part of a very supportive team whose successful aim is to help our learners reach their full potential within this forward-looking school.
Are you our newest recruit?Are you ready to really make a difference and join us on our journey?
With a level 3 TA qualification as well as GCSE’s (or equivalent) in English and Maths at Grade C/5 or above/equivalent, you will have a real passion for supporting pupils, including those with particular needs, as well as a desire to develop a pro-active and supportive culture throughout school.
For a full description of the role and person specification, please see the accompanying documents.
We welcome visits to the school, please contact the school office to arrange a tour and discussion about the role.
About our Trust
Why work for us?
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:- employee assistance programme
- high quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
- wellbeing advocates
- lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
- health protection scheme alongside flu jab and eyecare vouchers
- generous employer pension schemes
We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. Our policy is available to view here. - 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.
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How to Apply
To apply please visit our website.
Please note we do not accept CV’s - 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:
- enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Terms and Conditions
- This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
- Rehabilitation of Offenders
- 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.