- Vacancy Reference
- JOB003134
- Job Title
- Level 2 Teaching Assistant
- Job Start Date
- 1 April 2025 or as soon as possible
- Salary Range
- £12.62 - £13.66 per hour
- Hours Per Week
- Negotiable
- Working Pattern
- Term time only
- School Address
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St Thomas Aquinas School
Wychall Lane
Birmingham
B38 8AP - Contact Email
- c.tullett@lumenchristi.org.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 7 March 2025, 9:00am
- Job Information
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We have vacancies and can be flexible with term time working hours to fit in with childcare arrangements if necessary. If you are interested in applying for a Teaching Assistant position, please complete an application form and enclose within your statement the preferred working hours you would like – for example currently we have TA’s working 15, 27.5 and 32.5 hours per week.
We would love to hear from an enthusiastic TA who would like to join a professional and hardworking team. In partnership with the Archdiocese of Birmingham, the School Standards Committee of St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School is seeking to appoint Teaching Assistants.
- do you have a deep commitment to work with young people
- do you want to help and work with vulnerable families
- do you bring energy, dedication and passion to your work
- do you want to be trained, supported and developed professionally
- are you excited about the possibility of joining a dedicated team of committed and hardworking staff?
If so, we have a permanent role available for an outstanding candidate.
St Thomas Aquinas is a large and thriving Catholic comprehensive school in the south of Birmingham. Along with seven local primary schools, it is part of growing Catholic Multi Academy. It is a place where staff and students from all faiths live out the school mission. The school was judged to be outstanding in its last Section 48 Inspection and good by OFSTED April 2024. It genuinely is a vibrant learning community, full of committed learners and exceptional people. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a huge difference in the lives of children and contribute to the journey of a great Catholic school.
If you would like to see this wonderful school in action, we would be delighted to welcome prospective candidates for a visit.
- 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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For further details please visit our website
Enquiries, requests for information contact Claire Tullet c.tullett@stacs.bham.sch.uk
Shortlisting will take place on Monday 10 March 2025
Interviews will provisionally take place week commencing 17 March 2025
- 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.