Vacancy Reference
JOB003376
Job Title
Level 3 Teaching Assistant
Job Start Date
1 September 2025
Salary Range
£26,409 to £32,654 pro rata Subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Hours Per Week
32.5
Working Pattern
Term time only
School Address
St Benedict's Primary School
St Benedicts Road
Birmingham
B10 9DP
Contact Email
s.arscott@stbendic.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
2 May 2025, midday
Job Information

Join our fantastic school as we strive to fulfil our vision for all children to enjoy their rights and fulfil their dreams.

The Governors are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant with excellent subject knowledge, compassion and drive who can make a real difference to pupils’ lives for our growing Resource Base. As a Rights Respecting Gold Award school, we would like our staff to share our values and approaches, with a commitment to be a rights bearer for all children.

In return, we can offer you an inclusive school with amazing children who are keen to learn and grow, a committed and dedicated staff team with positive attitudes to teaching and learning and a very supportive Governing Board.

St. Benedict’s has been judged as ‘Good’ again by Ofsted (January 2023) and we are very proud of the latest report.

Staff development is a real priority and staff here benefit from links we have to other organisations and high-quality CPD.

Please visit our website where an application pack can be downloaded or contact s.arscott@stbendic.bham.sch.uk for an application pack.

Completed application forms should be emailed to s.arscott@stbendic.bham.sch.uk

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and are available on: 9th April 2pm, 11th April 9am, 28th April 2pm and 4:30pm, 29th April 9am.

Please telephone the school on 0121 464 6420 to make an appointment.

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.
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.