Teaching Assistant/Cover Supervisor at Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (Nc)

Expired

Job Reference #

EDV/2025/YTCJAISN/30035

Location

Yew Tree Road, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 6RX

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Term

Part-Time

Salary

£26,409.00 - £32,654.00 Annually (FTE)

Closing Date

11:59pm, 30th Apr 2025

Start Date

01/09/2025

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

About this Role

Yew Tree Community School

(part of the Inspire Education Community Trust)

is seeking to appoint

Teaching Assistant/Cover Supervisors x2

(GR3)

Monday to Friday

8:30 - 3:45

(45 minutes unpaid lunchbreak)

32.5 hours per week, term time

(Permanent)

The role will involve:

Based in KS1 - working with class teachers as part of a professional team to support learning for pupils
covering absence of class teachers within the year group, phase or elsewhere in the school (when necessary)
Releasing teachers in KS1 and lower KS2 for PPA or leadership time
taking groups for phonics, reading, maths etc.
interventions

Successful candidates will need to be:

• Enthusiastic and optimistic

• Dedicated to improving children’s lives and opportunities

• Ambitious and driven for children to achieve their very best

• Able to reflect on own practice and to be self-critical

We offer a friendly and supportive working environment with a commitment to the professional development of all staff.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information.

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.

Inspire Education Community Trust is committed to treating all people equally and with respect irrespective of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Safeguarding Statement

Inspire Education Community Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); online checks as part of KCSIE; medical fitness; identity and right to work in the UK. Applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This 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. However, there are some exceptions to this when applicants must declare any relevant criminal record when asked to do so, even if it is regarded as spent in other circumstances. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.