Start date: 1 May 2025 or As soon as possible Hours per week: 22.5, Term time only Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Earlsbury Gardens Birmingham B20 3AE Telephone number: 0121 827 8664 Contact email: hrsjp2.net Contract type: Permanent The St John Paul II Multi Academy is a highly successful Catholic Multi Academy encompassing seven Primary Schools and two Secondary Schools. Our schools are based in Sutton Coldfield, Erdington and Aston. The ethos of St John Paul II Multi Academy is Catholic and was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. As a Catholic multi academy, we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. As a Catholic multi academy, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of every one of our school’s activities. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school’s education be fully supported by all staff within the multi academy. We therefore hope that all staff will give their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims and ethos of the St John Paul II Multi Academy. We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our supportive, creative and dynamic team as a level 3 teaching assistant. The successful applicants will: be supportive of the Catholic ethos of our school be required to provide academic, behavioural and social support for groups and individual children have a good understanding of the national curriculum be enthusiastic and a good communicator have high standards of oral, written and numeracy skills be committed to raising pupils’ attainment, particularly in literacy and mathematics and have an understanding of intervention strategies applicable to Key Stage1 and 2 experience of working within a Catholic school would be desirable but not essential be committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children We can offer you: a positive caring ethos based upon the values of the Catholic faith well motivated happy children who love to come to school and are excited about learning an exciting opportunity of collaborative working as part of a forward-thinking Multi Academy that provides opportunities to support and develop your continuing professional development a committed and supportive environment where you will be encouraged to develop your professional career the opportunity of being part of a dynamic, professional friendly team strong parish links and supportive parents, local governing board and senior leadership team 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. St John Paul II Multi Academy is an Equal Opportunities employer. Visits to the school are welcome. Please telephone to arrange a visit on 0121 356 4721. How to apply Please follow the links on our website to apply. Please note we do not accept CVs, applications will only be considered if received on a Catholic Education application form. The Multi Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and 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); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions. 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. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.