Start date: March 2025 Hours per week: 15, Term time only St James's Catholic Primary School Leach Heath Lane Birmingham B45 9BN Telephone number: 0121 464 9700 Contact email: c.tullettlumenchristi.org.uk Contract type: Fixed term for 1 year to cover maternity St James’ Catholic Primary School is a happy, successful primary school which is part of the Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company. The school has an excellent reputation as well as enjoying a strong partnership between the School and Parish community. The school standards committee are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced teaching assistant who is passionate in supporting pupils with learning and who has high expectations of pupil achievement and behaviour. The successful candidate will be: supportive of the school’s distinctive Catholic nature a highly-skilled teaching assistant enthusiastic highly organised committed to achieving the highest standards reflective committed to their own professional development NVQ level 2 or 3 in childcare or an equivalent qualification We can offer: a supportive and caring learning environment which aims to promote and develop expertise of all staff through a commitment to CPD enthusiastic and friendly children who respond well to encouragement and challenge, and have a love for learning excitement and challenge with varied opportunities from our collaborative networking within the Lumen Christi MAC and local schools an outstanding school (Ofsted September 2024, RE Section 48 May Inspection 2019) 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. How to apply Application forms are available to download from our school website or you are welcome to call Mrs Kelly on 0121 464 9700 to request a pack or email on enquirystjamescatholicprimary.co.uk Only applications on the CES application form will be accepted. All sections of the CES application form must be completed. Interviews: Thursday 22 February 2024 Applications should be returned to Claire Tullett – c.tullettlumenchristi.org.uk This school 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.