Start date: 6 January 2025 Hours per week: 32.5, Term time only Thorns Primary School Thorns Road Quarry Bank DY5 2JY Telephone number: 01384 818285 Contact email: hrexcelsiormat.org Contract type: Fixed term for 2 terms (January 2025 to August 2025) Thorns Primary School is seeking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant Level 3 to work with teachers as part of a professional team to support teaching and learning for SEN pupils. Providing specialist assistance to pupils who need help to overcome barriers to learning, such as those with moderate, severe, profound, and multiple learning difficulties and or behavioural, social, communication, sensory or physical disabilities:- to support a pupil with EHCP in an EYFS setting experience of both SEND and EYFS is essential pathways, 1:1 and group work 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 If you would like an informal chat, or further information about the role, please contact the HR Team – hrexcelsiormat.org or contact Thorns Primary School directly on 01384 818285. Download the Job Description & Person Specification and visit our website to and complete the online application and monitoring forms. If you have any queries, please email: HRexcelsiormat.org. Please do not send in CVs, the application form covers the information required and is designed to ensure fairness during interview shortlisting. Receipt of two references are required as part of the interview shortlisting process. Your application may be rejected if adequate references have not been provided. 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.