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Level 3 Teaching Assistant
GR3 £26,409 - £32,654 p.a.
(pro-rata £20,649 - £25,532 p.a.)
32.5 hours per week - Term Time Only
Start date: 1st September 2025 or earlier if possible
ASTON TOWER COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
(Aston Tower Multi-Academy Trust)
Upper Sutton Street, Aston, Birmingham, B6 5BE
Tel: 0121 327 0339 Email: vacancies@astontower.bham.sch.uk
Website: www.astontowerprimary.co.uk
Headteacher: Jonathan Moore
We are looking to appoint a teaching assistant with successful experience to work in our high performing school.
Aston Tower is a popular two-form entry multi-cultural school that serves a community which really values and supports our work. We have friendly, responsive and enthusiastic children whose attitudes to learning were described as ‘excellent’ by Ofsted along with their ‘outstanding’ behaviour. Our large staff team are skilled, caring and committed; governors are keen to be involved and are highly supportive. The school is very well resourced. Our well-kept modern premises are set in spacious grounds which lend themselves to being further developed to promote our pupils’ learning.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for the role.
Have a look at our website to get a flavour of our school. An application form and person specification are available from our website www.astontowerprimary.co.uk/job-vacancies
Enquiries about the role can be made by emailing vacancies@astontower.bham.sch.uk
Closing date: Friday 28th February 2025 at 12 noon.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. In addition to the candidate’s ability to perform the duties of the post, the interview will also explore issues relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Any relevant issue which may arise from the references will be taken up at interview.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Aston Tower Multi-academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.
Closing Date: 28 February 2025, 12.00pm
Other Information
GUIDANCE NOTES
SUPPORT STAFF APPLICATION
THE APPLICATION FORM
Completing the application form is the first step in the recruitment process which may lead to an interview and the possible offer of a job. It is, therefore, most important that you complete ALL sections of the application form which are relevant to you as clearly and fully as possible.
Please do not include a Curriculum Vitae with your application but try to include all relevant information on the form itself using additional sheets if necessary.
If you have a disability and would prefer to submit your application on tape – you may do so. Your recording should follow the format of the application form. The following notes will explain the application form and give some useful advice on how to complete it. Please use black ink or type since it will be necessary to photocopy your form.
Please note that it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
SECTION 1: Vacancy details
This section may have already been completed, but please check that all the details are complete and correct. If they are not included please refer to the job advertisement to fill in this section.
SECTION 2 & 3: Personal details/General information
Please enter your personal details fully and clearly so that we may contact you about your application.
National Insurance number: If you do not currently have a National Insurance number, please leave this blank.
Right to work in the UK: If you are shortlisted for interview at a school, your original identification documents verifying your right to work in the UK will be requested, checked and a photocopy will be taken. If your application is successful and you commence employment, the copy of your identification documents will be retained on file under regulations governed by the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act.
If you are related to a Birmingham Councillor, Birmingham School Governor or an employee of the City Council we ask you to tell us so that we can make sure all applications are treated fairly. Canvassing any Councillor, Governor or employee of the City Council (i.e. seeking to gain an unfair advantage through personal contacts) will disqualify your application.
SECTION 4: Arrangements for interview
If you have a disability, please complete this section so that suitable arrangements can be made if you are called for an interview and/or a work based exercise.
SECTION 5: Education/qualifications
Please enter details starting with the most recent first. We are interested in ANY form of education you have followed, including any courses which did not lead to an examination or qualification. We will take full note of any education or qualifications gained overseas or as part of an employment training scheme. Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of qualifications.
SECTION 6: Training
Starting with most recent first, please include any training gained through work or other activities, which you feel is relevant to the job for which you are applying for.
SECTION 7: Membership
This section refers to membership of institutes or organisations relevant to the job you are applying for, such as professional, occupational or trade membership.
SECTIONS 8 & 9: Past Employment & Experience
It is ESSENTIAL that you give full details in chronological order, starting with the most recent first, of all employment and other experience since leaving secondary education. This should include any breaks or unpaid activities such as voluntary work, child rearing, travel abroad, etc. Please ensure there are no gaps in your completed service history before returning your form as this could result in your form being rejected.
We require information on all past or present employment. If you have recently left university, college, or a training programme and have not yet had a full-time or permanent job, please give details of any other employment that you may have had such as work experience, part-time, holiday work or voluntary work. Please include your current job title and where applicable school and Local Authority.
SECTION 10: Retirement/Dismissal
Please ensure you tick the appropriate box and provide details if necessary.
SECTION 11: References
Please give the names and addresses, both postal and e-mail if of two referees. If you have been or are employed, the first referee should be your current or most recent employer. If this employment has been within a school, this will normally be your head teacher.
If you are not currently working with children, but have done so previously, one of your referees should be from your most recent employer, where you were employed to work with children.
Please be aware that if you are currently or have previously worked with children, on either a paid or voluntary basis, the employer will be asked if there are any disciplinary offences relating to children, including any in which the penalty is ‘time expired’. They will also be asked if they have any child protection concerns and the outcome of any enquiries or disciplinary procedures.
If you have been unemployed for some time, you should instead, name somebody who knows you well and wherever possible someone able to comment on you in relation to the job for which you have applied. References will not be accepted from relatives or from people writing solely in the capacity of friends.
Written references will be required for all shortlisted candidates in order that any relevant issues can be taken up at interview. Previous employers may also be approached to verify particular relevant experience or qualifications prior to interview.
SECTION 12: Other relevant information in support of your application
When completing this section you can mention any experience gained through work, school, college, at home, in voluntary work, in work experience or through hobbies. Think about how you can draw upon your skills and experience, and then match these against the criteria set out on the person specification. You should avoid bland statements such as ‘I have all the skills and abilities mentioned in the person specification’ and fully explain how you meet the requirements, e.g. if the person specification asks for ‘experience of working with elderly people’, you need to explain when, where and what was involved e.g. ‘I helped to care for my grandmother for 3 years. She lived in the family home and I helped her to wash and dress each morning. I also helped with personal care including ………….’ Please provide no more than 3 sides of A4 in total.
SECTION 13: Consent, disclosure and confirmation
When completed, read through your application form carefully, checking for errors and omissions. Ensure that you have signed and dated the relevant areas of your application form to confirm that your details are correct and complete. Providing false information is an offence and could result in the application being rejected, or summary dismissal if appointed, and possible referral to the police.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions) Order 1975
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL PERSONS APPLYING FOR POSITIONS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, AND OTHERS WHO WILL WORK WITH YOUNG PERSONS UNDER AGE 18
Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of cautions and convictions can be found at the Disclosure and Barring Service Website – www.gov.uk
If you do have any convictions or cautions, you must check the filtering rules to determine if you should declare them or if they are now ‘protected’ and no longer require disclosure.
If you are short-listed for this position you will be required to disclose this information on a self-declaration form.
Failure to disclose any previous convictions or cautions that are not protected could result in dismissal should it be subsequently discovered. Any information given, either when returning the self-declaration form or at interview, will be entirely confidential and will be considered only in relation to this application.
A copy of the DBS Code of Practice is available at www.homeoffice.gov.uk or NACRO can offer advice on disclosing convictions.
Recruitment monitoring
You are asked to complete this section to enable us to monitor the effectiveness of our Equal Opportunities in Employment policy.
Please help us by ticking or completing the appropriate boxes in this section. Any information gathered will not identify individuals, but will only be used to measure how we are progressing. This information will not be used by those in the selection process and is for statistical purposes only.
We look forward to receiving your application.