Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Aston Tower Community Primary School; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Aston Tower Multi-academy Trust invites applications for a teaching assistant to support pupils across our classrooms and contribute to maintaining high standards noted by Ofsted. This is a fixed-term or potentially permanent role within a popular two-form entry school, with the possibility of taking on cover duties as required.

Applicants should demonstrate strong commitment to safeguarding, fluent English, and a proactive approach to pupil welfare.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils in lessons and learning activities.
• Support safeguarding and welfare during the school day.
• Assist with DBS checks and vetting processes as part of recruitment.

Job description

We are looking to appoint a successful and experienced teaching assistant to join our friendly and high-performing school. Working with pupils you will help maintain our high standards as recognised by our Ofsted inspection in October 2024. This identified the school’s outstanding work. Aston Tower has also been awarded the Leading Parent Partnership Award recognising our excellent work with parents. There may also be the possibility of undertaking cover duties.

Aston Tower is a popular two-form entry multi-cultural school that serves a community which 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 staff team is skilled, caring, and committed; trustees are keen to be involved and 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. We recently opened a resource base for pupils with Special Educational Needs following approval from the Department for Education (DfE).

Closing date: Wednesday 21st October 2026 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.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

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 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance