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Position: Full-time 1:1 Teaching Assistant
Student Year Group: Year 2 (non-verbal child with additional needs)
Contract: Full academic year (term-time only—Sept 2025–July 2026)
Potential: Permanent role for the right candidate
About the Role
Provide 1:1 support to a Year 2 child who is non-verbal, facilitating communication, access to the curriculum, and social interaction.
Work closely with the class teacher, SENCO, and external professionals to deliver targeted interventions.
Use and develop strategies such as visual timetables, Makaton, and sensory breaks to support the child’s needs.
Assist with personal care and emotional regulation when needed, ensuring a safe, inclusive environment.
Ideal Candidate
Must have an NVQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (or equivalent)
Proven experience supporting non-verbal children with additional needs.
Strong grasp of communication-focused strategies and sensory interventions.
Patient, empathetic, adaptable, and keen to contribute to a diverse inner-city primary school community
About the School & Location
Located in Balsall Heath, an inner‑city area of Birmingham with vibrant diversity
An outstanding, welcoming and inclusive primary school committed to high-quality SEN support.
Serves a culturally rich community—including over 70% of pupils for whom English is an additional language
Offers stability: full‑time, school‑based support rather than daily supply.
What We Offer
Continuity, support, and potential progression to a permanent position.
Tailored agency support, including trial days and access to CPD.
A supportive team environment focused on pupil well‑being and staff development.
If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Charlie at charlie@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.
Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.
Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.
The role advertised is for temporary supply work.
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Zest Education – small consultancy friendliness with big agency experience.
With over 50 years’ of dedicated education recruitment experience, we understand everything that you go through on a daily basis when working in schools, nurseries and other provisions.
We pair small agency friendliness with big agency experience and will go above and beyond to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. Our priority is to ALWAYS exceed your expectations with unrivalled levels of service.