Child Specific Teaching and Learning Support Assistant (TLSA)

Coppice Academy, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 9JY

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  3 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £10,876.00 - £11,977.00 Annually (Actual) Band C, full time equivalent salary range: £26,824 to £29,540. Actual salary for working 17.5 hours over 39 weeks is £10,876 to £11,977 per annum.

Child Specific Teaching and Learning Support Assistant (TLSA) job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and hihly motivated child specific Teaching & Learnig Suppor Assistant to join our fantastic team and support a child in Year 5 with dyslexia needs.

This is a 17.5 hours role over 39 weeks of the year (term time only).

Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 12:30pm (including 30 minutes unpaid lunch break)

The role is Fixed Term as it is attached to a specific child and will end when the child leaves the school.

The successful candidate will:

Be a creative, caring practitioner who is dynamic, passionate and able to work collaboratively in a team and is committed to delivering outstanding quality care and provision.

Have experience of working with SEND pupils

Have enthusiasm for working with children and developing their individual skills and knowledge

Be a professional who is able to work in partnership with parents and other stakeholders

Be an excellent communicator who enjoys working as part of a team

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for full details

All staff work hard, supported by a committed leadership team, to provide a safe and encouraging environment for learning. The recent Ofsted report highlighted the fact that ‘Leaders have high aspirations for all pupils. They have designed a curriculum that builds pupils’ knowledge logically year by year’.

In return we can offer you:

a positive and innovative learning culture supported by students, staff, parents and governors;

enthusiastic students who enjoy learning and engage positively in all aspects of school life;

a collaborative and supportive attitude amongst staff which promotes a sense of teamwork and unity;

a Senior Leadership team who is committed to promoting the best environment and outcomes for staff and students;

opportunities for CPD and progression as part of a Multi Academy Trust

Local Government Pension Scheme

Cycle to Work scheme.

Coppice Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.

Further information about Arden Multi Academy Trust is available here:

https://www.ardenmat.org.uk/

Further information about Coppice Academy is available here:

https://www.coppiceacademy.co.uk/ and Coppice Academy Inspiring Excellence video

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Coppice Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 226 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Coppice Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/coppice-academy-solihull

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