Child Specific (Y3) Teaching & Learning Support Assistant (Fixed Term)

Coppice Academy, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 9JY

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  05 January 2026

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  19 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15,537.00 - £17,110.00 Annually (Actual) Band C, full time equivalent salary range: £26,824 to £29,540. Actual salary for working 25 hours over 39 weeks is £15,537 to £17,110 per annum.

Child Specific (Y3) Teaching & Learning Support Assistant (Fixed Term) job summary

Hours

Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 25 hours per week, 9am - 3pm (including 30 mins unpaid lunch break)

Contract: Fixed term - this role is attached to a specific child and will end when the child leaves the school. Term time only - 39 weeks per year.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated child specific Teaching & Learning Support Assistant to join our fantastic team and support a child in Year 3 with neurodiverse needs.

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
• Free flu vaccination

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 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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