Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Oasis Academy Short Heath, Birmingham, B23 5JP

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  20 November 2025

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: SCP18-SCP22

Level 3 Teaching Assistant job summary

Is our Teaching Assistant (L3) at Oasis Academy Short Heath, the role for you?

• You’ll be joining us at Oasis, a large established Trust of 56 Academies but we're MORE than a MAT. We're here to support our communities and to address those barriers to education for our students.

• You'll be joining a Good and oversubscribed Academy where "staff enjoy working in a close-knit team and know their workload and well-being are always considered by leaders." Ofsted 2024

• You'll be ably supported with excellent training and professional development opportunities to progress your career & develop your expertise.

• You'll make a real difference to our students lives.

Want to make a difference , whilst being supported by colleagues? Then we'd love to hear from you.

About our Teaching Assistant L3 vacancy

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant L3 qualified. You'll work across our academy in a primary setting and Ideally you will have strong experience working with SEND children. No two days will be the same, you'll learn lots about our students and be a key person in their lives.

About Short Heath Academy

You’ll be joining an Academy where relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We do not have a large turnover of staff at Oasis Academy Short Heath and this is a reflection of this. We're very proud of our students who are at the heart of everything we do.

"Pupils work together very well in lessons. They display very positive attitudes to their learning and the subjects they study." Ofsted 2024.

We have great facilities at Short Heath including our own allotments and Forest School. We'd encourage you to come across and have a look and details for this are further below.

What will you get in return? 

• Salary L18-L22
• Continued professional development & training
• Wider Oasis Community Learning benefits portal including health & dental cover & discounts at leading companies
• An opportunity to really make a difference to our students and families lives.

About Oasis Community Learning

The overall vision for every part of Oasis is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their God-given potential. Delivering first-class, innovative education is part of the work we do as we seek to grow an Oasis Hub in every area where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.

Next steps 

Informal visits are welcome and encouraged. 

To register please contact Oasis Academy Short Heath and ask for Debbie Allen and leave your name, current role and contact details and we'll sort a time to accommodate.

Recruitment timeline 

We are looking to get the right candidate in role ASAP. We actively encourage early applications, and position will close on Friday 5th December. Shortlisting will commence on Monday 8th December with interviews on Friday 12th December. Invites to interview will go out following shortlisting. 

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks.

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 Oasis Academy Short Heath

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 453 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oasis Academy Short Heath website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oasis-academy-short-heath

Our Academy is part of Oasis Community Learning, an educational trust established in 2004 with the express purpose of transforming learning, lives and communities through the development of Oasis Academies.

We are a 2 form entry school with a nursery.

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