SEND Teaching Assistant

Lift Lea Forest, Birmingham, B33 9RD

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 October 2026 at 1:01pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £21175 - £26183 per annum

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about making a real difference in a child's school experience?

We are looking for a caring, patient, and enthusiastic SEND Teaching Assistant to join the team at Lift Lea Forest and support an individual pupil with additional needs.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an Outstanding primary school, where you will play an important role in helping a child access learning, develop confidence and independence, and thrive within the school community.

About the role

As our SEND Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with a specific pupil, providing consistent and individualised support throughout the school day.

Working alongside the class teacher and wider SEND team, you will help adapt and reinforce learning to meet the pupil's individual needs, support their engagement in classroom activities and deliver appropriate interventions where required. A key part of the role will be developing a positive, trusting relationship with the pupil, understanding how they learn and communicate best, and providing the encouragement, structure, and consistency they need to make progress.

You will also support their social and emotional development, promote positive interactions with their peers and encourage increasing independence.

About you

We are looking for someone who is compassionate, resilient and genuinely passionate about supporting children with additional needs.

Ideally, you will:

• Have experience of supporting children or young people, ideally within a school or SEND setting
• Have an understanding of SEND and how additional needs can affect a child's learning, communication and development
• Be able to build a positive and trusting relationship with an individual pupil while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries
• Be patient, calm and able to adapt your approach to the needs of the child
• Be confident working closely with teachers, SEND colleagues and other professionals
• Have good communication and interpersonal skills
• Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
• Be enthusiastic about helping a child develop their confidence, independence and engagement with learning

Above all, we are looking for someone who understands the difference that consistent, high-quality support can make to an individual child.

About Lift Lea Forest

Lift Lea Forest is part of Lift Schools, a multi-academy trust of 62 schools across England, giving colleagues access to excellent training and development opportunities as well as opportunities to progress across our wider network.

This is a fantastic time to join Lift Lea Forest. We are incredibly proud to have been named West Midlands Primary School of the Year in The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2026 and ranked among the top primary schools nationally.

We are an Ofsted Outstanding school and a vibrant, thriving community in the heart of Birmingham. Ofsted described Lift Lea Forest as an "exceptional school where pupils flourish" and recognised the impressive environment created by leaders to support pupils' excellent academic achievement.

Our success is built on the commitment of our children, colleagues and families, and we pride ourselves on creating a welcoming and ambitious environment where everyone plays a part in helping our pupils thrive.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a meaningful difference to a child's school experience every single day, we'd love to hear from you.

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
How we support you
We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.

This is a 32.5-hour-per-week position, on a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2026, with the possibility of extension for the right candidate. The role is available for an immediate start.

Please apply as soon as possible. We will be reviewing applications as they are submitted and reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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 Lift Lea Forest

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 536 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Lea Forest website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lea-forest-primary-academy

Lift Lea Forest is a leading school in Birmingham with an enriched, relevant, engaging and innovative curriculum enabling children to uncover a world of possibilities - inspiring each and every child to reach true academic brilliance. By embracing the role that Lea Forest plays within the wider community fostering positive partnerships with parents in and beyond the walls of the school - into the streets, into the town and far beyond - the school ensures children can live remarkable lives.

Lift Lea Forest is part of the family of schools in Lift Schools and as such we share the Trust vision for our children:

To provide our pupils with a wide body of knowledge and skills and an exceptional character to live a remarkable life.

It is our aim that by the time the children leave Lift Lea Forest to embark on the next stage of their education, they are equipped with the academic skills and knowledge, and have developed the personal attributes needed to enable them to become successful citizens of the future.

The staff at Lift Lea Forest are our greatest resource and we will nurture and develop you throughout your career. Being part of Lift Schools means every employee at every level is able to access tailored CPD and opportunities to work across the group as they progress. Please read our staff profiles for more information on how this is happening right now for members of my team.

Thank you for your interest in our school; we can't wait to meet you!

Mark White (Headteacher), the staff team and our Governance Board

General information

We are proud to serve the community of Kitts Green in Birmingham as a large 2 form entry with 500+ pupils on roll. As a team we as celebrate in being:

A Midlands hub school for EAL Online Learning

Designated a Forest School.

A richly diverse community with students speaking more than 30 home languages.

A leading primary school in our trust – Academies Enterprise Trust.

We are a school where the atmosphere is calm and children try their very best in an environment where staff care for them. Our core purpose is clear:

We believe in Learning Ahead of All, giving every child the very best education.

We believe in Strength in Diversity, celebrate our different cultures with a real sense of community.

We are an Open Doors School, with approachable staff, helping our students to progress on to the best schools, colleges and apprenticeships.

WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
Development:

We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with Lift Schools.

Lifestyle:

We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.

Money:

All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our Lift Schools Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.

Wellbeing:

We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.

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