Teaching Assistant Level 2
Cherry Oak School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6PB21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
9 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,027.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE) £21008 to £22726 actual plus SEN allowance
Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary
Cherry Oak School is a Primary Special School for pupils with cognition and communication difficulties with a number of pupils who have a diagnosis of Autism.
Federated with Victoria School and Victoria College, Cherry Oak School provides pupils with a bespoke curriculum for all pupils with two learning pathways; Explorers pathway and Connectors pathway. Rudimentary, the differences in pathway approaches relates to a more formal style of learning for Connectors and a more sensory style of learning for Explorers.
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate:
A desire to work with pupils on the autistic spectrum.
A willingness to learn more about Autism and other diagnosed Special Educational Needs.
The ability to follow and implement key pieces of information relating to pupils, such as Positive Behaviour Management Plans, Sensory Differences Profiles, Individual Pupil Risk Assessments, Pupil Profiles and Transition Guidance.
Be flexible to the needs of the school with an “I can do attitude”
Their ability to work using own initiative, and work effectively as part of a team.
How they communicate clearly and effectively with pupils and colleagues.
The desire to take ownership of tasks.
The passion and commitment to supporting children and young people with Special Needs.
Be committed to safeguarding our pupils
We can offer you:
Opportunities to progress in your professional and career development. This includes supporting development to other roles within school.
Specialist coaching and training you will need to fulfill the role.
Access to support services such as mental health and wellbeing.
Being part of a supportive team of individuals.
We can't train you to be kind, to have initiative, to be friendly, to be resilient, and to be patient, and those are essential qualities for this work.
If you have been short listed you will be contacted directly via the details you provide on your application form to invite you to interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check.
An online search will be carried out on short listed candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that can be discussed at interview.
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; medical fitness; teacher prohibition check, identity checks and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
ALL Shortlisted candidates will subject to an Online Search in line with KCSIE 2023.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Cherry Oak School
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 11
- School size
- 114 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cherry Oak School website
Cherry Oak School is a primary school for children with special education needs (SEN). All pupils have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The school has specialist provision for children with severe cognition and learning difficulties and those with Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties. Approximately half of the pupils are diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum. With capacity for 110 pupils, Cherry Oak School caters for pupils from Birmingham and beyond.
School location
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