Teaching & Learning Supports Assistants Pupil Specific x 2

Forest Oak School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE

8 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
9 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 July 2026

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 2, Key stage 4
Working pattern: Part time: 8.30am - 4.20pm Monday 8.30am - 3.20pm Tuesday - Friday Plus 2 Parents' Evenings a year
Contract type: Fixed term - KS2 - 1 Year. KS4 - 2 year
Actual salary: £18,671 - £19,264

What skills and experience we're looking for

Forest Oak school caters for pupils aged 4 to 18 years with moderate learning difficulties. Ofsted say we are an outstanding school (latest Ofsted 2024).

Forest Oak is seeking two highly motivated and enthusiastic people to join our team as a Band B Pupil Specific Teaching Assistants to support a Key Stage 2 pupil and a Key Stage 4 pupil. Working under the instruction of the Senior Leadership Team, you will collaborate with teaching colleagues to support the delivery of quality learning, teaching and assessment to help raise standards of achievement for all learners.

To be considered for this post you must hold an NVQ Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification or other relevant childcare qualification, and have experience in working with learners preferably those with additional needs. You must be an individual who has the skills and passion to positively impact on our learners. You must also possess the commitment, enthusiasm and energy to inspire them every day. You must show your ability to interact well with learners and teachers alike in a culture built on the values of mutual trust and respect.

Our Teaching Assistant roles are different from other settings. We require our Teaching Assistants to have not only the academic ability to support our pupils but also, the passion, enthusiasm and determination to engage our pupils in their learning. We expect true partnerships with parents and the confidence to facilitate these independently; you need to be able to work at pace in a fast-paced environment producing consistently high quality work. Your pastoral work will be excellent and you will be confident being one of the first points of contact for parents in need of support. Optimism and consistency will be your core performance virtues. You will be both IT literate and IT confident. You will be assured in challenging colleagues to undertake their best endeavours for all learners, recognising excellence and challenging when standards of excellence are yet to be met. At interview we will explore your ability to develop rapport with learners.

It would be advantageous if candidates could demonstrate the following:

Experience of supporting learners with speech, language and communication needs.
Experience of working with learners with cognition and learning needs thereby able to collaborate with teachers to differentiate / scaffold learning tasks and activities for learners working significantly below age related expectations.
Must be prepared to train for, or be experienced in delivering, intimate care plans.
An understanding of learners’ sensory differences
Experience of helping learners to understand and regulate their emotional responses and develop a greater sense of self-awareness, independence and resilience
Working knowledge of a range of interventions and approaches to enhance literacy and numeracy development
Partnership with parents

What the school offers its staff

Why join Forest Oak School?

A welcoming, supportive, and inclusive working environment.
Commitment to your professional development with high quality continuous professional development opportunities.
Access to staff wellbeing initiatives and a wide range of employee benefits.
The chance to make a meaning impact on the lives of young people.
Where staff are passionate about enabling all pupils to achieve beyond expectation.
Where together we make a creative, dynamic team, proud to overcome challenges and celebrate each individual’s achievements
Work on a campus with two other schools, in a very well resourced building

If you would like to find out more, contact Jill Lambert on 021 717 0088.

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.