SEN Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Oasis Foundry
OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
46 Foundry Rd, Birmingham (B18 4LP)
Closes in 31 days (Friday 21 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 July 2026
Contents
Summary
Want to make a difference with children who have special educational needs? We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate individual to join our outstanding Oasis Foundry team, who will be supporting children who have additional educational needs on a 1:1 basis, in small groups and classes.
- Wage
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£13,312 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Wage rises to National Minimum Wage if over 19 years old.
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - Term time only
Daily hours to be confirmed.
32 hours total.
32 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 21 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Support for Pupils
- Establish rapport and respectful, trusting relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
- Supervise and provide support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their access to learning resources.
- Ensure pupils’ safety, welfare, and personal hygiene. (Basic First aid to be included where appropriate.
- Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils in the classroom by encouraging them to interact with each other and to engage in activities led by the teacher.
- Support the implementation of IEPs, Behaviour Plans, Personal Care Programmes, Curriculum Planning and Assessment.
- Promote self-esteem and independence amongst pupils.
- Provide feedback to pupils on their progress and achievement under the guidance of a teacher, in line with school policy.
- Evaluate learning and provide feedback to the teacher / parent / agency as needed.
- Be able and willing to undertake cover supervision for the teacher occasionally.
Support for Teachers
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflicts in line with school behaviour policies.
- Establish constructive relationships with parents and carers, promoting the school’s home/school liaison policy.
- Assist the teacher with the preparation of teaching and learning materials and resources.
- Undertake structured and agreed learning activities / programmes. Adjust activities according to pupil responses / needs.
- Work with pupils on programmes linked to local and national curriculum and learning strategies e.g. literacy, numeracy, early years, recording achievement, progress and feeding back to the teacher.
- Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and achievement as directed. Provide detailed feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems, etc. as requested.
- Undertake pupil record keeping as requested.
- Assist with the collation of pupil reports as requested by the teacher.
- Support the effective use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
- Maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans.
- Assist with the display of pupils’ work in the classroom and around school.
- Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/learning activity and assist pupils in their use.
- Provide clerical support for teachers, e.g. photocopying, filing, collecting money, checking deliveries and placing goods in stock and maintaining records of stock.
Support for the school
- Be aware of and comply with policies relating to child protection, health & safety, confidentiality, safeguarding and data protection, reporting all concerns to a nominated person.
- Contribute to the overall work, smooth running and ethos of the school.
- Appreciate and support the role of other people in the team.
- Attend and participate in meetings as required.
- Improve one’s own practice through training, self-evaluation and performance management.
- Assist with the supervision of pupils out of directed lesson time, including before and after school and at lunchtime, within working hours.
- Assisting teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required and taking responsibility for a group under the supervision of a teacher.
Where you'll work
46 Foundry Rd, Birmingham
B18 4LP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
Training schedule
- Teaching Assistant level 3 qualification
- 20% off-the-job training
- Tutor support via online platform
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
Oasis Academy Foundry is an all-inclusive Nursery and Primary School, situated in Winson Green, Birmingham. Until January 1st 2014, we were called Foundry Primary School, and then we joined the Oasis family of academies
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Permanent role considered on completion of the apprenticeship
- Higher learning teaching assistant apprenticeship available.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Louise
louise.mcmeechan@lmpeducation.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000043997.
Apply now
Closes in 31 days (Friday 21 August 2026 at 11:59pm)