Teaching Assistant SEND Apprenticeship - Oasis Academy Blakenhale
OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
Birmingham (B33 0XG)
Closes in 18 days (Monday 10 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 October 2025
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Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on experience in a vibrant primary school environment while studying towards a Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification. As an apprentice, you’ll work closely with experienced teachers and staff to support pupils, particularly those with special educational needs (SEN).
- Wage
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£15,615 a year
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£8.58 per hour (first 12 months), then National Minimum Wage. Please note, the role is term-time only!
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week (shift times TBC)
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 14 November 2025
- 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 teaching and learning activities across classes, groups, or individual pupils with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities
- Help raise attainment and encourage pupil independence
- Support children’s emotional, social, and physical well-being
- Promote inclusion and equal opportunities within the classroom
- Assist with planning and delivering engaging learning activities
- Work under the guidance of class teachers, SEN coordinators, and your line manager
- Complete training and coursework as part of your apprenticeship journey
- Potentially support the personal care of pupils with SEND, such as meal and snack times, washing hands, toilet training, nappy changing, etc.
Desired Skills:
- A genuine passion for working with children
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- A reliable, punctual, and committed attitude
- Good organisation and attention to detail
- Confidence in your ability and a willingness to learn
- Previous experience working with children (desirable but not essential)
Personal Qualities:
- Kind, caring, and compassionate nature
- Proactive and able to use your initiative
- Responsible, punctual, and dependable
- Positive and enthusiastic approach to work
Where you'll work
Outmore Road
Birmingham
B33 0XG
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
- Apprenticeship Level: Level 3 Advanced Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
- Expected Duration: 16 months
- Training Provider: LMP Education
- All training will be delivered online alongside the placement at the school
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Oasis Academy Blakenhale is a welcoming and inclusive academy for children aged 2–11. We believe that at Oasis Academy Blakenhale, every single child matters and is valued. We offer equality of opportunity whilst also taking into account individuality. We aim to encourage and support children to enjoy school and to develop the skill of independent learning as part of fostering a culture of life-long growth. We strive to provide an environment in which children are safe, able to achieve and can therefore achieve their potential. We actively encourage parents, the extended family and community members to work with the academy to support their children. Oasis Academy Blakenhale is driven by a powerful ethos which aspires to treat everyone inclusively and recognises the importance of a holistic approach to education. As well as continuing to build a strong school and deliver a first-class education, it is also our desire to build an interconnected community, recognising that educational needs do not exist in isolation from the needs of the whole person.
After this apprenticeship
Possible full-time employment upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Horiya
horiya.haji@lmpeducation.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347337.
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Closes in 18 days (Monday 10 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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