Vacancy Reference
JOB003166
Job Title
Teaching Assistant
Job Start Date
September 2025
Salary Range
SC 2 - 3 £23,656 to £24,027 (FTE) plus LGPS Pension Scheme
Hours Per Week
37.5
Working Pattern
Term time only
School Address
Oasis Academy Boulton
Boulton Road
Birmingham
B21 0RE
Telephone number: 0121 464 4228
Contact Email
serenna.lilly@oasisboulton.org
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
3 March 2025, 3:00pm
Job Information

Oasis Academy Boulton is a friendly, inclusive urban primary school with high aspirations for everyone.  We are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant who is highly experienced in Key Stage 2; preferably in Years 5 and 6. The ideal candidate will be experienced in delivering interventions, in particular Upper KS2. They will also have sound knowledge and experience in relation to SATs.  

Our Academy
Oasis Academy Boulton is a warm, welcoming, inclusive academy with a friendly and enthusiastic team of teachers and support staff. Our vision is to provide a rich education where all children can fulfil their potential.  Our children are eager to learn, have excellent behaviour and a positive attitude and enjoy coming to school; parents and carers are very supportive of the academy. As part of the Oasis Community Learning family of academies, we have great regional links and access to experts in education at a regional and national level for guidance and training. 
As per our latest Ofsted Inspection (October 2024); "This school is an inclusive, safe and welcoming place where pupils from a wide variety of backgrounds get on well and respect one another."

At Oasis Academy Boulton we aim to:

  • create a happy, stimulating, caring learning environment where risk taking and challenge is encouraged
  • enable everyone to reach the highest standard of which they are capable, academically and in other fields such as sport, arts and culture
  • encourage all learners to develop their own interests, passions, enthusiasms, creativity and individuality
  • help learners to understand and care about the world in which they live, and to believe in their ability and responsibility to change that world to make it better
  • foster respect, tolerance and love for others, regardless of race, gender, religion or difference, within a framework of equality of opportunity and fairness

You will join an Academy that is proud of its commitment to staff and their professional development, whilst having the highest expectations in all areas.  

We’d love for you to find out more about us by visiting our website.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!
Do we sound like a great fit for you? If so download and fill out an application today to join our academy. All applications should be returned to serenna.lilly@oasisboulton.org  

Please feel free to get in touch with us if you’d like to ask any questions or find out more about the role or the academy. Telephone No. 0121 464 4228. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis Community Learning ethos.
Oasis Community Learning supports Equal Opportunities Employment.
 

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply

Download Application Pack and return completed application form to serenna.lilly@oasisboulton.org.

CVs will NOT be accepted

Interviews: Week Commencing 10 March 2025
 

Safeguarding
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:
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
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.