Teaching Assistant

Fortis Academy; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

DiscountForTeachers

Eye tests

Cycle to work

Institute of Education

Job summary

Fortis Academy in Birmingham is seeking a passionate Teaching Assistant to support students from September 2026. The role involves classroom assistance, one-on-one interventions and small group work to help students overcome barriers and excel academically and socially.

Fortis Academy champions wellbeing, professional development and a collaborative trust environment, with a strong focus on enriching lives and fostering equitable opportunities for all learners.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Provide tailored assistance to students to overcome learning barriers and support academic and social success.
• Work closely with teachers and support staff in classroom settings to deliver interventions and behavioural support.
• Deliver one-on-one and small group sessions as part of the learning support team.

Job description

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Teaching Assistant to join our team from September 2026. As a Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with teachers and other support staff to provide tailored assistance to students, helping them overcome learning barriers and succeed academically and socially. This role involves a mix of classroom support, one-on-one interventions, and small group work, making it ideal for individuals who are enthusiastic about education and ready to make a positive impact on students' lives.

Fortis Academy is more than a school. It is a thriving community where ambition, hard work, and opportunity come together. With a brand new, state of the art campus opening in 2030, Fortis is on track to become the largest academy in Birmingham, educating over 2,000 students from Year 11 to Sixth Form.

Our mission is simple: Enriching Lives. We develop confident, capable young people guided by our core values of character, resilience, and aspiration, which shape everything we do.

We offer a challenging, well-structured curriculum from GCSE to post 16 pathways, preparing students for further education, employment, and life beyond school. Every student is equipped with an iPad to support modern, flexible learning in school and at home.

Our success is driven by over 200 dedicated staff who are fully committed to supporting students and improving practice. Student wellbeing is central to life at Fortis, with strong support for mental health, confidence, and personal development. Our Sixth Form is one of Birmingham’s strongest, with a Value-Added score of 0.36 in 2026, enriched by opportunities that broaden horizons and build real world skills.

With outstanding facilities ahead and a growing community, Fortis Academy continues to inspire, support, and challenge every student to succeed.

AtShaw Education Trust, we believe every role has the power to transform a life.Whether you’re supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, orleading with vision, you will be part of something truly meaningful.

Ourvalues- opportunity, integrity, community, and equity -guide everything wedo. Our vision is Opening doors to the world through the power oflearning. We bring this to life through our mission: workingtogether to inspire communities where every school is valued, every voicematters, and every learner thrives.

Weare a dynamic and growing family of primary, secondary, and special schools,proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury.

Ourpeople are our greatest asset, and we are deeply committed to their developmentthrough high-quality training, apprenticeships, talent development programmes,and research opportunities, we empower our staff to thrive as skilled,confident professionals. We champion wellbeing, value every voice, and foster aculture where you feel supported, motivated, and inspired to make a realdifference.

Youwill join a collaborative network of schools where shared expertise and astrong professional community drive success. Every academy within our Trust hasan equal voice, and every colleague plays a vital role in shaping tailoredlearning experiences that raise aspirations and build brighter futures.

Ifyou have the passion, dedication, and drive to help shape lives and createfutures filled with promise, we would love you to join our team.

Together,let’s make the remarkable happen.

Webelieve every child has the potential to be extraordinary.

Inour secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approachtocurriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for allstudents, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculummodels don’t always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate andprovide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. Wewant our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful,and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of ourinnovation include moving towards a trust wide approach to enrichment andcompetitions, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunitiesfor essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducingvocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal schoolcurriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities todevelops work-readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto TLevels and apprenticeships.

Weare currently at an exciting point in their evolution, with collaboration atthe heart of our collective endeavour. We don’t operate in silos: we value thepower of the pack and strive to collaborate as a collective, ensuring no schoolor colleague is left behind. We are currently co-constructing an alignedcurriculum across all EBacc curriculum subjects, to create a world classcurriculum, rich in powerful knowledge and skills. This is driving up standardsthrough the sharing of the very best practice, whilst allowing each schoolsufficient flexibility for autonomy to do what is right for their localcontext. A by-product of this approach has been the reduction in planningworkload for colleagues, meaning they can spend more time on the things thatmatter and fostering strong relationships with pupils and delivery of thecurriculum.

Oursecondary schools are currently driving 'PedTech' across the sector: we believeteaching and technology should go hand-in-glove and are passionately committedtowards providing a fully digitally enhanced curriculum. We are very close toachieving full 1:1 device delivery and are sprinting towards better use ofiPads in lessons to enhance the experience and learning.

ShawEducation Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching orSupport Staff employment:

1. An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (SupportStaff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
2. Support Staff only based on working full time,all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day ofemployment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years' service including Bank Holidays)
3. Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoyhealth services designed to support your well-being.
4. Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Supportand Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection ofdiscounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
5. Free Eye Tests
6. Cycle to work scheme
7. Access to our Institute ofEducation and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute andflourish in your role and in the Trust.

Weknow our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed toensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewardingone.

Colleagueswithin the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house andprofessionally accredited. These courses include a variety of the NationalProfessional Qualifications and the Early Carer Teacher Programme delivered byShaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute.

• Experiencedleadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidancefrom former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Accessto the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunitiesto work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participatingin peer reviews.
• Accessto a suite of online courses.
• Placementprojects within our family of schools.

Actual Salary £21,953-£22,653

Working Hours: Term time only, plus 5 days INSET, 37 hours per week