Jamie Chapman, 29, of Tamar Drive, had previously pleaded guilty to raping a teenage boy, 21 counts of inciting sexual activity with children and nine counts of taking, making and distributing indecent photos of youngsters.
West Midlands Police had launched an investigation in January last year, after discovering graphic content online. Their inquiries eventually led back to Chapman (pictured, right) and he was arrested on October 11.
At the time of his detention, the defendant was working at a private nursery school in Garretts Green. Detectives have confirmed however that none of his victims are linked to the business.
Birmingham Crown Court heard how he had befriended youngsters on social media by posing as teenage girls.
He would gain their trust by sending naked pictures of young women which he had found on Google and in return the boys would send explicit pictures of themselves.
He then threatened to share the compromising images on social media if they refused to meet him.
Following his arrest, computer equipment was seized from his address. On the hard drive were 63 individual folders each contained images of a different male.
It's understood there were a total of 18 victims over the course of a five year period.
DCI Dawn Miskella, who led the investigation, said: "The boys genuinely thought they were talking to a real girl on the internet; Chapman was a calculated and manipulative individual who preyed on the very people he should have been protecting as a teaching assistant.
"Many of them lost their confidence and are embarrassed and angry at their experiences.
"We welcome today’s sentence and hope that this may start to give the victims and families some kind of closure and sense of justice."
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