Early Years Teaching Assistant

Thursfield Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 4JL

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Required from 5th January 2026

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  25 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Full-time Equivalent Salary £24,796 per annum, Actual Salary £11,348 per annum. 19.5 hours per week, term time only (39.2 weeks per year), Temporary position (January 2026 to April 2026). Required 3.5 days a week- Mon, Tues, Fri all day (9-3) half a day on Wednesday(12-3)

Early Years Teaching Assistant job summary

19.5 hours per week, term time only (39.2 weeks per year),

Temporary position (January 2026 to April 2026).

Required 3.5 days a week- Mon, Tues, Fri all day (9-3) half a day on Wednesday(12-3)

Required from 5th January 2026

1 x Teaching Assistant - General Level 1 - Grade 2 (Full-time Equivalent Salary £24,796 per annum, Actual Salary £11,348 per annum)

The children, governors, staff and parents of Thursfield Primary School are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and inspiring Early Years Teaching Assistant who has the enthusiasm and creativity to join our team of staff. As part of our Thursfield family, you will be committed to working together, striving to raise standards and positively impact on the quality of educational provision for all our children.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is an outstanding practitioner with a genuine passion for teaching and learning
• Has experience or a strong interest in working with children with special educational needs
• Encourages and seeks to create a positive and creative learning environment

At Thursfield we are proud of:

• A supportive and inclusive school community where every child is valued, celebrated, and empowered to reach their full potential.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• A collaborative and dynamic team of educators who are dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of our children.

At Thursfield, we understand the importance of staff well-being and work-life balance. That's why we offer a comprehensive well-being package, including:

• Access to confidential counselling services and well-being workshops to support your personal and professional growth.
• Opportunities for staff to participate in wellness activities and events, promoting physical health and mental well-being.
• Applications are invited from Level 3 qualified teaching assistants, who possess the skills, enthusiasm, and commitment necessary to ensure our pupils succeed and develop in our nurturing inclusive community.

Thursfield Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. Please note it is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from education.

The DfE have recommended that schools now consider undertaking online searches on all shortlisted candidates. The Creative Learning Partnership Trust is following this recommendation and, as such, should you be shortlisted on-line searches will be conducted accordingly. The searches will be undertaken in an impartial manner only using publicly obtainable data by Insight HR Ltd (a third-party organisation). This ensures that the Trust meets their legal obligations and minimises risk of any bias being formed in the recruitment process.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Thursfield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 278 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thursfield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thursfield-primary-school-stoke-on-trent

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