EYFS Teaching Assistant Level 3

Mount Pleasant Primary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3BY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 October 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: £11,639.00 - £12,404.00 Annually (Actual)

EYFS Teaching Assistant Level 3 job summary

EYFS Teaching Assistant Level 3

Grade 6 scp 7-11 - £11,639 - £12,404 actual per annum

19.5 hours a week

Wednesday to Friday - 8.30am -3.30pm

Term Time contract

Fixed term contract until 31st July 2026

The Severn Bridges Multi-Academy Trust and Governors of Mount Pleasant Primary School wish to appoint a dedicated and suitably experienced Early Years Teaching Assistant to join our enthusiastic and supportive team.

The role will be an exciting one, working in EYFS and working with children with additional needs. The role will enable you to support children both academically and pastorally.

The successful candidate will be passionate about EYFS and have an understanding and experience of working with children in Early Years. They will also have worked with children with special educational needs, in particular with language and communication needs. They will be able to demonstrate a range of skills in supporting communication, and managing pupil’s emotions in a proactive, positive and supportive way, enabling them to get the very best out of their learning.

Successful candidates will be expected, working at Level 3, to lead the class during times such as PPA.

We are looking for someone to be part of our forward thinking and creative team and welcome your new ideas and enthusiasm.

It’s a lovely place to work. We can offer you a positive and thriving school environment, a great team of staff, a commitment to continuing professional development and some pretty fantastic children too!

Visits to our school are strongly encouraged. Please telephone or email the school if you would like to visit. The phone number is 01743 249135 and email address is admin@mountpleasantsbmat.com.

The Severn Bridges Multi-Academy Trust and Governors of Mount Pleasant Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and will follow a safer recruitment policy. Should you be shortlisted, further information relating to criminal records, sanctions and disqualifications will be requested to be considered and discussed at interview.

To Apply

All applications should be made online through MYNEWTERM. Please refer to the vacancy page on the school website www.mountpleasant.shropshire.sch.uk and click onto the vacancy where you will be able to apply directly.

Closing Date : Thursday 23rd October at midday

Interview Date: Thursday 6th November

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.

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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 Mount Pleasant Primary

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 363 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Mount Pleasant Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mount-pleasant-primary-shrewsbury

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