EYFS Teaching Assistant Level 3
Pirehill First School, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0AA24 days remaining to apply
Job start date
4 January 2027
Closing date
27 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Term time, part time: 27 hours per week, permanent, term time only plus 5 INSET days (Mon – Fri 8.45am – 3.00pm excl Thurs 8.40am – 3.30pm)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- Grade 5, Scale Point 7–9, £27,274–£28,153 (pro rata)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who We’re Looking For
You will:
- Hold a relevant Level 3 qualification or equivalent (or higher).
- Have experience of working with early years or primary-aged children and an excellent understanding of the EYFS.
- Be confident leading activities and taking responsibility for a class when providing cover.
- Be patient, enthusiastic and full of ideas, with high expectations for all children.
- Enjoy working as part of a team and be committed to inclusion and safeguarding.
- Have experience of or a keen interest in Speech and Language.
What the school offers its staff
Why Pirehill?
We can offer you:
- Lovely children who are enthusiastic and eager to learn.
- A friendly, supportive team who enjoy working together.
- Passionate leaders who value Early Years and champion the importance of play in children’s learning and development.
- Beautiful school grounds and a fantastic Forest School environment.
- Supportive leaders who value their staff and encourage professional development.
A welcoming school community where everyone plays their part.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Pirehill First School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 245 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- hr@pirehill.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01785 334970
Pirehill First School is very much a Community School situated in the residential area of Walton, Stone. We are very fortunate in having beautiful, well maintained grounds which are used throughout the year to enhance our children’s learning, this includes our extremely popular Forest School which is accessed by all of our pupils.
Our school is a joyful place of learning which offers a rich and varied curriculum both within and outside of the school day. Our Ofsted inspection in July 2026 confirmed that we are an expected standard school with strong standards in personal development and wellbeing. Parents reported that their child feels safe and happy here at Pirehill.
At Pirehill, we pride ourselves in our excellent standards of teaching, pupil progress, attainment and behaviour. We strongly believe that every child has a right to reach their full potential and succeed in their own unique way, whether that is via sport or music, the arts, or by their own academic excellence. In understanding the unique child, by celebrating their strengths and through working together, our children learn very important lessons in life. We show that we care and respect everyone and everything, by living up to our vision of "Achieving more, together".
Arranging a visit to Pirehill First School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@pirehill.staffs.sch.uk.
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