Teaching Assistant

Paulet High School, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 9RT

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday, 8:30-15:30
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: 16,773.78

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teaching Assistant– Level4– Grade 5

Permanent, Term Time – Part time School Hours are 8:30 – 3pm with after school clubs until 4pm (Actual working hours would be between 8:30am – 3:30pm Monday to Thursday and 8:30am – 3pm Friday)

Salary: Grade 5 £25,989 – 27,254 per annum prorata (Grade 5: SCP 6-9)

Actual starting salary £16,773.78 based on a maximum working pattern of 27.5 hours per week – term time including INSET days

John Taylor Multi Academy Trust (JTMAT) believes in the power of education to improve lives – and the world.

As a partner academy in JTMAT, we are seeking to appointapositive,literacyfocused teaching assistant to join our evolving organisation,to support interventions and lessons forstudents who haveadditional literacy needs, over and above that of their peers,andfor whom English isn’t necessarily their first language.

The successful candidate will be qualified to at least level3 NVQ equivalent in teaching supportor equivalent knowledge,skillsand experience.Youwill have excellent Maths and English skills and an aptitude to support students to access the curriculum within the classroom, supporting the teacher and in small groupinterventionsas directed by senior staff orteachers Youwill be a team player but will alsohave the ability towork on your own initiative to support our students.

What the school offers its staff

If you have a passion for excellence and share our vision, we can offer you the opportunity to be part of a successful and progressive Trust, which is committed to ensuring learning is at the heart of all we do.

If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Julie Guest by emailingrecruitment@phs.jtmat.co.ukor telephoning 01283 247900.

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

This 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. An enhanced disclosure and barring service check is a requirement of any post. A copy of the Trust’s ‘Safeguarding Policy’ is available to view by visiting the website: www.jtmat.co.uk

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About Paulet High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 899 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Paulet High School website
• Email address: cn.pickering@phs.jtmat.co.uk
• Phone number: 01283 247900
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/paulet-high-school-burton-on-trent

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