Teaching Assistant

Millfield Primary School, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 3RQ

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  1 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 June 2026

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 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Pro Rata 0.80 £17,447.11- £17720.82

Teaching Assistant job summary

A unique opportunity has arisen to join a passionate team of staff in a growing Multi Academy Trust School, Millfield Primary School.

Millfield Primary School is committed to making our school a centre of excellence. We are all dedicated to accepting nothing but the best for our school and doing everything in our power to help every single pupil achieve their very best.

Our school can offer:

Enthusiastic positive children who have excellent behaviour for learning

• A happy, caring environment with supportive colleagues, parents and governors
• Opportunities for further professional development through the Community Academy Trust ‘Growing Great People’

The successful candidate must:

• Be an experienced, enthusiastic and imaginative teaching assistant who is knowledgeable about the primary curriculum
• Be able to demonstrate experience of supporting class teachers with the delivery of the curriculum and pastoral care.
• Have high standards of English and Mathematics.
• Have a positive attitude with excellent communication skills.
• Have high expectations of children's achievements and behaviour.
• Be able to demonstrate a strong ability to demonstrate their own initiative, build good relationships with pupils and establish positive behaviours for learning.

Visits to tour the school on Tuesday 23rd June, 11.00am are encouraged - please contact the school office to book an appointment.

If this role is of interest to you and you can contribute to our future success, an application pack is available on our website www.communityacademiestrust.org Should you require any other details please contact Sarah Jarman, Office Manager, Millfield Primary School, 01827 213825.

For more information visit: https://www.millfield.staffs.sch.uk/

Closing date for applications is: Wednesday 1st July 2026 at Midday

Interviews will take place on: Tuesday 7th July 2025

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for this position; we would therefore recommend an early application.

The Trust Child Protection Policies and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Statement can be found at: https://www.communityacademiestrust.org/en-GB/trust-information.

Community Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Community Academies Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offender Act 1974. We expect all staff to share our safeguarding commitments and to undergo appropriate safer recruitment checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from Community Academies Trust vision and values.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Community Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

Community Academies Trust Company Registration No. 0747273-6

“Education is for improving lives and for leaving your community and world better than you found it”

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 Millfield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 372 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Millfield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/millfield-primary-school-tamworth

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