Teaching Assistant

Grange School, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2HU

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  2 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 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: £18,508.00 Annually (Actual) £13.47 per hour

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant Grade 4

30.5 hours per week, term time only

Central Co-operative Learning Trust is seeking to appoint two highly effective teaching assistants from September 2026 - initially on a fixed term contract for one year.

Grange School is an ethnically diverse and culturally rich infant school, with an attached nursery, situated in the middle of Burton-upon-Trent. We have high expectations of everybody in our school and our inclusive environment aims to inspire curiosity, creativity and a lifelong love of learning in each individual.

Working alongside class teachers to adapt activities and ensure inclusive learning, you will work closely with pupils in Early Years and/or Key Stage 1. The role may require you to work alongside individual children and groups, and take the lead in managing small groups of pupils for specific interventions. The position will also include supporting pupils at lunchtime. We are looking for candidates with strong behaviour management, good interpersonal skills and a caring personality. The role is ideal for those who have a strong understanding of child development and early learning and experience of supporting pupils with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and will be facilitated on Tuesday 30th June 2026 at 1545. To arrange an appointment for a visit please contact Miss Smith by email office@grangeschool.academy or by telephone 01283 564325

We can offer a welcoming team, a warm and nurturing work environment and development opportunities to support your own professional growth.

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.

This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of 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 Grange School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 171 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Grange School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grange-school-burton-on-trent

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