Teaching Assistant

Knypersley First School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST8 6NN

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  13 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Knypersley First School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced KS2 Teaching assistant on a temporary basis.

1 x full time (term time) Teaching Assistant to work within our KS2 team from April 2026 This is a full-time grade 4 post with PPA cover paid at grade 7 (2.5 hrs per week.)

You must be experienced in working with primary aged children in a school setting and would ideally hold a level 3 qualification or equivalent.

You will need to demonstrate:

Your ability to work as part of a very enthusiastic team

Commitment, flexibility and energy

Excellent behavioral management skills

A knowledge of the national curriculum and assessment

To be willing to undertake suitable training for your own professional development.

Your responsibilities will include:

supporting the teacher in the development and implementation of intervention programs

assisting in maintaining classroom discipline through the implementation of the schools behavior management strategies

providing support to pupils to achieve learning goals e.g. leading guided reading and other small group work.

supervising pupils for a particular curriculum activity under the guidance of a qualified teacher

assisting the teacher with the planning of learning activities

assisting with the day to day routines of a classroom

assisting the teacher in monitoring pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.

• Planning and Leading curriculum lessons to cover PPA sessions.

Closing date: Friday 13th February 2026 12 noon

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people / vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment”

This position is subject to a criminal records 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 in your application form.

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 position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service 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. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.
It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

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 Knypersley First School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 272 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Knypersley First School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/knypersley-first-school-stoke-on-trent

School Structure (60 PAN)
Foundation Stage
• Nursery (48 PAN) 3 intakes per year
• Reception – 2 x full time classes

Key Stage One
• 2x Year 1 classes
• 2x Year 2 classes

Key Stage Two
• 2 x Year 3 classes
• 2x Year 4 classes

Current numbers of PP- 53 pupils
Current numbers of SEN-17 pupils including 4 with EHCP’s
All classes have full time TA support

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