Teaching Assistant (L2/L3)

Mount Pleasant Primary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3BY

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 November 2026

• Closing date

  13 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £18,149.00 - £18,809.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant (L2/L3) job summary

The Post:Teaching Assistant (3 days Level 2 + 2 days Level 3)

Contract Type: Fixed term contract ending 31/08/2026, Term Time

Hours : 30 hrs Monday - Friday

Work Base: Mount Pleasant Primary School

Required : ASAP

Closing Date: 13/10/2026

Interviews: 19/10/2026

The Severn Bridges Multi-Academy Trust and Governors of Mount Pleasant Primary School wish to appoint a dedicated and suitably experienced Teaching Assistant to join our enthusiastic and supportive staff team.

We have a wonderful, highly skilled, staff of teachers and teaching assistants who form teams around key children with additional needs and we are looking for people to join these teams. The roles will be exciting and rewarding and will enable you to support children both academically and pastorally.

The successful candidates will be passionate about achieving the best outcomes for all children and will have an understanding and experience of working with children in primary school or early years settings. They will also have worked with children with special educational needs, in particular with language and communication needs. They will be able to demonstrate a range of skills in supporting communication, and managing pupil’s emotions in a proactive, positive and supportive way, enabling them to get the very best out of their learning. We are looking for candidates who will be part of our forward thinking and creative team andwelcome new ideas and enthusiasm.

Successful candidates will be expected, working at L3, to lead the class during times such as PPA. It’s a lovely place to work. We can offer you a positive and thriving school environment, a great team of staff, a commitment to continuing professional development and some pretty fantastic children too!

How to apply

All applications should be made online through MYNEWTERM. Please refer to the vacancy page on the school website www.mountpleasant.shropshire.sch.uk and click onto the vacancy where you will be able to apply directly. CVs will not be accepted.

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.

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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 Mount Pleasant Primary

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 346 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Mount Pleasant Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mount-pleasant-primary-shrewsbury

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