Teaching Assistant

Outwoods Primary School, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0AS

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 1st September

• Closing date

  19 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 May 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: £16,167.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant Grade 4

12 month Fixed Term Contract

27.5 hours per week, term time only

POST DETAILS

We are looking for a motivated and dedicated Teaching assistant to join our fabulous team. You would be required to support whole class learning in the classroom and also support children in small groups and on a 1:1 basis as required.

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCHOOL

Outwoods Primary School is a very special place, and we are committed to understanding every child as an individual and meeting their needs effectively so that they can ‘Dream Big and Aim High’.

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

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Teaching Assistant, who can inspire our pupils to achieve their very best.

We welcome applications from excellent practitioners who have:  

Excellent classroom practice and can lead a room and adapt provision to meet need

Experience and expertise in supporting pupils with Speech, Language and Communication Needs and those with a diagnosis of autism, particularly with pupils who are pre-verbal or at the earliest stages of language development

The ability to support and develop communication-friendly and emotionally supportive environments

The ability to adapt provision for pupils with SEND and EAL, ensuring inclusive and high-quality learning experiences. 

FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE POST

In addition to fulfilling the Person Specification, the successful candidate will:

be an ambitious and highly skilled classroom practitioner

support our belief that every child has the right to the best possible learning experience

be committed to providing learners with superb knowledge, skills and understanding through an irresistible learning adventure

have high aspirations for every child in our school, and strive to ensure that every second of their journey is magical, memorable and of the highest possible standard

be committed to their own professional learning

be able to contribute and support the school's relentless drive to enable limitless possibilities for every child

be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people

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 Outwoods Primary School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 436 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Outwoods Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/outwoods-primary-school

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