Teaching Assistant

Rykneld Primary School, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3EX

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 November 2026

• Closing date

  20 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,427.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary: Grade 3 (SCP 5) £18,512.55 per annum

Teaching Assistant job summary

John Taylor Multi Academy Trust (JTMAT) believes in the power of education to improve lives - and the world. As a partner academy in JTMAT, we are seeking to appoint a patient, kind and caring SEND Teaching Assistant who will be predominantly working on a one-to-one basis, to join our evolving organisation.

The successful candidate willideally:

Have experience of or willingness to learn braille.

Have experience of working within the primary age range.

Be a good team player who is confident to work collaboratively.

Be passionate about learning and supporting teaching, putting children at the heart of everything they do.

Be a dedicated professional with the ability to inspire children and their colleagues.

Have an ability to develop good working relationships with parents and carers.

Will develop good working relationships with parents and carers.

If you have a passion for excellence and share our vision, we can offer you the opportunity to be part of a successful and progressive Trust, which is committed to ensuring learning is at the heart of all we do.

This is post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Please note if you are shortlisted, an online search will be carried out before interview which may identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview. Please review our Privacy Notice for Job Applicants for the lawful basis for processing and retention.

John Taylor MAT 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. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.

Please review our Recruitment Pack on the school website before submitting your application.

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 Rykneld Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 618 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Rykneld Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rykneld-primary-school-burton-on-trent

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