Teaching Assistant

William Shrewsbury Primary School, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0HE

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Jan 2026

• Closing date

  9 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £9,557.80 Annually (Actual) Term time only 39 weeks per year

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant Grade 4

16 hours per week

39 weeks per year (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

William Shrewsbury Primary School is an amazing place to work. We are committed to understanding every child as an individual and meeting their needs effectively so that they can realise their limitless possibilities. We can offer an incredible team, a warm and nurturing work environment and development opportunities to support your own professional growth.

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 William Shrewsbury Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 636 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: William Shrewsbury Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/william-shrewsbury-primary-school

William Shrewsbury Primary is a vibrant, outward looking school with high standards and an excellent reputation within the local community. We are a large school with three forms of entry and a 52 place Nursery.

Our team of skilled and empowered senior and middle leaders plan a broad and exciting curriculum offer which includes many out of school activities. This is reflected in the many national awards the school has achieved at the highest levels and the school’s recent Ofsted report. The school is a popular and oversubscribed school with a very supportive and interested community of parents and governors.

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