Teaching Assistant with Early Years Qualification

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

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  8 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,502.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant with Early Years Qualification job summary

Teaching Assistant Grade 4 - Fixed Term Contract (January - July with potential to extend)

Experience in SEND is highly desirable

30 hours per week, term time only (2 x 15 hour applicants would be considered)

POST DETAILS

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.

Our Nursery setting is incredibly important to us. We have high aspirations for every child and therefore strive to ensure that every second of their journey is magical, memorable and of the highest possible standard; these early foundations that our nursery staff instil are crucial.

Energy, organisation, motivation and creativity would suit this role. If you exude warmth, compassion and possess a sense of humour this could be the perfect job for you.

We need a Teaching Assistant who:

• can provide high quality care for our 3-4 year olds, assisting in many aspects of their daily lives through quality social, emotional, educational and practical interaction, nurturing and guidance

• has a robust knowledge and understanding of child development and the Birth - 5 framework

• can support the working relationship with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations of speaking, listening, hygiene and manners

• is adaptable and a team player, who can help to oversee, maintain and organise a clean, tidy, child-friendly environment - leading activities such as creative play, cooking, reading and outdoor/physical activities

• can promote inclusion and ensure all children are safe, happy, stimulated and communicating

• can plan, observe, keep records and communicate with parents/carer about their child’s day

• can meet the personal care needs of pupils, whilst encouraging their independence (including toileting and feeding)

• is committed to their own professional learning

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

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

We can offer you a school with:

• kind, courteous and eager to learn children

• a supportive and welcoming team

• high quality professional support and development opportunities

• the determination to improve the life chances of the children in our care

• a positive ethos and vision for our future growth

• a reflective and driven leadership team who are committed to supporting the team with work/life balance

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: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• 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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