Teaching Assistant (Additional Needs Support) at Thursfield Primary School

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  Job Reference #
EDV/2026/TPS/58707
  Location
Chapel Lane, Harriseahead, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 4JL
  Contract Type
Fixed Term
  Contract Term
Full-Time
  Salary
£19,415.00 Annually (Actual)
  Closing Date
11:59pm, 22nd Feb 2026
  Start Date
As soon as possible
  Positions Available
1
   Positions Available        1
  Interview Date(s)
W/C 02.03.2026
   Interview Date(s)           W/C 02.03.2026
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About this Role

Are you looking for an exciting creative new opportunity? 

Thursfield Primary School is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant, who is a specialist in additional needs, to join its professional and friendly team to provide support in addressing the needs of pupils who need particular help to overcome barriers to learning. The position will be directly linked to a child’s Special Educational Needs and as such will be a fixed-term contract until 31/07/2026.

We are looking for someone who:

  • Has experience with SEN pupils
  • Will provide a warm and friendly welcome to all visitors to our school
  • Will contribute to creating a positive and creative learning environment
  • Is educated to GCSE (or equivalent) in numeracy and literacy skills
  • Is qualified to NVQ3 standard for Teaching Assistants
  • Has excellent ICT, communication and organisational skills
  • Fully understands and respects the importance of confidentiality

 

At Thursfield we are proud of:

·         Our wonderful, friendly children and their achievements

·         Our positive and nurturing ethos and our clear values and vision

·         Our dedicated team of staff

·         Our inclusion policy for all

·         Our excellent relationships with parents and the wider community

·         Our very supportive governors

·         Our commitment to professional development.

 

Thursfield Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment.  This position is subject to 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. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.

 

It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

A copy of the schools Safeguarding Policy can be viewed on the school website/

 

If you are successful in being shortlisted for this post, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence.


School Website:  www.thursfield.staffs.sch.uk

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Contact Details

  Elizabeth Bradbury
  01782512301
  headteacher@thursfield.staffs.sch.uk

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Thursfield Primary School

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   Chapel Lane, Harriseahead, Stoke-on-Trent
   Staffordshire
   ST7 4JL
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   01782512301
    office@thursfield.staffs.sch.uk
    https://www.thursfield.staffs.sch.uk/

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