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Website Zest Education
We pair small agency friendliness with big agency experience and will go above and beyond to help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Start Date: September 2025
Hours: Full-time, term-time only
Contract Type: Temporary with potential for a long-term role
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Zest Education is working with a well-regarded, welcoming primary school with a strong sense of community and a commitment to nurturing every child’s academic and personal development. The leadership team is passionate about creating an inclusive environment where both pupils and staff feel valued and supported.
The Role:
As a Teaching Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting teaching and learning across either EYFS, Key Stage 1, or Key Stage 2, depending on your experience and interests. You will assist the class teacher, work with small groups, and support individual pupils to help them reach their full potential.
Your responsibilities will include:
Assisting the class teacher with daily classroom tasks
Supporting pupils with their learning, both in groups and 1:1
Helping to create a positive, engaging, and inclusive learning environment
Encouraging social and emotional development
Liaising with staff and parents to support pupil progress
What we’re looking for:
Experience working with children in a school or similar setting
A nurturing, patient, and enthusiastic attitude
A good understanding of primary education
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
A relevant qualification (e.g., Level 2/3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning
What you’ll get from Zest Education:
A dedicated consultant who listens and supports you every step of the way
Opportunities for ongoing professional development
Access to a wide range of roles across local schools
Competitive rates of pay
A chance to make a lasting difference in children’s lives
If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Eve at evem@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.
Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.
Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.
The role advertised is for temporary supply work.
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Website: https://www.zesteducation.co.uk/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zest-education/
Zest Education – small consultancy friendliness with big agency experience.
Website Zest Education
We pair small agency friendliness with big agency experience and will go above and beyond to help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
With over 50 years’ of dedicated education recruitment experience, we understand everything that you go through on a daily basis when working in schools, nurseries and other provisions.
We pair small agency friendliness with big agency experience and will go above and beyond to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. Our priority is to ALWAYS exceed your expectations with unrivalled levels of service.