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  • Start date details

    1st September 2025

  • Closing date

    30 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    12 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£7.55 - £12.21 Hourly Apprentices will be entitled to the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage rate for their age and completion of the first year of training.

Apprentice Level 3 EYFS with SEND job summary

Position: Apprentice Level 3 EYFS & SEND LSA

Location: Great Horwood Church of England School, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0RG

Contract type: Fixed term

Start date: 1st September 2025 – 31st March 2027

Hours: 52 weeks, fulltime 37 hours a week

Hours are flexible on a rota between 7.30am-6.00pm (Nursery opening hours)

Additional overtime hours are available to support wrap around care and to meet the needs of the nursery

Holiday: 28 days

10 days to be taken during Nursery shut down, 8 bank holidays and a further 10 days to be taken during the year

(Nursery shut down - 1 week at Christmas and 1 week in August)

Breaks: Daily 15min break and 45min lunch break (unpaid)

Study: 1 hour per day for course work and self-study

Salary: Apprentices will be entitled to the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage rate for their age.

Core purpose of the role:

  • To provide high-quality play & learning experiences for all children.

  • To care for children keeping them safe

  • To undertake relevant training to successfully complete the Level 3 qualification

About you

Are you a practitioner who:

  • Has a passion for education with children at the heart of everything you do

  • Has a knowledge of the EYFS framework and development matters

  • Is an excellent role model

  • Can communicate effectively with others

  • Is committed to an inclusive education

  • Enjoys working within a small team

  • Is adaptable to changing needs and shows initiative

  • Has a desire to be involved in nursery improvement

  • Has high expectations of the children they care for

Then we are the Nursery & Pre-school for you!

We can offer you:

  • The opportunity to be part of our happy, successful and ambitious school.

  • High quality training by a specialist apprenticeship provider

    To be fully supported by Nursery and School staff

    Enthusiastic, motivated and well-behaved children who are keen to play and learn.

  • Excellent opportunities for professional growth and career progression.

  • The opportunity to be at the start of an incredible journey for our new nursery

  • A brilliant staff team and governors who are enthusiastic and supportive.

    We are part of the Oxford Diocese Bucks Schools Trust (ODBST) Bucks Schools Trust (ODBST) Home and as such can offer high quality training, focused support and clear career development opportunities.

    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 are not accepted.

    Visas cannot be sponsored.
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    About Great Horwood Church of England School

    School type
    Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
    Education phase
    Primary
    School size
    87 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    3 to 11
    Ofsted report
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    School location

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