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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    24 March 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    6 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

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Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£18,250.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade C5; actual pay: £18,250 pa (£12.85 per hour)

Axminster Community Primary Academy; Level 3 Nursery Practitioner (Maternity Cover) 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time only); job summary

The First Federation Trust, a Multi Academy Trust of 29 primary schools across Devon and Dorset and including Axminster Community Primary in East Devon. The school is located in the market town of Axminster in East Devon, close to the Blackdown Hills and the Jurassic Coast and has close transport links with the A35. Axminster Primary is an inclusive and nurturing community primary school for children aged 2-11 years. We offer a high-quality, engaging curriculum enhanced by a range of stimulating and enriching experiences.

The role is fixed term to cover a maternity. The successful candidate must have a Level 3 certification in Early Years.

The role will require you to:

  • provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children in the setting.
  • work as part of a team, alongside the EYFS Leaders, in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.
  • build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met.


We can offer the candidate:

  • An exciting and innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential.
  • Collaborative support and ongoing professional development within our Multi Academy Trust
  • Opportunities for future career development within our own school and across the schools within our Trust.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Staff wellbeing programme
  • Contributory pension through the Teachers Pensions Scheme

We offer you a supportive environment within a friendly team, with the added advantage of working closely with other schools within the Federation.

If you have any queries about the role, please call the school office on 01297 33005 (please note the school is closed from 17th February 2025 to 27th February 2025).

The closing date for applications: Wednesday 19th March 2025 at midday

Interviews: Friday 21st March 2025

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post. Our Child Protection policy can be found on the school's website: https://axminster.acornacademy.org/

All shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search.

Applications supported by recruitment consultancies will not be accepted.

Commitment to safeguarding

Acorn Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure, as well as two satisfactory references and an online check of publicly available information are required for this post.

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About Axminster Community Primary Academy

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
293 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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Axminster Community Primary Academy is part of the Acorn Multi Academy Trust which consists of six schools; St Andrew’s Cof E Primary, Chardstock, Mrs Ethelston’s Cof E Primary, Uplyme, Membury Primary, Loders CofE Primary, Marshwood CofE Primary, Bridport and Axminster Community Primary.

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