Early Years Assistant

Chapel Street Nursery School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 5EA

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  10 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  29 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,399.00 Annually (Actual) Salary based on hours per week

Early Years Assistant job summary

Early Years Assistant

36.25 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (including training days)

Monday-Friday 8.30am-4.15pm

Actual Salary: £20,399.00 (Grade L2, point 4)

We are looking to appoint a full time Early Years Assistant to join our team.

At Chapel Street Nursery School, we believe the early years of education are the platform on which future academic and personal success is built. We believe that through high expectations and a nurturing approach, we can harness pupils’ natural curiosities and engage them in learning opportunities that allow them to be ready for the learning journey ahead.

The suitable candidate will:

• Be passionate about supporting our young people to be the best they can be

• Be a team-player with excellent communication skills

• Understand early child development including how children with SEND develop

• Understand how to protect and safeguard our pupils

• Be dedicated to professional development

• Become a positive, enthusiastic and driven member of the Chapel Street Nursery School team

Start date: September 2026

Application close: 10th May 2026

Shortlisting date: 12th May 2026

Interview date: 14th and 15th May

CV’s will not be accepted for this role.

Chapel Street Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to safer recruitment and will carry out enhanced DBS.

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 Chapel Street Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 4
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 148 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 4
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chapel Street Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chapel-street-nursery-school

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