5 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    5 February 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    21 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,183.00 Annually (FTE)

Early Years Assistant L3 job summary

Early Years Assistant

21 hours per week, over 3 days, term time only

Actual Salary: £12,423 (Grade L3), point 6

We are looking to appoint an Early Years Assistant to join our team on a fixed term contract until the summer. Hours of work will be 8.45am until 4.15pm with 30 minutes lunch break on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

This role will involve working in 2 classes where you will support the team to develop children aged 2-4 through play and exploration. It will also involve supporting children with severe and complex needs under the guidance of the SENDCO and SEND 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

  • 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: ASAP

Application close: 5.2.2025

Shortlisting date: 7.2.2025

Interview date: 10.2.2025

Please ensure that your qualification is listed on the 'Early Years Qualifications spreadsheet' found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-qualifications-achieved-in-england

Visits to the nursery are encouraged


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.

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

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About Chapel Street Nursery School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 4
Education phase
Nursery
School size
124 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 4

School location

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