Early Years Assistants

St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1JF

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  13 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,114.00 - £24,294.00 Annually (FTE) OCC Green Book Grade 4 or Grade 5 depending on experience

Early Years Assistants job summary

Do you believe that Early Years in school should provide the best foundations for future learning?

We are looking for Early Years Assistants to work in our nursery or reception classes from September 2025.

We have opportunities both full-time and part-time for practitioners with NVQ level 2 or 3 or an equivalent qualification who have experience of working with children in the Early Years.

We can provide additional training and support to gain qualifications, as well as future career support.

Our ideal person would be someone who loves being around children, nurturing them to try new things and enjoy everyday at school.

You will greet them each morning with a reassuring smile, supporting them to skip into school excited about the creative and imaginative activities that await them.

You will be at home in the outdoors – whether it is making cakes in the mud kitchen, challenging them over obstacle courses or helping cook sausages on the camp fire at Forest School.

You will love sharing books with them and supporting them to play with their friends, building their language and curiosity to learn.

You will comfort them when needed but be firm and consistent so they feel safe and secure in their surroundings.

Through working with a team who go over and above, you will leave work feeling like you have made a difference each day and have been valued for the part you have played in each child’s development.

If you feel that you are just the person we are looking for, give us a call for a chat or to arrange a visit.

Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed - email: head.2613@st-john.oxon.sch.uk. Applications should be made through the My New Term website.

We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates upon receiving their application.

Safer Recruitment

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

St John the Evangelist CE (VA) Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant for any position will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS (disclosure and barring system) and appropriate Right to Work clearances in line with our recruitment and selection practices The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All cases are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.

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 St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 459 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-the-evangelist-cofe-va-primary-school

Our school is a two-form entry school on the development of Shilton Park in Carterton. The school, which opened in 2002, has grown gradually to the size it is today, resulting in a real sense of community. The children and staff often talk about the family of St John’s and the unity within the school, where we all work together and support each other. Our mission statement is caring for others, achieving excellence. Our values of respect, unity, self-belief, success, responsibility and inspire underpin all we do. As a school we are fully committed to ensuring that every child and adult reaches their full potential.

Our school was judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in January 2020. Noted in the report, ‘Staff are proud to work at the school. They feel greatly supported by leaders and governors.’

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