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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    7 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    7 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: Monday to Friday term time only. 12:30 – 17:45 (26.25 hours per week)

Contract type

Fixed term - one year in the first instance

Full-time equivalent salary

£ 32,205 – £33,204 pro rata

Actual salary

£20,866

Pay scale

Scale 5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Join Chelwood’s amazing team!

Do you like:

  • playing outdoors
  • getting messy and muddy
  • building dens
  • sharing stories
  • digging in the sand
  • generally having fun interacting with children aged 2-4

Then Chelwood is the place for you!

At Chelwood we believe that children come first. We are at the heart of our local community, offering outstanding early years education with a focus on the outdoors. We are looking for an enthusiastic and well organised person to be a part of our friendly, supportive and welcoming team. You will work across the school in the afternoons as part of our wider team and then take the lead for our After School Club provision.

What the school offers its staff

We are a friendly and supportive staff team. You will be given a mentor when you start to help you settle in. We subscribe to an employee assistance program which offers confidential support on a variety of areas, not just work related.

Further details about the role

Are you?

  • Level 3 qualified for the EYFS? Check your Level 3 qualification on our website: https://www.chelwood.lewisham.sch.uk/current-vacancies/
  • Interested in providing a caring and nurturing environment for nursery children in our extended day provision
  • Keen to be part of our Outstanding Chelwood Nursery School team?

Contract

This will be an annualised contract working 12:30 – 17:45, 26.25 hours per week, term time only.

The post will initially be filled on a temporary one year contract with a view to review and extend at the end of the 12 months.

Visits to the school in advance of application are strongly encouraged.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin@chelwood.lewisham.sch.uk

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Additional documents

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About Chelwood Nursery School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 5
Education phase
Nursery
School size
140 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 5
Phone number
020 7639 2514

Our Core Values

*Children come first
*Start with the developmental needs of the child
*Listen and respond to the many unique voices of each child
*Nurture the family to nurture the child
*Value play inside and in the ‘open air’
*Value and celebrate every individual
*Research-led early childhood practice
*Work in partnership to develop ourselves and others
*Develop confident, caring, independent children
*Challenge inequality, promote social mobility and safeguard the vulnerable.

In doing this we aim to:
*Provide an education of excellent quality, which raises the level of achievement in all children in our school within a happy, welcoming, relaxed and stimulating atmosphere.
*Create a learning environment which encourages a high degree of independence and autonomy in all the children, so that they can organise their own time and take responsibility for their own learning.
*Ensure a broad and balanced curriculum which focuses on developing the whole child and incorporates meeting the physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, linguistic, cultural and cognitive needs of each individual child.
*Value, respect and celebrate the rich mix of social and cultural backgrounds from which our children come and ensure that all the staff rigorously implement Lewisham’s Equality Policies regarding race, gender, religion, sexuality, disability, class and special educational needs.
*Enable equality of access to the curriculum for all our children with opportunities to make good progress in their development and learning.
*Work closely together with parents and carers in order to form a true working partnership, and thus share the important developments in these crucial early years of education.
*Support and encourage parents and carers in taking a full and active role in their children’s learning and in all aspects of school life. Strengthening home/school links and consolidating our ethos of partnership in order to raise achievement in all our children.

Arranging a visit to Chelwood Nursery School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@chelwood.lewisham.sch.uk.

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