Early Years Practitioner (Level 2/Level 3)

Brookside Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 4FU

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  19 August 2026

• Closing date

  25 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,884.00 - £21,216.00 Annually (Actual) Full time salary: £25,583 to £25,989 per annum

Early Years Practitioner (Level 2/Level 3) job summary

Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.00pm (30 minute break)

35 hours per week, term time plus 1 week

Brookside Primary School is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Early Years Practitioner to provide classroom and teaching support in EYFS, starting from the Autumn term 2026. The role will include supporting the class teachers in EYFS, as well as leading small-group learning. We are looking for candidates with either a Level 2 or Level 3 childcare qualification, a secure knowledge of the Reception curriculum, and early years statutory framework, and who have a passion for creating a wonderful start to schooling for our youngest children, aged 4-5.

Join our warm, welcoming Early Years team, where kindness, collaboration and creativity shape everything we do. Our staff are highly supportive of one another, working closely to provide a nurturing, child-centred environment where both children and adults thrive. We celebrate each other’s strengths, share ideas freely, and create a positive, playful atmosphere every day. If you’re looking to join a friendly team that truly values teamwork, professional growth and joyful learning, we’d love for you to consider applying for the role. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details on the role. If you would like to visit the school, and the EYFS classrooms, please contact the school office on office@brookside.leics.sch.uk / 0116 2713680.

Safeguarding Statement

Brookside Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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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 Brookside Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 440 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brookside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookside-primary-school-leicester

Brookside is a large primary school and shares a site with Manor High School, with whom we have very close links. Brookside is part of the Oak Multi Academy Trust. There are 5 schools in the trust,
namely, Manor High School, Woodland Grange, Overdale Infants, Overdale Juniors and ourselves.
We are all like-minded schools with the same goals and interests but equally each one of us serve our own community and have our own unique identity. We are ambitious for all our pupils and work together to ensure our schools are outstanding. We are known as an innovative, creative trust, committed to working together for all our pupils.

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