Early Years Practitioner

St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 2NT

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Monday 5th January 2026

• Closing date

  27 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,891.00 Annually (Actual)

Early Years Practitioner job summary

The Governors of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed EYFS Practitioner to join the EYFS staff team. We are looking for a passionate practitioner who is determined to meet the needs of all pupils within the EYFS Unit, supporting them so that they build a love for learning and can reach their potential.

Job Type - Permanent position for 32.5 hours a week, term time only, plus 5 training days

Salary: Scale 4 Point 7-11 (actual salary £19,891)

Start date: Monday 5th January 2026 (actual contract start date is 1st January 2026)

Closing date: Thursday 27th November 2025 at 12 noon

Interviews will take place on Monday 8th December 2025.

The successful candidate will:

Be a successful and nurturing EYFS practitioner, supporting the pupils to develop a love for learning so they can reach their potential;

Be ambitious, flexible and motivated to develop their own skills and abilities, within a supportive school culture where we all learn together;

Be passionate about delivering the very highest quality provision and practice within the EYFS Unit, linking effectively with parents and carers.

Be committed to the ethos and vision of Catholic education.

We can offer you:

A warm and welcoming school with a supportive Catholic ethos;

The opportunity to be part of a Trust of schools who all share the same vision for the education of the pupils in our wider care;

Dedicated, talented and friendly staff who are keen to ensure the best possible provision for all learners;

Supportive parents and an active partnership with our local church community;

A commitment to CPD with many opportunities within the Blessed Peter Snow Trust;

An inclusive school with happy children who enjoy learning.

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed and positively encouraged. Please contact our school office on 01484 713037 to arrange.

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal record check via the DBS will be required.

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 St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-academy

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