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Early Years Practitioner- Teaching Assistant

Strand-on-the-Green Infant and Nursery School, London, W4 3NX

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• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours per week Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4pm with 1 hour lunch. Term Time only 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until the end of the academic year 2025/26
• Actual salary: Scale 5 (Range points 11 £25,123 – Point 15 £26,624 )

What skills and experience we're looking for

Early Years Teaching Assistant

An Early Years Practitioner is required to join our team to work with Reception/Nursery children. We are seeking an excellent candidate who has recent experience of working in an Early Years Classroom, passion and skills to support children in a busy and exciting learning environment. Candidates should ideally be qualified to at least NVQ level 3/NNEB or equivalent and be experienced in working with children with varied educational needs.

We are looking for people who:

• Have a passion, knowledge and enthusiasm for high quality teaching and learning.
• Can think creatively and flexibly.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Can work well as part of a team.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• A vibrant, diverse, very friendly, welcoming and supportive whole school community.
• A real commitment to school improvement and a positive attitude to change from all members of the school community.
• Excellent opportunities for professional development.
• A purpose built workplace at the heart of our schools.

A fantastic, easily accessible location by the river in Chiswick.

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

letter of introduction Dec 25.pdf - 97.1 KB (opens in new tab)

EY's TA Person Spec Nov 2025.pdf - 67.3 KB (opens in new tab)

EY's TA Job Description Nov 2025.pdf - 74.3 KB (opens in new tab)

About Strand-on-the-Green Infant and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 321 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Strand-on-the-Green Infant and Nursery School website
• Email address: office@strandin.hounslow.sch.uk
• Phone number: 020 8994 7921
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/strand-on-the-green-infant-and-nursery-school

We are a three form entry community Infant & Nursery school close to the River Thames in Chiswick. We are an established and vibrant team working in a diverse and supportive community.

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