Early Years Practitioner/Teaching Assistant - Sowe Valley Primary School

Sowe Valley Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 2QX

19 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  3 June 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  14 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404 - £25,584 per annum, pro rata to hours/weeks worked

Early Years Practitioner/Teaching Assistant - Sowe Valley Primary School job summary

What is the job role?

From September 2025, we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, creative and flexible person to work as a Teaching Assistant/Early Years Practitioner in either Preschool, Reception or Key Stage 1 within our friendly and caring school.

Applicants should have NVQ Level 3 with up-to-date experience. The successful candidate will have excellent classroom practice to support children with their learning, both in the classroom and in small group intervention sessions or when working 1:1 with children.

Work Pattern

35 hours per week

38 weeks term time only plus 1 week (39 weeks)

Who are we looking for?

We offer:

•  A positive, caring and creative atmosphere.

•  An excellent working environment and committed staff team.

•  A very happy school with genuinely fantastic staff and lovely children.

•  A commitment to continued professional development.

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed.  Please contact Heather on 02476 456063 to arrange an appointment.

How to apply 

Please apply using the online application form ensuring you outline your skills, abilities, and experience in line with the key areas on the advert and Job Description and Person Specification

Or you can download the application pack and email completed applications directly to the School Business Manager, Heather Pilz at the following email address:

admin@sowevalley.coventry.sch.uk

Closing date:  Tuesday 3^rd June 2025

Interview date:   Week commencing 9^th June 2025

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

 Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Sowe Valley Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 230 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sowe Valley Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sowe-valley-primary-school

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