Early Years Practitioner

Woodfield Primary School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8LA

45 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  17 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,920.46 Annually (Actual)

Early Years Practitioner job summary

The Rose Learning Trust is a successful medium sized trust based in Doncaster and North Lincolnshire. We have grown from two schools to eleven over the last seven years with a central trust office based in Balby. We are a trust that lives our vision of transforming futures collaboratively in all our work to ensure we develop and grow sustainably and embed best practice for the benefit of our pupils.

Woodfield Primary School is looking to appoint a highly motivated and organised professional to play a key role in our school. A vacancy exists for a hardworking and dedicated Early Year’s Practitioner to join our school.

As a member of staff, you also benefit from greater opportunities for professional development and promotion as we encourage movement between our academies to give you broader work experience.

The Early Years Practitioner should always comply with the trust’s code of conduct, safeguarding policies and practices and have:

Personal integrity and a commitment to the Nolan Principles of Public Service

A commitment to diversity, equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices

A commitment to ensuring children learn in a safe environment

A commitment to professional development and training

An affinity with The Rose Learning Trust culture and purpose

The successful applicant will:

be an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual who will bring a sense of energy and passion to the role

have a good level of general education - English and Maths at GCSE C (4) or above and a relevant degree or Early Years Practitioner qualification are essential

be able to use their initiative to work independently and flexibly

have experience of working with groups of children as well as in EYFS and/or KS1 provision

have knowledge of Thrive, Phonics and Early Reading

enjoy working with children and form good relationships with both children and adults

will support pupils during lunch time

understand the importance of meeting the social and emotional needs of children

be able to communicate effectively with outside agencies and/or parents

We can offer:

A friendly, caring school which is central to the community.

An inclusive ethos with enthusiastic and motivated learners.

A happy and welcoming school where children, parents, staff and visitors feel valued for who they are.

A dedicated and supportive team who create an ethos of success for both staff and pupils.

Excellent professional development opportunities in school and across a growing Multi Academy Trust.

Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all that it does

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. They can be made by appointment with the Head Teacher, Mrs Kate Hallam admin@woodfield.doncaster.sch.uk or 01302 853289

Application packs are available on MyNewTerm and/or The Rose Learning Trust website https://www.roselearning.co.uk and should be returned to Mrs Jayne Miller, Assistant Head jayne.miller@woodfield.doncaster.ch.uk by 12noon on Monday 1st June 2026.

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service records check at an enhanced level. Further information about

the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barringservice-check. In line with our safer recruitment policy two reference will be sought before we interview.

We are committed to the equality of opportunity in the services provided to customers and all aspects of employment. We warmly welcome applications from all sectors of the community. Our recruitment policies, procedures and practices enable all applicants to be considered on merit and ability to do the job. We will make reasonable adjustments, in line with the Equality Act, for disabled applicants if these are needed.

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

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check. In line with our safer recruitment policy two reference will be sought before we interview.

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 Woodfield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 394 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodfield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodfield-primary-school

Woodfield Primary School is a large and growing school in Balby, a large suburb of Doncaster and is part of The Rose Learning Trust. We are a very happy, safe and friendly school and extremely proud of our children and the success they make.

We have a highly inclusive ethos and believe that, through the pursuit of excellence, every child can achieve great things. All our staff are highly skilled and go ‘the extra mile’ in making sure that your child’s experience in school is productive and enjoyable and that they grow academically, socially and emotionally.

As a forward thinking school, we willingly embrace change and constantly strive to develop our practice.

Our aim at Woodfield Primary School is to provide every children with the best possible start in life.

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