Early Years Teaching and Learning Assistant

Hunloke Park Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 6PT

30 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 May 2026

• Closing date

  15 April 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time: 29 hours 10 minutes per week - Permanent - Term Time Only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual salary: £19,828.97 - £21,470.19 per annum (FTE: £26,141.85 - £28,305.58)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hunloke Park Primary School are looking to appoint an Early Years Teaching Assistant that is caring, enthusiastic, and committed, to join our Early Years team from 5th May 2026 with an increase in hours from September 2026 to 34 hours and 10 minutes.

To support high-quality Early Years education by working alongside the Early Years team and wider school to create a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment where children can thrive. The role focuses on promoting children’s learning, development, and wellbeing in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

To be successful in this role you will have experience working with young children and in an early years primary setting, along with SEN experience. You will also have an understanding of the EYFS framework and child development, and the ability to build positive relationships with children, staff, and families, and strong communication and teamwork skills.

We are looking for someone who is warm and patient, with a nurturing approach, has commitment to safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare, will support the planning and delivery of engaging, age-appropriate learning experiences across all EYFS areas of learning, support children with personal care needs when required, maintaining dignity and respect, contribute to creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere for children and families, communicate professionally with parents and carers when appropriate, following school procedures and provide targeted support for children with additional needs, following individual plans and guidance from the SENCO.

Essential:

Level 3 Early Years Qualification, which is UK approved as full and relevant by the Department for Education

(Check an early years qualification - GOV.UK)

Suitable Level 2 Qualification in English or equivalent

Desirable:

Experience supporting children with SEND.

Paediatric First Aid training.

Knowledge of behaviour-support strategies and early intervention approaches.

Safer Eating and Safer Sleep training.

DFE Early Years and child development training

Hunloke Park Primary School is part of Redhill Academy Trust. The Academy is also a member of Redhill College of Leadership and Development and as such there are excellent CPD opportunities for further information please visit the website.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits

• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with service, plus statutory holidays
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team/school
• Recognised continuous local government service for annual leave entitlement, Occupational Maternity/ Paternity pay
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits platform

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.

For further details regarding this post please contact Eva Burtonate.burton@hunlokepark.org.ukor on the Academy number 01246 276831. To apply complete our on-line application form, please use the 'apply now' button.

If you have any questions or queries regarding the application process please contact the HR Team.

As Redhill Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children practices, any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS and Child barred list checks, candidate online search and successful references.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

TLA Job description 13.3.26.pdf - 386 KB (opens in new tab)

TLA Person Spec 13.3.26.pdf - 382 KB (opens in new tab)

About Hunloke Park Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 347 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hunloke Park Primary School website
• Email address: e.burton@hunlokepark.org.uk
• Phone number: 01246276831
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hunloke-park-primary-school-chesterfield

Arranging a visit to Hunloke Park Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email e.burton@hunlokepark.org.uk.

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