Early Years Teaching Assistant and WAC Assistant

Kyson Primary School, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4HX

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  26 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 January 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: £24,796.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3 Point 3 - 6 (£12.85-£13.47 gross per hour)

Early Years Teaching Assistant and WAC Assistant job summary

Kyson Primary School is seeking to appoint a passionate and skilled teaching assistant in Early Years to join our friendly and supportive staff team. This role is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of young children in our early years unit and wrap around care provision.

• Working Hours - 32 hours per week, 38 weeks per year
• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8am - 5pm (1-hour unpaid lunchbreak)
• Temporary until 31st August 2027, with a view to becoming permanent should funding allow.

At Kyson everyone is committed to help children develop their character and academic potential to become individuals ready to contribute and succeed in the world they live in. Kyson is a school built on strong moral values where relationships across the school are highly regarded. Our curriculum is designed to help Kyson children succeed in the national curriculum and beyond and is summarised by our ethos ‘Give them roots to grow, and wings to fly.’

We can offer:

• polite, enthusiastic children who are eager to learn;
• a compassionate and welcoming community who are driven to achieve the best for each individual;
• a supportive and forward-thinking leadership team;
• a positive and vibrant ethos;
• a well-resourced and spacious environment;
• a school of 385 children and 70 staff, where diversity is welcomed and difference respected.

We are looking for someone who will provide high-quality support to children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) unit and wrap around care offer. Assist in the delivery of the EYFS curriculum, ensuring each child’s individual needs are met. You will also support the planning and preparation of learning activities and promote a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment both indoors and outdoors, including our woodland area. The role will involve attending to children’s personal care and wellbeing as needed. You will support the wrap around care leader in all aspects of running the school’s wraparound childcare provision, ensuring a safe, caring and stimulating environment for all children from nursery to Year 6.

The ideal candidate would holdLevel 3 qualification in Early Years, Paediatric First Aid qualification. A strong understanding of the current EYFS curriculum. Experience working with Reception and Nursery age pupils.

For an informal conversation please contact the school office on 01394 384481 and ask for the headteacher Mr Tom Gunson or email head@kyson.suffolk.sch.uk. More information about Kyson can be found via our website www.kysonprimaryschool.co.uk

East Anglian Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. Please note that all applicants will be subject to online searches. The successful candidate will be also be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We are proud to be part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Farlingaye High School, Holbrook High School Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School, Castle East School, EAST SCITT and five other primary schools Aldeburgh Easton, Leiston Kyson, and Saxmundham with whom we work closely with.

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.

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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 Kyson Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 446 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kyson Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kyson-primary-school-woodbridge

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