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Early Years Teaching Assistant

Bungay Primary School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA

This job expired on 28 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  March 2025

• Closing date

  28 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3, Point 4 to Point 6

Early Years Teaching Assistant job summary

Early Years Teaching Assistant (27.5 hours per week) with a Midday Supervisor Assistant Role (2.5 hours per week), MDSA Grade 2.2 £23,656 pro-rata

We are looking to recruit a hardworking and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and incredibly dedicated team at Bungay Primary School. We require a qualified and experienced Teaching Assistant to work initially within our Early Years team, so you will require an appropriate Level 3 Early Years qualification. You will be assisting with the supervision of the pupils in the classroom, in groups and 1:1 when required. The successful candidate will have experience of children with a range of educational and emotional needs and will be able to demonstrate resilience and calm in stressful situations, focussing on solutions with patience, kindness and empathy. They must have the skills to build lasting and meaningful relationships with individual children and they will have good communication skills, both written and spoken. In return we can offer you a truly fabulous school to work in! A school where children are eager to learn and who thrive on success, nurture and positive relationships; a commitment to continued professional development; and a friendly working environment which supports and enhances our vision and ethos.

The person that we are looking for needs to:

• Have a Level 3 in Childcare and Education, or equivalent

• Have experience of working within an Early Years setting

• Have experience of observing, monitoring and recording the development of children

• Have experience of working with children with ASD and/ or additional Communication and Interaction needs

• Be a Teaching Assistant who exemplifies excellent classroom practice, behaviour management and high expectations

• Have the skills to build good, supportive relationships with children that are built on mutual understanding and respect

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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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About Bungay Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 214 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bungay Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bungay-primary-school

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