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Early Years Teaching Assistant (Fixed term)

King Edwin Primary and Nursery School, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG21 9NS

This job expired on 15 May 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  15 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): Monday to Friday 32.5 hrs pw
• Contract type: Fixed term - up to 24th July 2026
• Pay scale: Grade 3 point 5, £24790pa

What skills and experience we're looking for

Have you got the Early Years bug?Are you an experienced Early Years practitioner? Do you understand child development? Are you passionate about children's interests? Do you buy into the ethos around child-led learning and in-the-moment teaching? If so, then you could be the next ‘KingEdwinner’ to join Team KEPS.

What the school offers its staff

Are you passionate about Early Years education and supporting children's learning and development? King Edwin Primary School, a highly regarded and significantly oversubscribed school in Nottinghamshire, is seeking a dedicated Early Years Teaching Assistant to join our team.

King Edwin Primary School is exceptional! It is renowned for its welcoming atmosphere and strong community spirit, with a reputation for providing rich, varied, and inclusive learning experiences that extend beyond the classroom. We are proud of our 'High 5 Values' which underpin everything we do and our children love demonstrating our values every day at KEPS.

At King Edwin Primary School, we are looking for a creative, proactive, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Teaching Assistant who is passionate about, and experienced in Early Years education. We are committed to early years provision that uses the environment as a ‘third teacher’ ensuring that children learn through play.

Our KEPS Offer:

• A wonderful environment with dedicated freeflow outdoor provision.
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and positive children – ‘awesome KingEdwinners’
• A great teaching team, dedicated, committed and with high standards .
• A supportive governing body and leadership team
• Parents and carers who support our school and their children.
• A commitment to your continued professional development.

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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Additional documents

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

TA Person Specification 2022.pdf - 131 KB (opens in new tab)

4-ta-primary-grade-3-1.pdf - 98.7 KB (opens in new tab)

About King Edwin Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King Edwin Primary and Nursery School website
• Email address: office@kingedwin.notts.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01623822111
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-edwin-primary-and-nursery-school

Arranging a visit to King Edwin Primary and Nursery School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@kingedwin.notts.sch.uk.

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