Early Years Teaching Assistant
Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0HY33 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday - Friday 9-2pm Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- £12.65
What skills and experience we're looking for
* Ability to interact and communicate with parents, children, colleagues
* Be a confident and sensitive communicator with adults and children
* Sensitive, polite and friendly, positive and constructive
* Approachable, reliable and conscientious
* Flexible approach to tasks
* Reflective and enjoys learning
* Have the ability to ensure the high quality care and education
* Ability to make observations, analyse learning and plan appropriate next steps for children in play
*Experience of working with children
* Actively enjoys working with children and has empathy, is sympathetic to their needs
* Experience of interacting and communicating with parents, children, colleagues
* Demonstrable and relevant experience within an early years/school based setting.
* Have a professional attitude and manner
* Be able to work as part of a team
* Resilient, honest, and flexible
* Professionally discreet and able to respect confidentiality
What the school offers its staff
* Opportunities for professional development
* Flexible working
*Option for time off in lieu for additional days worked
* A paid wellbeing day off per academic year
Further information about the job
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our team of dedicated professionals.
Do you have a passion to support children's learning in the early years? If so then this could be the ideal role for you!
Working as part of a friendly and supportive team, you will be caring for and meeting the needs of children aged 2 to 4 years, including children who have additional learning needs.
We have a diverse school community and therefore welcome all applications including those from bilingual candidates with spoken ability in European or South Asian languages.
For a full job description and an application pack or to arrange a visit please contact
01488 682628 or email office@hungerfordnursery.w-berks.sch.uk
Closing Date: 6th January 2026
Interviews: As soon as possible
We reserve the right to interview before this date and appoint if the right candidate is available – so please send your application to us as soon as possible
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 4
- Education phase
- Nursery
- School size
- 121 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 4
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children website
- Email address
- office@hungerfordnursery.w-berks.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01488682628
As a Maintained Nursery School (MNS), we are funded and controlled by the Local Authority (LA) just like all other LA schools. We are led by a headteacher and employ qualified teachers as part of our staff. Successive governments have called MNS ‘the jewel in the crown’ of early years education because of the levels of expertise of staff and the outstanding progress that children who attend MNS make to age 5 and beyond.
We accept children from 2 to 5 years old and offer up to 30 hours of free nursery education (subject to availability). In addition to this, we run a breakfast club from 8:00 - 9:00am each morning and an after-school club from 3:30 - 5:30pm (Monday - Thursday), which is chargeable.
Turtles and Starfish classes are our 2-3 year old classrooms and Jellyfish and Dolphin classes are our 3-4 year old classrooms. We offer a broad and balanced provision following the Early Years Foundation Stage within our 4 classes and outdoor spaces. All classes are staffed by qualified teachers or early years practitioners. Each child has their own Key Worker who works in partnership with the parents to ensure the best outcomes for the children.
Arranging a visit to Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@hungerfordnursery.w-berks.sch.uk.
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