5 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    8th September 2025

  • Closing date

    6 July 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    1 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,570.00 - £24,786.00 Annually (FTE) This role is 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time only. Actual salary is £16,200 - £17,036 depending on experience.

Early Years Teaching Assistant Level 3 job summary

🌟 Early Years Teaching Assistant – 30 hours/week – September 2025 Start
Help shape young lives in our joyful and nurturing Early Years setting

About us
At St Martin’s Church of England Primary School in Liskeard, we believe that every child is a precious gift with unique talents and potential. Our school is a vibrant and caring place rooted in Christian values, where children are encouraged to be courageous, curious, and kind. Our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a joyful and engaging environment, designed to nurture the whole child—socially, emotionally, and academically—through play, discovery and strong relationships.

The role
We are looking for a nurturing, skilled and enthusiastic Early Years Teaching Assistant to join our EYFS team from 8th September 2025. This role is central to supporting our youngest learners during this crucial stage of development.

  • Contract: 30 hours per week, term time only, fixed term for one year, initially.

  • Start date: 8th September 2025


    Key responsibilities:

  • Work alongside the class teacher to deliver high-quality learning experiences rooted in play and exploration

  • Provide personalised support to individual children and small groups

  • Help to create a warm, safe, and stimulating environment where every child feels valued and known

  • Observe and contribute to assessment and planning using the Early Years Framework

  • Build strong relationships with children, parents, and colleagues to support holistic development

Who we’re looking for:

  • A caring, proactive person who delights in seeing young children grow and learn

  • An understanding of child development and the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum

  • Someone creative, adaptable, and full of energy—with a real sense of joy and purpose

  • A team player with good communication skills and a desire to keep learning

  • Ideally, a relevant Level 2 or Level 3 qualification in Early Years (or willingness to train)

Why join St Martin’s?

  • A child-centred and inclusive ethos, rooted in Christian values and our school vision

  • A welcoming team with a strong culture of collaboration and mutual support

  • A purposeful Early Years space, including access to outdoor learning and rich resources

  • Ongoing professional development and opportunities to grow within the wider St Barnabas Trust

  • A beautiful Cornish location and a school community that feels like family

    In return we offer an great benefits package that consists of:

    • Generous local authority pension scheme

    • Cycle to work scheme

    • Employee Assistance programme

    • Flexible working considered

    • Enhanced holiday entitlement, plus further accrual though length of service

    • Free eyecare vouchers for DSE users

    • Corporate gym membership discount

    • Ongoing Training and Development opportunities

    St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit.

    We do not discriminate against staff based on age, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religious or political belief or affiliation, trade union membership, gender, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic background or any other inappropriate distinction or characteristic covered by the Equality Act 2010.

    St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. Please be aware that all shortlisted candidates will have an online search conducted as part of the Trust’s due diligence checks in line with KCSIE.

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 are not accepted.

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About St Martin's CofE Primary School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
310 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is made up of a group of 13 schools, of which St Martin's CE Primary School is one, who work closely together in order to ensure they provide the best education for pupils in the Liskeard Area. Our vision is that of the parable of the lost sheep. We work hard to ensure that everyone is valued and that nobody gets left behind.
The Trust is evolving all the time, most recent developments include; improvements to the delivery of reading, a focus on the teaching oracy, development towards a 'Knowledge Rich Curriculum', a full outdoor programme from YR-Y6 and a residential programme that includes all pupils from Y2 to Y6.
School leaders work closely together sharing expertise. Senior leaders from each school meet fortnightly with the CEO to effect change and support each other to raise standards across the Trust.

Schools are supported by our central team in areas including; safeguarding, information management & GDPR, financial planning, processing & auditing, estates management, writing bids for capital funding, health and safety, technical infrastructure and hardware.
Teachers across the Trust share the workload by actively working together to support; subject leadership, curriculum development, planning, outdoor education and residential visits. In this way everyone feels part of the wider organisation and understand the benefits of a collaborative approach.

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