Early Years Teaching Assistant
St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 3JTThis job expired on 10 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
10 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
30 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,247.45 Annually (Actual) Full Time Equivalent salary £24790
Early Years Teaching Assistant job summary
Main Duties:
Work within the school policies, under the direction and guidance of senior staff and within an agreed system of supervision, making decisions using initiative where appropriate within established working practices.
Work flexibly as part of the school team and may be required to work with any age.
Promote positive values attitudes and good pupil behaviour dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy.
Use good common sense and initiative when dealing with the conduct and behaviour of individuals, groups of pupils and whole classes; the correct use and care of materials by individual and small groups of pupils; the safety, mobility (if required) and hygiene and wellbeing of the pupils.
Work within a system to provide care and education through the provision of stimulating enjoyable and constructive activities appropriate to the child’s age and abilities to ensure physical social emotional and intellectual development, taking into account diversity (e.g. language, culture, ability, race and religion).
Establish good relationships and high expectations with both the children and their families, through home visits (when possible) and in a pastoral role for a group, taking account of parental concerns and dealing with them sensitively under direction of the teacher where necessary.
Support constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals in liaison with the teacher to support the achievement and progress of pupils.
Assist and support colleagues wherever required to ensure the smooth running of the setting, and contribute to relevant meetings, having the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Support the planning, resourcing and setting up learning opportunities.
Assist in the supervision of students on work experience, trainees and voluntary helpers within the room to ensure that the room runs smoothly, and school policies and procedures are followed.
Perform development checks on the children within the provision, meeting with parents/carers and other agencies as and when required.
Supervise and support children at all times including school visits, trips and out of school activities. Ensure the physical needs of children are being met and maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene (e.g. Washing, dressing and toileting).
Support children in their learning both inside the setting and in outdoor play areas; recognising and responding to their individual needs, ensuring all children are engaged in appropriate activities.
Assist in the preparation and maintenance of equipment and resources, including specialist resources, and help the children in their use (e.g. Outdoor or indoor play equipment; being responsible for the care of all equipment and materials within the setting).
Be aware of and support other team members in ensuring the setting meets required standards as laid down by Ofsted Early Years Directorate.
Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies using the schools’ policies and procedures, liaising with their line manager (Reception teacher) where required (e.g. an injured or sick child).
Supervise whole classes and groups for short periods, maintaining the planned range of activities in the classroom and/or outdoor play areas in accordance with the short-term planning.
Monitor and evaluate the children’s responses to learning activities as part of the planning cycle.
Liaise sensitively and effectively with Parents/Carers as agreed with the teacher within your role/responsibility and participate in feedback sessions or meetings (as directed by the teacher) with parents promoting the policy on parental involvement.
Prepare accurate feedback and detailed records, recording children’s physical, care and educational progress and achievements against pre-determined learning objectives, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.
Be responsible for keeping and updating systems as part of a team and agreed with the teacher, contributing to reviews of systems as requested.
Perform allocated tasks with limited supervision.
Provide general clerical/administration support (e.g. administer resources for agreed activities).
This job description sets out the duties and responsibilities of the post at the time when it was drawn up. Such duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.
In line with the Immigration Act 2016 the Government has created a duty to ensure all Public Authority staff working in customer facing roles can speak fluent English to an appropriate standard; for this role the post holder is required to meet the Intermediate Threshold Level.
Intermediate Threshold Level
The post holder should demonstrate:
They can express themselves fluently and spontaneously with minimal effort and,
Only the requirement to explain difficult concepts may hinder a natural smooth flow of language.
Further information about the job
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.
About St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 449 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy website
School location
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