Early Years Worker

Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1PP

7 days remaining to apply

Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 10:59pm
Date listed
7 October 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: £12.65 - £13.26 Hourly Term Time only, 39 weeks per year

Early Years Worker job summary

Early Years Worker

Fixed Term position to start as soon as possible in November 2025

2 days per week (Thurs & Fr) - to include a mealtime assistant duty.

This is a temporary position in the preschool based on number sattending and will be reviewed Summer term 2026.

Are you passionate about giving children the best start in life? Do you have the energy, patience, and creativity to make every day a new adventure for our youngest learners? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

We’re looking for a caring, enthusiastic Early Years Worker to join our warm, welcoming and dedicated team. You’ll play a vital role in supporting the development, learning, and wellbeing of children aged 0-5 in a safe, stimulating, and fun environment.

We offer you the support of clear systems, protocols, expectations, and structures to help you to succeed. You will need to show initiative, creativity and demonstrate the aptitude to work as part of a successful and growing team in Early Years to improve the life chances of our pupils and make every child feel valued as an individual.

We want you to come and join our happy, positive learning environment where our consistent vision is that through collaboration we will always be ‘Stronger Together’ whilst also supporting our Christian ethos where together, we strive to ensure that all children flourish—academically, emotionally, and spiritually.

What you’ll do:

Support in planning and delivering age-appropriate activities based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
Support children’s social, emotional, and physical development
Work closely with parents and carers to build strong, positive relationships
Ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children in your care
Records of children’s progress and development

A Level 2 or 3 qualification in Early Years or Childcare (or equivalent)
A genuine passion for working with young children
Excellent communication and teamwork skills
A nurturing, patient, and playful approach
Experience in an early years setting
A committed approach to the wider school community and engagement with them
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a strong and supportive team.
Paediatric First Aid desirable, otherwise can be completed as part of induction

What we offer:

A supportive, friendly team environment
Ongoing training and professional development
Friendly, happy children who are keen to learn
The chance to make a real difference in children's lives every single day
Salary Sacrifice offers, including Bike2Work, Tech Scheme and Gym Membership
Substantial workplace pension
Term time ‘Give Back Day’ to take for personal reasons
Staff Wellbeing support
CPD opportunities for all staff

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and Social Media online check.

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.