EYFS 1:1 Teaching Assistant (Level 2)

Great Malvern Primary School, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2BY

47 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: TA2 (26.25) from £15,448.86 to £15,593.77

What skills and experience we're looking for

This role involves working 1:1 with a child with an EHCP in Reception at Great Malvern Primary School, part of the Mercian Educational Trust. We are a growing and ambitious school with the most amazing children and a fantastic and supportive staff team who offer our pupils engaging and inspiring learning opportunities every single day.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our Reception team who understands the importance of working in Early Years and is fully supportive of our vision and values. Someone who will demonstrate that they can offer our community commitment and skill to enhance the experiences and enable our ambitious learners to meet their full potential across the curriculum.

• Support positive behaviour in class and beyond
• Support pupils in accessing and understanding learning
  
• Work primarily with a child with an EHCP on a 1:1 basis but you will also be required to work with groups of children within the wider classroom
• Support focus child to engage with the curriculum and the Early Years environment and provision
• Promote pupil talk and thinking through high quality interactions
• Direct group activities within and away from the classroom including implementing 'catch up' programmes with targeted groups
• Assist in tailoring the curriculum activities to enable pupil engagement and access as well as preparation and clearing away of resources necessary for the delivery of the curriculum
• Promote the self-esteem, progress and independent learning of children
• Participate in general school activities including assembly, break and activities, sports day, educational visits etc. as required
• To undertake designated administrative tasks, to support teaching and learning
  

What the school offers its staff

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Cycle to work, Electric Vehicle Leasing, and Tech Benefits

Employee Health Assistance

Our employee assistance programme gives you access to confidential, independent, and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. Employees also have access to the Wisdom App which supports wellbeing and mental health.

Career Progression

We want to encourage the career progression of our employees wherever possible, and we support staff who wish to move between our schools and the central teams when suitable role sarise.

Pension​

As a teacher, you will automatically enroll into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. As Support Staff, you can opt-in to the Local Government Pensions Scheme – one of the most competitive on the market.

Collaboration​

All employees have opportunities for collaboration, CPD andaccess to support from the central team. Teaching staff also haveopportunities for guidance in all areas of the curriculum andassessment and sharing good practice.​

Eye tests and Flu Jabs​

All employees can access free eye tests and annual flu jab.​

Free Car Parking​

All employees have access to free car parking on or near the schoolpremises.​

Childcare – Wraparound discount​

Employees can access wraparound care provided at any of ourschools at a reduced rate of 50%. Please note: Discounts do notapply to Nursery provisions.

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.

A full job description can be found in the recruitment pack attached.

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.

GMPS 1 2 1 TA2 Reception Recruitment Pack July to Sep 2025.pdf - 414 KB (opens in new tab)

About Great Malvern Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 340 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Great Malvern Primary School website
• Email address: klester@metacademies.org.uk
• Phone number: 01684 574219
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/great-malvern-primary-school-malvern

Great Malvern is a growing primary school that has a nurturing and forward-thinking philosophy. We are proud of our inclusive ethos and value all members of our school community. We aim to give all children an excellent start in life by ensuring they receive an outstanding education and have the opportunity to undertake a wide range of experiences.​

As an early academy convertor, we are one of the founding schools in Mercian Education Trust, a small Trust comprising of five Worcestershire schools, over 6 sites and one Herefordshire school. ​

Our local community is mostly settled, and there are strong family connections with the school. It is not unusual for parents, grand-parents, and even great grandparents of pupils to have attended Great Malvern. A large majority of staff employed in school have either attended Great Malvern, had their own children in school, or live close by.​

We are proud of the way our learners are prepared for the next phase of their education and beyond, promoting our ALIVE curriculum model which encourages Aspirational, Linked, Inclusive, Varied and Engaging learning, enhanced by a balanced and interesting enrichment programme of additional experiences and visits.​

Great Malvern School has powerful global links with Martinshamba Primary Schools in Tanzania, and this makes a direct contribution to our creative and enriched curriculum.

Arranging a visit to Great Malvern Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email klester@metacademies.org.uk.

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