EYFS Teaching Assistant

Barnsole Primary School, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2JG

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025 or sooner

• Closing date

  2 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,978.89 - £19,166.47 Annually (Actual) TA post NJC Grade D2 points 4 - 11 - HLTA post NJC Grade C2 points 12 - 25

EYFS Teaching Assistant job summary

Total hours 30.5 per week , 38 weeks per year.

(Teaching Assistant Hours: 28.5 hours per week, Higher Level Teaching Assistant Hours: 2 hours per week)

Start date: 6th January 2025

Join Our Team at Barnsole Primary School as an EYFS Teaching Assistant!

At Barnsole Primary School, we are passionate about providing the very best education for all our pupils. We believe that every child has the potential to achieve and succeed, and our dedicated team takes the time to inspire, guide, and challenge our children—academically, personally, socially, and emotionally. We foster a culture where children take responsibility for their learning, promoting confidence and resilience that will serve them throughout their lives.

Why Choose Barnsole Primary School?

As part of the Maritime Academy Trust—an innovative partnership of schools across Greenwich, Bexley, Kent, and Medway—we collaborate to deliver a transformative, entrepreneurial curriculum that equips children with essential life skills. At Barnsole, you’ll be joining a community that thrives on teamwork, creativity, and a shared mission to achieve excellence for all.

We Are Looking For:

An experienced and enthusiastic EYFS Teaching Assistant to join our supportive team and help us create an exceptional learning environment. Your role will be key in shaping young minds and supporting children during these critical early years. This will include working as a HLTA 2 hours per week.

What We’re Looking For:

• Qualifications: NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) or higher.

• Experience: A strong track record of working with children across different ages, with a particular focus on Early Years Foundation Stage.

• Commitment: A dedication to working collaboratively with staff, parents, and the community to promote inclusion and deliver excellent opportunities for all.

What We Offer:

• A Warm and Welcoming Community: Work in a positive, friendly, and happy environment where everyone’s contributions are valued.

• Professional Development: Benefit from ongoing CPD programmes and possible cross-Trust development opportunities to enhance your skills and grow your career.

• Supportive Work Environment: Be part of a fantastic school community that shares a commitment to achieving the best for every child.

• Employee Benefits: Enjoy a generous Maritime Trust staff benefits package, including national terms and conditions.

Please find further details about the school & job in the attached candidate information pack.

Visits to the school and informal discussions are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange a time.

At the Maritime Academy Trust, diversity and equal opportunity are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as we believe inclusivity strengthens our work.

Please note: We may hold interviews as applications are received and reserve the right to offer the position prior to the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

The Maritime Academy Trust and its academies are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All staff are expected to share this commitment. The role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks.

In line with KCSIE 2024 guidance, shortlisted candidates may be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. Any relevant information regarding suitability to work

Apply now via the MNT website and take the first step in joining our inspiring team. For more Together, let’s shape the future, one child at a time.

Commitment to safeguarding

Maritime Academy Trust is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS and pre-employment checks.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Barnsole Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 668 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Barnsole Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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Barnsole Primary School is part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich and Kent. Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.

Barnsole Primary School and Nursery is a three-form community school, located in the heart of Medway. Relationships with children, parents, carers and our wider community sit right at the top of our agenda; together we are stronger.

We are a friendly, inclusive school with a caring ethos and are committed to providing a safe and stimulating learning environment where each one of our children can achieve their potential and flourish both academically and socially.

At Barnsole, we believe that school is the start of a life-long learning journey. Our curriculum is carefully designed, delivered and reviewed to encompass our school values, which underpin everything we do inside and outside the classroom:

Children at Barnsole acquire new knowledge and skills through a progression of exciting topics. We embrace diversity, encourage individuality and strive for excellence. By developing a positive mind-set in our children, they are confident to take risks, work as part of a team and apply this to making a difference within their local community and our wider world.

We firmly believe that every child should be taught by only the best teachers and have the highest of expectations for achievement and behaviour. Self-confidence and self-esteem are nurtured so our children can shape their own futures and be the best they can be.

Overall, we want our pupils to leave Barnsole with a passion and curiosity about the world, thriving from the best possible education, empowered to flourish in life beyond their primary years.

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