EYFS Learning Assistant

Ash Hill Primary School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 7HT

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £12.87 Hourly

EYFS Learning Assistant job summary

Are you an ambitious and supportive EYFS Learning Assistant?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, reflective and committed EYFS Learning Assistant who understands the importance of the foundation years in providing children with the building blocks they need to succeed in life.

This is an exciting opportunity to be an EYFS Learning Assistant at our wonderful school, helping to nurture our school’s youngest children and support them to develop a lifetime love of learning.

Ash Hill is a school that is committed to providing the best for every child in our care. We are innovative in our approach, and ensure that everything we do is purposeful. We are a school driven by our values; consideration, honesty, responsibility, determination, resilience and community mindedness. We believe in preparing our pupils for an ever-changing world. At Ash Hill we are growing minds for learning, crafting skills for life. If you share our vision, we welcome your application.

About us:

The school owes its success to a hardworking, passionate and motivated team and pupils that respond well to teachers and support staff who take the time to build relationships with them. We are committed to the wellbeing and professional growth of all our teaching staff.

Our Early Years phase is well resourced and provides an excellent provision for our youngest children, as well as being a warm and inviting working environment.

We are proud of our caring, nurturing and dedicated Early Years team that work together to achieve the best possible outcomes for all children in our care. You will work closely with the class teacher and Early Years Leader as part of this ambitious team committed to achieving the very best at all times.

About you:

Reflective and committed to your own development

Good interpersonal and communication skills that will help to maintain positive relationships with all staff, parents and the community

High expectations for all children and determination to support children with their learning and behaviour

Ability to help the class teacher monitor learning and progress through various strategies, including short and long observations

A Level 3 Early Years qualification is desirable, but not essential

Finally, a good sense of humour and an understanding that no two days are ever the same!

This is a full-time post. Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm.

Salary dependent on qualifications

Please email HR@ashhillprimary.co.uk for an application pack.

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

Ash Hill Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils under its care. An Enhanced DBS check will be required prior to starting employment. On line searches will be undertaken for shortlisted candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ash Hill Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 215 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ash Hill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ash-hill-primary-school

Ash Hill Primary School is in the Micklefield area of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The youngest children at our school are 2 years old (Nursery class), and the oldest are eleven (Year 6). There are approximately 230 children at Ash Hill altogether. Ash Hill is a happy school, and everyone works together to ensure that the children are safe and well looked after, and that they all receive an education which enables them to meet their full potential.

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