EYFS Level 3 Teaching Assistant

St Martin's CofE Primary School, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3DE

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  25 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,328.00 - £26,423.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary is £18,134 - £18,918 depending on experience

EYFS Level 3 Teaching Assistant job summary

The Liskeard Hub of St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is looking to appoint a highly motivated and talented Early Years Teaching Assistant to join our team. You will work alongside our EYFS staff to support and extend the children’s learning throughout the early years’ foundation stage. The role requires someone who is passionate about children’s learning and who has a rich knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn within the EYFS. This role is to work 5 days per week from 8.35am to 3.20pm with a 30 minute lunch unpaid break, totalling 31.25 hours per week. The role will be split across two sites. Three days a week at St Martin's CofE Primary School in Liskeard and two days a week at Quethiock CofE Primary School just outside of Liskeard.

Please note: This role is essential and as such we will be interviewing as suitable applicants apply. We reserve the right to close this role early should vacancies be filled before the closing date.

We can offer you:

great, well resourced, learning environments

collaborative approaches to teaching and learning

fantastic professional development and tailored support programmes

unique and rewarding career progression opportunities

support towards initial teacher training

We are looking for someone who:

is passionate about children’s learning

has a rich knowledge and understanding of the EYFS framework and how pupils learn

is eager to expand their knowledge, skills and understanding of teaching practices

has experience of working within an Early Years environment

has experience of setting up and managing groups of pupils during focused learning activities

has experience in supporting teaching and learning for groups of pupils

St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit.

We do not discriminate against staff based on age, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religious or political belief or affiliation, trade union membership, gender, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic background or any other inappropriate distinction or characteristic covered by the Equality Act 2010.

St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. Please be aware that all shortlisted candidates will have an online search conducted as part of the Trust’s due diligence checks in line with KCSIE.

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.

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 St Martin's CofE Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 292 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Martin's CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-martin-s-cofe-primary-school-liskeard

St Barnabas Multi Academy Trust is made up of a group of 13 schools, of which St Martin's CE Primary School is one, who work closely together in order to ensure they provide the best education for pupils in the Liskeard Area. Our vision is that of the parable of the lost sheep. We work hard to ensure that everyone is valued and that nobody gets left behind.
The Trust is evolving all the time, most recent developments include; improvements to the delivery of reading, a focus on the teaching oracy, development towards a 'Knowledge Rich Curriculum', a full outdoor programme from YR-Y6 and a residential programme that includes all pupils from Y2 to Y6.
School leaders work closely together sharing expertise. Senior leaders from each school meet fortnightly with the CEO to effect change and support each other to raise standards across the Trust.

Schools are supported by our central team in areas including; safeguarding, information management & GDPR, financial planning, processing & auditing, estates management, writing bids for capital funding, health and safety, technical infrastructure and hardware.
Teachers across the Trust share the workload by actively working together to support; subject leadership, curriculum development, planning, outdoor education and residential visits. In this way everyone feels part of the wider organisation and understand the benefits of a collaborative approach.

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