EYFS Teaching and Learning Support Assistant - L2

Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4RR

11 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  25 February 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  11 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.26 - £13.47 per hour

EYFS Teaching and Learning Support Assistant - L2 job summary

Tel: 01553 774666

Email: office@fairstead.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.fairsteadprimaryschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Daniel Farthing

• Salary – Grade D, £13.26-£13.46 per hour
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 34.25 hours per week (M-F)
• Term Time plus Training Days

‘Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.’ – Dr. Seuss

We are seeking a highly effective a classroom assistant to join our friendly, ambitious and forward thinking team in our Early Years Setting.

Our EYFS has had significant investment over the years and we have a truly inspiring and well-resourced environment. Our EYFS team whole heartedly believe in play based learning and our setting offers children fantastic opportunities to do this – a visit is a must!

We want to recruit people who are passionate about making a positive impact on our children’s lives and want to challenge themselves to keep on improving. Our working relationships are positive and supportive as we strive to keep our evidence based practice the best it can be.

We offer an excellent caring environment in a bright, well-resourced school where you will have the opportunity to either start or advance your career within a supportive community school. This is supported by a premises development plan to ensure our school environment continues to be improved.

Cultural Fit

Our school is developing all the time. We have implemented a curriculum whose drivers are possibilities, community and independence. We are a school at the heart of our community, and we feel it is important for our children to have a developed sense of their locality and be proud to be part of it. 

• We believe we can all improve, children learn from staff as well as from each other
• We believe in the potential of all children to learn
• We engage in deep thought about challenge and quality
• We provide opportunities to practise skills that have been learnt until over time automaticity is achieved
• We have an openness to feedback
• We develop worked models that communicate quality and success
• We focus single-mindedly upon providing the best education we possibly can for our children. If you want to work hard on your practice, then this will be the school for you. 

Working in a school where you are not aligned with the culture can be a miserable experience. So…we both need to have alignment if you come to work here!  

We can offer:

• An induction package to support successful integration 
• Buddy system – no question is a silly question but it’s good to have a buddy to ask 
• A forward thinking school, which is committed to improvement through evidence based research
• Friendly and supportive staff
• More opportunities to grow your career with our focused CPD programmes
• Norfolk Rewards – staff discount programme
• Leadership development – working with colleagues to improve outcomes across the learning community
• Part of the Viscount Nelson Education Network (VNET) incorporating a tailored package of bespoke in-school support as well as a wide range of CPD opportunities across Norfolk and beyond
• A digital strategy using technology to enhance learning
• A focus on supporting good mental health
• SSS Safeguarding suite training package ensuring that training for safeguarding is highly effective 

Visits to the school are encouraged. If you would like to visit the school, you will be assured a warm welcome. Please contact Kerry Tucker, School Business Manager, who will be more than happy to arrange your visit. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. If you require any additional support to enable you to make an application please contact Kerry Tucker, School Business Manager: by email to - admin@fairstead.norfolk.sch.uk or phone: 01553 774666. 

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. Alternatively, visit our school website for an application form - www.fairsteadprimaryschool.co.uk/information/vacancies/ 

Completed forms should be returned to – admin@fairstead.norfolk.sch.uk or by post to Kerry Tucker, Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School, William Booth Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4RR.

We are unable to accept CVs in place of application forms.

Closing date:  25 February 2026

Interview date:  TBC

Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. 

Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for appointment to this post.  

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 433 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fairstead-community-primary-and-nursery-school

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