EYFS Teaching Assistant

Diss Infant Academy and Nursery, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4PU

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediate or 1 January 2026

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  4 November 2025

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: £17,026 - £17,296 actual pa

EYFS Teaching Assistant job summary

Part of the Diocese of Norwich St Benet’s Multi Academy Trust and the Diss and Scole Primary Academy Partnership 

Tel: 01379 642675

Email:  sbm@dissandscole.stbenets.org

• Salary – Scale points, 5-6, £17,026 - £17,296 actual pa (£25,583 - £25,989 FTE)
• Permanent 
• Part time
• 28.75 hours per week
• Term Time plus 1 week 
• Required for an immediate start or from 1 January 2026 

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, caring, and dedicated EYFS Teaching Assistant to support in our early years classes. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of the EYFS lead to support children's learning and development, helping to create a safe, engaging, and positive learning environment.

You will play a key role in supporting play-based learning, delivering small group activities, and helping every child to reach their full potential.

We are looking for someone who is:

• A team player with EYFS experience who relishes the opportunity to work with others
• An individual who is passionate about
• fostering and extending children's language development through modelling and encouraging extensive vocabulary. 
• supporting children's development through the provision of stimulating child-centred learning and play. 
• shares our values and who will ensure all actions within school reflect the school ethos and core values of RESPECT, ASPIRATION AND RESILIENCE.

Working Hours

The successful candidate will work Monday-Friday, 8.35am -3.20pm. 

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office to book an appointment or speak with the Executive Headteacher.

How to apply

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

To complete our online application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, and you will be directed to apply through our Applicant Tracking System. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a ‘Teacher Booker’ account.

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if sufficient applications have been received.

Closing date:  21 November 2025

Interview date:  27 November 2025 or sooner if requested

St Benets Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references.

The Trust's safeguarding policy can be found on our website.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

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.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 Diss Infant Academy and Nursery

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 118 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Diss Infant Academy and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/diss-infant-academy-and-nursery

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