EYFS Teaching Assistant (Level 3)

Hopton Church of England Primary Academy, Diss, Suffolk, IP22 2QY

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  12 June 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  29 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 2 (Pt 3-4) £12.85 to £13.05 per hour (dependent on experience)

EYFS Teaching Assistant (Level 3) job summary

Part of Elveden Schools Trust 

Tel: 01953 681449 

Email: office@hoptonacademy.co.uk 

Website: https://www.hopton.suffolk.sch.uk 

 

Executive Head Teacher: Mrs Lorna Rourke  

Head of School: Mrs Jo Whiting 

 

• Salary: Grade 2 (Pt 3-4) £12.85 to £13.05 per hour (dependent on experience) 
• Permanent 
• 32.5 hrs per week  
• Term Time Only 
• Start date: 1 September 2026 

 

We have an exciting opportunity as we are expanding our team. We are looking for an Early Years Teaching Assistant to join us at Hopton. Your role is to support our youngest learners in our mixed age class with children in Nursery to Year 2. We are a small, but welcoming school family where community is important to us. 

 

The role will include supporting the setup of areas, delivering phonics to groups as directed, and supporting continuous provision. Part of the role is being part of the Play Team outside, where we follow OPAL. We are looking for someone with a Level 3 Early Years qualification.  

 

Working Pattern: 8:30-3:30 Monday to Friday (2.5 hours withing this is for Play Team as Grade 2, point 3 fixed) 

 

Whilst paediatric first aid training is desirable, Hopton C of E Primary Academy will offer full support, and training will be provided if necessary. 

 

Please contact Head of School: Mrs Whiting at office@hoptonacademy.co.uk for an informal chat. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. 

 

How to apply 

A Job Description and Person Specification are available from ‘Attachments’ 

For this vacancy, if you click the ‘Apply for job’ button you will be redirected to our school website where you can download an application form. 

Please return applications via email to office@hoptonacademy.co.uk  

 

Closing date: 12 June 2026, 9am 

Interview date: TBC 

We reserve the right to appoint prior to this date for the right candidate, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

 

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is also subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and children’s barred list check. 

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.

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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 Hopton Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 105 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hopton Church of England Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hopton-church-of-england-primary-academy-diss

Hopton C of E Primary Academy is part of Elveden Schools Trust and is an inclusive, rural school in Hopton village between Thetford and the market town of Diss.

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