EYFS Teaching Assistant (Level 3)
Southfield Primary Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0PE13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
14 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,674.00 Annually (Actual)
EYFS Teaching Assistant (Level 3) job summary
At Southfield, we have high aspirations for every child and through our school values, which underpin everything that we do, we strive to enable all children to develop and realise their full potential as part of the Southfield family.
We believe that all children can achieve this and that it is our responsibility to meet the unique needs of everyone to achieve equity.
Southfield is a school where 'Learning comes to life' and every individual is valued for who they are and what they contribute to the school.
We provide a curriculum that is creative, rich in opportunity and full of challenge. we have a highly motivated, resourceful, and committed team of staff and governors who care about and nurture the needs of every child.
EYFS Teaching Assistant (Level 3)
Working across our Early Years Team
The role involves supporting pupils individually or in groups in the classroom working under the full direction of the class teacher. You will support the class teacher in all aspects of classroom organisation, preparing learning resources to support the curriculum and helping to ensure that every child has access to learning opportunities that allow them to develop into independent, active learners.
Working Hours
32.5 hours per week - Monday- Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm with a half hour lunch break, term time only.
£18,674 actual annual salary
Can you help us to make a difference in children's lives through positive engagement in learning?
Are you?
Able to motivate and encourage learning in our pupils?
Able to think outside the box and use a variety of adapted strategies to meet individual needs?
Able to support pupils in literacy and numeracy learning and across the curriculum?
We can offer:
The opportunity to join a supportive and well-established team
The support to progress in your career
Ongoing access to in-house and externally provided CPD
An employee benefits programme, which includes employee discounts with several retailers and hospitality outlets and membership of an employee assistance programme
On-site low-cost childcare for staff
Arrange a Visit
Visits to tour our school are welcome and strongly encouraged.
Please contact Dani Keech- dkeech@southfield-primary.co.uk/01582 604876 to arrange a visit, answer any queries or for an informal chat.
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Applicants for this public facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse, and provide effective help or advice fluently in spoken English.
CVs will not be accepted for any post based in schools.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We reserve the right to close the advert prior to the closing date if sufficient interest is received. If you are interested in the role, please do apply as soon as possible.
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 are not accepted.
About Southfield Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 411 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Southfield Primary Academy website
School location
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