EYFS Teaching Assistant

Lift Caldicotes, Middlesbrough, TS3 9HD

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  21 September 2026 at 2:06pm

• Date listed

  14 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £21406 - £22092 per annum

EYFS Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about helping young people learn and grow? Lift Caldicotes is looking for an EYFS Teaching Assistant to join our team and make a real difference in our children's lives every day. Could this be the start of something special for you?

About the role

You'll play an important part in helping students within EYFS access learning and achieve their goals. Working closely with teachers, you'll support students with different needs, including those with SEND, and help create a positive learning space where everyone can thrive. You'll also build trusted relationships with students and guide them towards becoming more independent learners. What impact could you have on a young person's education?

Key responsibilities

• Support students to access lesson content and achieve their learning goals, including those with specific SEND needs
• Work together with teachers to plan engaging lessons and assess how students are progressing
• Help students build independent learning skills and manage their own progress
• Work with small groups or individual students on targeted learning activities
• Create positive relationships with students and support their wellbeing and personal development
• Work with teachers, parents and carers to help every student succeed
• Be flexible to support in all areas of the school as and when needed

We are looking for someone who has

Good communication skills, empathy, patience and the ability to stay calm in challenging situations will help you succeed. A flexible, proactive approach and a genuine passion for primary education.

• Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (or currently working towards it)
• GCSEs in Maths and English (Grade 4 or above)
• Experience supporting children in Key Stage 1 or EYFS
• Knowledge of strategies to support pupils with SEND
• Familiarity with phonics programmes such as Read Write Inc
• Understanding of child development and how children learn
• Positive behaviour management experience
• UK right to work - we are unable offer sponsorship for this position

About the School

Lift Caldicotes is a vibrant and nurturing school at the heart of its Middlesbrough community. We're proud of our inclusive ethos, where every child is supported to thrive academically, socially and emotionally. Our dedicated team works collaboratively to create a welcoming environment where students feel safe, valued and inspired to achieve their very best.

With a strong focus on high expectations and personalised support, we foster a love of learning in every child. We value innovation in teaching and learning and invest in professional development for all staff, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our pupils. As part of Lift Schools, we benefit from shared expertise and opportunities to grow as a school and as individuals.

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
How we support you
We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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 Lift Caldicotes

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 234 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Caldicotes website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/caldicotes-primary-academy

Lift Caldicotes is a vibrant and forward thinking school and is proud to serve the communities around Thorntree, which is to the east of Middlesbrough. We are within easy access from Middlesbrough and the Tees Valley and close to the A19.

If you have a passion for education, can be equally enthusiastic about learning opportunities linked to dinosaurs as to princesses, aliens or a naughty elf; are able to create opportunities for learning and progress whether inside or out come rain, hail or shine and love working as part of a team, you could be the person we are looking for!

Working as part of Lift Schools our mission is to provide every child with an excellent education, in every classroom, every day. Through our inclusive, individualised and inspirational curriculum, we aim to develop attributes and qualities that pupils will build upon as they continue on their learning journey within our setting and on into their next stage of learning. We aspire for our pupils to become productive, respectful, honest and reliable members of the community, who are resilient and determined, whilst fostering attitudes of care and respect for themselves and their own and wider community.

Our Curriculum

We are a creative and forward thinking school and our curriculum reflects this. Each area of the curriculum has a whole school policy and a scheme of work, currently being updated to reflect the new Primary Curriculum 2014 document. Our curriculum reflects the needs of the children whilst meeting the National Curriculum statutory requirements. Staff plan creative projects to encompass elements of the curriculum linked to core skills. The essential ‘core skills’ underpin all the work planned to ensure maximum impact on pupils’ progress. We operate a ‘2 year rolling programme’ for our curriculum coverage, which will allow greater opportunities for shared planning, creativity and collaboration within the EYFS, KS1, Lower KS2 and Upper KS2 phases.

Our Specialism and Awards

We are proud to be designated a Forest School. The philosophy of Forest Schools is to encourage and inspire individuals of any age through an innovative, long term, educational approach to outdoor play and learning in a woodland environment.

Many Forest Schools activities enhance the creative curriculum - an approach to teaching and learning designed to support children's natural curiosity. Sessions are designed around the needs of different groups and around a theme. Many areas of the National Curriculum are covered during a Forest Schools programme without the programmes being curriculum-led - the ethos of Forest Schools is that they are learner-led. The activities will act as a stimulus for many more activities back in the classroom.

We also hold the Arts Mark Gold, the BIG award and the Green Flag award among many others.

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