EYFS Teaching Assistant
Olney Infant Academy, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5AD7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
15 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,303.00 Annually (Actual)
EYFS Teaching Assistant job summary
Job Title: Teaching Assistant EYFS
Contract Term: Monday – Friday 8.30am -3.30 (32.5)
Contract Type: Temporary Fixed Term 1 year
Salary: Grade D1 £19303 ACTUAL
Starting September 2025
This is an exciting opportunity to join our thriving, successful and happy school. We are a 3-form entry infant school in the market town of Olney, with an enthusiastic and vibrant teaching team who all firmly believe that every child should be inspired by a rich and varied curriculum. Our school promotes a warm and caring community where children are challenged to achieve endless possibilities. Our commitment to creating a culture of excellence is contagious and is embedded across our school.
Aim and main purpose of the role:
The ideal candidate will:
smile every day, all day and make children feel special!
laugh at jokes that aren’t funny!
take on any role with no training – hairdresser, train driver, astronaut, pilot!
enjoy the taste of devious soups of mud, cakes of salt dough while wearing the scent of dandelion and daisy perfume!
have the ability to connect with disadvantaged or vulnerable children.
will be confident building strong positive relationships with pupils to help them progress both socially and academically.
will be confident, calm and assertive and be able to put consistent, clear boundaries in place.
will be able to work on their own initiative, as well as contributing to a team
will have the skill set to support a pupil with specific needs to access the curriculum
have the experience of working with children with a special education need.
The candidate must have the knowledge and skills within the core subjects (English and Maths) to ensure the child can achieve their full potential.
Knowledge of speech and language support strategies would be beneficial but not essential as support and training can be given.
The role may include undertaking intimate care for pupils and supporting pupils during lunch and break times.
Additional training is desirable but NOT essential as we can provide you with the appropriate training as part of your CPD.
There may also be an opportunity to work in our wrap around clubs and holiday clubs.
Please see the job description for further details.
We can offer:
As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning, successful candidates will have full access to our staff benefits package, including a bespoke CPD, wellbeing support (Health Assured) discount on gym membership, cinema tickets, cycle to work scheme and much more.
For more information or to arrange a visit to Olney Infant Academy please contact us on admin@olneyinfant.co.uk or 01234711388.
Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together.
Our commitment to ensuring equal opportunity and lifelong development is showcased in our 1:1 iPad initiative for learners and teaching colleagues across the schools in our trust. By harnessing the power of technology and collaboration, we aim to reshape and rethink what it means to be a learner into this digital age, and you can play a role in shaping our curriculum offer by joining us on this journey.
Inspiring Futures through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow IFtL’s safeguarding policies and procedures, and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.
All school based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Criminal Records Bureau check
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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 are not accepted.
About Olney Infant Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 248 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Olney Infant Academy website
School location
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