13 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    3 July 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    20 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years

Working pattern

Part time: 32.5hrs per week, Monday - Friday, 39 weeks per year

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£30120 - £30552 Pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Experience:

• Experience of working with or caring for young children, ideally within an EYFS or primary school setting.

Knowledge / Skills & Ability:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities.

  • Good understanding of child development and how young children learn.
  • Ability to support learning through play-based and structured activities.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
  • Organised, adaptable, and able to use initiative.
  • Awareness of the EYFS curriculum and safeguarding responsibilities.

Qualifications:

  • Good spoken and written English.
  • A good level of numeracy and literacy.
  • • Relevant Level 2 qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 2 in Teaching and Learning) or equivalent experience.

Personal Qualities:

• A nurturing, calm, and positive approach with young children.

• Ability to engage and motivate pupils.

• Flexible, reliable, and self-motivated.

• Willing to learn and take on new challenges.

• Supportive of the values and ethos of St George’s CE Primary School.


What the school offers its staff

We can offer you the chance to work with a committed, supportive, and hard-working team, in a newly developed and spacious learning environment, alongside delightful children who are enthusiastic and eager to learn.

Further details about the role

Would you like to work somewhere inspiring—where creativity, curiosity, and innovation are encouraged every day? If you share our passion for bringing the best of educational theory into the classroom to nurture confident, independent lifelong learners, then our school could be the perfect fit for you.

We are seeking to appoint a capable and proactive EYFS Teaching Assistant to join our Reception team. The role involves supporting children’s learning across the setting—working 1:1 with pupils, leading small groups, and supporting the class teacher to plan and deliver high-quality learning experiences tailored to the individual needs of our children.

The ideal candidate will have a good knowledge and understanding of the EYFS curriculum and the areas of learning, strong communication skills, and a warm, flexible approach to working with both children and adults. You will be confident using your initiative, embracing new challenges, and contributing positively to our vibrant Early Years environment.

The post holder will also assist with lunchtime supervision every day.

Commitment to safeguarding

St George’s Primary School in committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Our recruitment processes follow the guidance in the Department for Children, Schools and Families document Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education. All staff will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and you will need to provide two employer references.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin@stgeorges.lewisham.sch.uk

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About St George's CofE Primary School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
202 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
020 8699 5127

St George's CE Primary School

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