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EYFS Teaching ~Assistant

St George's CofE Primary School, London, SE23 2NE

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• 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 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.

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.

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Application Form 241021.docx - 153 KB (opens in new tab)

EYFS Teaching Assistant Application Pack.pdf - 811 KB (opens in new tab)

About St George's CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 204 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St George's CofE Primary School website
• Email address: admin@stgeorges.lewisham.sch.uk
• Phone number: 020 8699 5127
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-george-s-cofe-primary-school-se23-2ne

St George's CE Primary School

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