Key Person Teaching Assistant
Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2NJ10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 November 2026 at 8am
Date listed
10 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: TERM TIME Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 8.30am - 3.45pm Tuesday - 8.30am - 4.45pm (to include 1 hour staff meeting, 3.45pm - 4.45pm)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Plymouth City Council Grade C
What skills and experience we're looking for
Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care is looking to appoint a qualified level 3 early years educator to the post of Key Person Teaching Assistant to work in our nursery school provision (3 & 4 year olds), known as 'The Fledglings'.
Experience of working with early years children and leading small group work is essential, as is a minimum of an early years level 3 qualification.
The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, creative and nurturing qualified early years level 3 educator with the ability to:
- plan and provide engaging age and stage appropriate activities for the children in the Fledglings
- form warm, positive relationships with young children quickly
- work in partnership with our families
- enjoy working as part of a team
- have a caring, calm and relational approach to managing behaviour
- be skilled at engaging in high-quality interactions with children to support their learning, development and wellbeing
- have a robust understanding of the EYFS statutory requirements and curriculum
- be excited at the prospect of joining a thriving local authority maintained nursery school.
Safeguarding
is a very important aspect of Ham Drive Nursery School & Day Care. All applicants
will be expected to have a full DBS check and disclose any issues which may be
relevant to them working in a nursery.
What the school offers its staff
We offer a warm, friendly, motivated team who are passionate about caring for and supporting young children to reach their full potential through providing high quality early years education, rooted in evidence-based best practice.
We provide an excellent support package of professional development for our staff and are dedicated to ensuring they are kept up to date with the latest research based strategies and initiatives. We are part of the IDEAL Alliance which is a group of high-achieving schools and early years settings striving to provide excellence in education for 0 - 11-year-olds. We are a family of one local authority-maintained primary school, Plymouth's two maintained nursery schools, two Day Care provisions, one nursery PVI setting, the city's Specialist Early Years Communication and Language Support team and the Early Years Southwest Stronger Practice Hub, for which we are the lead partner.
We place our IDEAL principles at the heart of all we do - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Achievement and Leadership and believe that these values ensure that everyone feels that they belong and are able to thrive and flourish.
Further information about the job
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 0 to 5
- Education phase
- Nursery
- Size
- 89 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- Not given
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- cwatts@plymbridge.net
- Phone number
- 01752 366389
Arranging a visit to Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cwatts@plymbridge.net.
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