Level 1 Teaching Assistant - EYFS

Hilltop Primary Academy, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1NB

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  5th January 2026

• Closing date

  8 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 November 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: £12,634.00 - £13,573.00 Annually (Actual) The salary advertised is based on working 19.5 hours, term time only (39 weeks per year). The FTE salary is £27,337 - £29,370 per annum.

Level 1 Teaching Assistant - EYFS job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic Level 1 Teaching Assistant to join our team. We need someone to work with children across our Early Years Unit (Nursery and Reception), and we need ambitious and driven candidates with a passion for helping children learn effectively. Everyone who visits our academies comments on the calm atmosphere, the enthusiasm our children have for learning and the great sense of team amongst staff and children alike. In our Trust we value every individual and put our children at the heart of everything we do.

The working hours are Monday - Wednesday, from 8.30am - 3.30pm; this position is fixed term until 31 August 2026.

What we can offer you:

• A culture of trust, where all contributions are recognised and respected
• A skilled senior leadership team with a strong ethos of mutual support and challenge
• Children who engage well and want to learn
• An embedded whole trust commitment to professional development
• A skilled and experienced central service team who proactively support our academies, enabling educationalists to focus on our core purpose - teaching and learning
• A real commitment to work-life balance - we remember we are human beings first and educators second
• Great Trust benefits including: free parking, company paid healthcare, travel discounts and excellent training and development opportunities

For further details of this position, please see the attached job description.

Visits to the Academy are actively encouraged! Please get in touch to arrange a visit.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Hilltop Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 125 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashbourne-hilltop-primary-and-nursery-school-ashbourne

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