11 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    10 July 2026 at 8am

  • Date listed

    29 June 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time: 25 hours per week, term time only 7.45am-12.45pm (Monday-Friday)

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

£ 28,070 pro rata

Pay scale

Scale 5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Your chance to join our wonderful Early Years team at Chelwood Nursery School.

Do you like:

  • playing outdoors
  • getting messy and muddy
  • building dens
  • sharing stories
  • digging in the sand
  • generally having fun interacting with children aged 2-4

then Chelwood is the place for you!

At Chelwood we believe that children come first. We are at the heart of our local community, offering outstanding early years education with a focus on the outdoors. We are looking for an enthusiastic and well organised person to lead our Breakfast Club and then to work across the nursery in the mornings. You will be a part of our friendly, supportive and welcoming team.

Are you?

  • Level 3 qualified for the EYFS? Check your Level 3 qualification on the Government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-qualifications-list-uk-only
  • Interested in providing a caring and nurturing environment for nursery children in our extended day provision
  • Keen to be part of our wonderful Chelwood Nursery School team?



What the school offers its staff

We are a very friendly and supportive staff team.


We subscribe to an employee assistance programme which is free and confidential. You can receive support and advice on numerous things.

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.

Are you:

  • committed to providing high quality, inclusive Early Years Education?
  • dedicated to promoting children’s learning through play?
  • interested in working with children with SEND?
  • keen to work flexibly in a team to meet children’s wide-ranging needs?
  • motivated to develop professionally?

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Chelwood Nursery School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 5
Education phase
Nursery
School size
139 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 5
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
02076392514

Our Core Values

*Children come first
*Start with the developmental needs of the child
*Listen and respond to the many unique voices of each child
*Nurture the family to nurture the child
*Value play inside and in the ‘open air’
*Value and celebrate every individual
*Research-led early childhood practice
*Work in partnership to develop ourselves and others
*Develop confident, caring, independent children
*Challenge inequality, promote social mobility and safeguard the vulnerable.

In doing this we aim to:
*Provide an education of excellent quality, which raises the level of achievement in all children in our school within a happy, welcoming, relaxed and stimulating atmosphere.
*Create a learning environment which encourages a high degree of independence and autonomy in all the children, so that they can organise their own time and take responsibility for their own learning.
*Ensure a broad and balanced curriculum which focuses on developing the whole child and incorporates meeting the physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, linguistic, cultural and cognitive needs of each individual child.
*Value, respect and celebrate the rich mix of social and cultural backgrounds from which our children come and ensure that all the staff rigorously implement Lewisham’s Equality Policies regarding race, gender, religion, sexuality, disability, class and special educational needs.
*Enable equality of access to the curriculum for all our children with opportunities to make good progress in their development and learning.
*Work closely together with parents and carers in order to form a true working partnership, and thus share the important developments in these crucial early years of education.
*Support and encourage parents and carers in taking a full and active role in their children’s learning and in all aspects of school life. Strengthening home/school links and consolidating our ethos of partnership in order to raise achievement in all our children.

Arranging a visit to Chelwood Nursery School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@chelwood.lewisham.sch.uk.

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