Nursery Assistant
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3DT15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
13 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
27 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale C: £13,480 to £13,691 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£24,796 - £25,185 full time/full year equivalent)
Nursery Assistant job summary
Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale C: £13,480 to £13,691 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£24,796 - £25,185 full time/full year equivalent)
Part Time: 23 hours per week / 3 days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Working Weeks: 39 weeks
Start Date: October 2025
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy is seeking to appoint a dedicated, caring and ambitious Nursery Assistants who is able to support in making sure that our children are safe, happy and stimulated. We are searching for candidates who can also encourage children’s development, create a friendly and purposeful environment and has a minimum level 3 childcare qualification. This is a great opportunity to work alongside an early years team that shares your passion.
Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and Job Description, for more details about the role. We ask that you read this pack carefully, especially the “Planning your application” section from page 11. This will support your application ensuring you have the opportunity to tell us about your relevant skills, experience and qualifications that relate to the job description and person specification in addition to details of your references covering the last 5 years.
The main responsibilities will be:
- To work as part of a team in providing excellent quality childcare and early learning experiences for children, ensuring that the service we offer meets the needs of children and their families
- To participate in and keep all evidence of planning, tracking and learning outcomes
- To communicate sensitively and professionally with families and children at all times
The ideal candidates will have:
- Relevant Level 3 childcare qualifications
- Experience of working in a nursery or pre school setting
- Sound understanding of and ability to plan and implement the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy is an Ofsted 'Good' school in the heart of Great Yarmouth. The school is proud to serve an immensely diverse community and are committed to continuing to raise educational standards ensuring children develop academically and socially by delivering a knowledge rich curriculum from a team who are passionate about pedagogical understanding with English and Maths at the heart of our learning.
The school also provides an extensive wider curriculum ensuring children have the knowledge, skills, and cultural capital to progress in their school career and into adult life ensuring lifelong passions and enthusiasm for children which will support their education and wellbeing. The academy has developed the foundations of a community hub within school, which will ensure children from birth - 11 years as well as parents are able to access support and develop relationships with educational professionals.
We are part of the Inspiration Trust, twice ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believe in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. We have strong networks across the Trust, with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities for our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.
The Inspiration Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, committed to delivering the very best educational experience for the young people of Norfolk and Suffolk, across 17 schools. We are ambitious for our schools and communities and want to create Britain’s highest performing federation of 3-19 schools and transform education in the East. Inspiration Trust specialises in transforming schools in disadvantaged areas and taking academies from failing to outstanding.
For information on what it is like to live and work in Great Yarmouth, click here. Great Yarmouth Primary Academy was last inspected by Ofsted in June 2021, with the report rating the school as Good. The report praises the academy, stating that "pupils at Great Yarmouth Primary Academy are polite, respectful and proud to come to school" and that "pupils spoken to feel safe in school."
When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.
We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.
The Trust also offers:
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
- Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers
- Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
- Free Parking (on most sites)
*Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation
If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact Sophia Ballard, PA to Principal (SophiaBallard@inspirationtrust.org).
To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Thursday 13th November 2025
Interview date: Thursday 20th November 2025
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.
When you start your application, you will receive several emails from our application provider, Vacancy Filler. Please be aware that some email providers may mistakenly mark these messages as spam. To avoid missing important updates, we recommend checking your spam or junk folders regularly throughout the application process and marking these emails as safe.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Great Yarmouth Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 420 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Great Yarmouth Primary Academy website
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy is a 4-11 primary school, serving this busy and diverse Norfolk coastal community. We encourage our pupils to think big and aim for the highest results and greatest success at school and beyond.
We are part of the Inspiration Trust, a close-knit family of schools in East Anglia, and work closely with our sister primary and secondary schools in the town.
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