Nursery Teaching Assistant

Eastfield Academy, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 2RJ

36 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 September 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: £24,796.00 Annually (Actual) NJC 3, £24,796 FTE per annum, pro rata £18,640.77 - Fixed term until 31st August 2026

Nursery Teaching Assistant job summary

🌼 Join Our Caring Nursery Family - Nursery Teaching Assistant Wanted 🌼

Are you someone who brings warmth, creativity, and a genuine love for working with young children? Do you believe in nurturing each child’s individuality through a holistic approach to learning? If so, we’d love to welcome you into our nursery team!

We’re looking for a Nursery Teaching Assistant who is as passionate as we are about helping little ones grow, explore, and shine. This is more than just a job - it’s an opportunity to be a trusted adult, a joyful companion, and an inspiring guide during the most magical years of a child’s life.

What you will be doing-

Creating and supporting engaging, hands-on activities that spark imagination and curiosity

Helping children explore the world around them, using the 7 areas of the EYFS as a strong foundation

Being a consistent source of comfort, care, and security - someone children can rely on

Supporting the emotional, social, and developmental needs of every child in your care

Building warm, supportive relationships with families and keeping them closely involved in their child’s journey

Working as part of a close-knit, passionate team who believe in the power of early years education

Encouraging each child’s individuality while nurturing kindness, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning

This is a part time 32.5 hours role/ 38 weeks per year/ fixed term until 31st August 2026

About our Academy

The needs of our children are always paramount in the decision making within our school. We strongly believe in providing our children with exciting, creative and meaningful learning experiences, which build their enthusiasm for learning and help them to grow and develop positively in a variety of ways. As part of the David Ross Education Trust, we offer a wide range of enrichment opportunities, including a wealth of music, art and sporting experiences. These experiences encourage our children to be confident, well-rounded and motivated.

Our Trust values form the foundations of our approach to learning. These values are:

ASPIRATION - We aim high and believe we can all achieve the best

AMBITION - We are the best we can be

COURAGE - Nothing holds us back

RESPECT - We always lead by example

Eastfield Academy really is the heart of the community: children, families, staff, site caretakers, volunteers and everyone else that makes Eastfield such a special place. Children and families really are at the heart of everything we do and that is what makes our school so unique. It goes beyond the work that teachers do to help children learn in lessons to how everyone in the community helps develop our children into model citizens and prepares them for the world beyond school.

We are a school with a real sense of community and believe that in the HEART ethos - that as a school we Harmoniously Everyone Achieves Results Together.

Salary & Benefits

NJC 3, FTE £24,796 per annum, pro rata £18,640.77

Access to Local Government Pension Scheme

Regional networks of Trust colleagues and access to key leaders in Education

Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme

Awards and Recognition Scheme

Flexible working patterns

Benefits Platform

holiday discounts

cinema tickets

restaurant booking discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Who we are looking for

NVQ 2 for teaching assistants/ equivalent qualification or experience

Good literacy, numeracy and ICT skills relevant to role

Experience working with children in an educational setting

Professional manner with excellent communication skills

Someone with a kind heart, a patient manner, and a positive outlook

A team player with a strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

A creative thinker who’s always coming up with new ways to engage and inspire

Someone who values the importance of holistic development including a child's mind, body, and spirit

A clear communicator, who can work closely with colleagues and parents alike

You will hold a relevant Early Years qualification Level 2 minimum

About The David Ross Education Trust

The David Ross Education Trust's mission is to give every child attending one of our schools a world-class education.

We broaden the horizons of young people by inspiring students to become their confident, academic best via an education that creates academically gifted, confident, well-rounded young people in the classroom, in the workplace and in their communities.

Whatever your role you will contribute towards creating a rich and exciting learning environment that also offers our students an unrivalled package of sporting and cultural enrichment.

Our aim is to be the country’s top-performing Multi-Academy Trust (MAT). Recognised as a nationwide system leader, the Trust runs 36 schools between London and Yorkshire, ranging from small rural primaries to much larger secondary schools in urban areas. We have an all through school in London based on the Olympic Park as well as a special school in Lincolnshire which caters for pupils aged 2-19 who have a diverse range of special educational needs.

We are incredibly lucky to be able to work alongside outstanding organisations and individuals who are happy to share their expertise and skills in supporting the David Ross Foundation's vision to give children better life chances through access to the best education and support we can give them.

Apply now

To complete our on-line application form, please use the ‘apply now’ button.

Early applications are advised. We receive high numbers of applications for our roles and therefore have to close the vacancy prior to the closing date in order to review candidates' details against our job criteria before shortlisting or re-opening the vacancy.

The David Ross Education Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

It is our objective to ensure that job applicants and staff are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential. We do not discriminate against any applicants on the basis of any protected characteristics.

The David Ross Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo vetting appropriate to the post, including a social media presence check and Enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will be expected to adhere to all safeguarding, welfare and health and safety policies and procedures of the Trust.

All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education" statutory guidance.

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 Eastfield Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 213 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Eastfield Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eastfield-academy

Eastfield Academy is a warm and welcoming primary school in Northampton, offering a world-class education for children aged 2-11, with a dedicated nursery and early years provision.

At Eastfield Academy, we are continually striving to excite and motivate our pupils through a rich and inspiring curriculum. We are committed to supporting each child to reach their full academic potential, but more than that, we want to enable our pupils to experience memorable and enchanting moments that will enrich their learning.

We want our children to enjoy learning and develop an understanding of the world around them, whilst highlighting the importance of aspirations and achievement.

At our school, we set extremely high standards for our pupils where learning is a high priority. We expect them to take pride in their behaviour and their attitudes to learning and uniform. We encourage children to foster positive relationships with each other through our Academy Values, to be kind and courteous and develop lively and enquiring minds.

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