Nursery Teaching Assistant & Playleader
Garfield Primary School, Wimbledon, SW19 8SB7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
1 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Part time: 21 hours a week, Wednesday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- 14,882
Pay scale
- ME5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Garfield Primary School is looking for a part-time Teaching Assistant & Playleader to join our happy and hardworking Early Years Team.
The role will be based in our Nursery, working with individuals or small groups of children as well as lunchtime supervision. You should be creative and caring with a commitment to quality educational provision and the ability to work in partnership with the class teacher. You should have high expectations for all children, motivating and engaging them in the learning process and be prepared to make a valuable contribution to our school with a desire to be involved in all aspects of school life.
A full and relevant Early Years Qualification & a good standard of English & Maths are essential along with enthusiasm and excellent communication skills. There will be plenty of opportunity for professional development and the chance to build a wide range of skills around support for children’s learning and their all-round development.
The role is for 3 days/week (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday for this academic year) from 8.15am-3.45pm with half an hour for lunch. The contract is term time only including INSET days (39 weeks). The actual pro-rated salary will be £14,882 (pay award pending).
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at Garfield include:
- Happy and supportive staff
- Dress down Friday
- Free on-site car parking on site
- Free children's breakfast club and after school provision if needed
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pupils who are well behaved and keen to learn
- Supportive parents, governors and PTA
Commitment to safeguarding
Garfield Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a rigorous and robust recruitment process that gathers evidence about a candidate’s suitability to work with children and have proactive safeguarding procedures in place. The successful candidate will require a full DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check to be performed. Garfield Primary School is an equal opportunities employer. Only applications submitted on the official application form will be considered so CVs will not be accepted
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to sarah.parker@garfield.merton.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Garfield Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 301 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Garfield Primary School website
- Email address
- sarah.parker@garfield.merton.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 540 1053
Garfield Primary is a successful, vibrant school, close to Wimbledon and Haydon’s Road transport links. We have a fantastic school environment with colourful, inspiring interior spaces and lovely surroundings. Our children enter through a park through which flows the River Wandle which is used for P.E. and nature studies. We are all extremely proud of our school’s ethos and mission statement. Our Core Values of Friendship, Respect & Excellence permeate through all that we do. We take pride in being a multi-cultural community. Visitors to our school always comment on our calm and purposeful atmosphere. Garfield is a place where children embrace challenge and flourish in achievement. Our curriculum ensures that pupils receive an exciting and motivational education, which encourages them to always aspire to be the best that they can be.
Arranging a visit to Garfield Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sarah.parker@garfield.merton.sch.uk.
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