Nursery Teaching Assistant

Wistaston Church Lane Academy, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8EZ

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2026

• Closing date

  24 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  16 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,186.00 Annually (FTE) £16,624 actual Salary

Nursery Teaching Assistant job summary

About the role

The Learning Partnership along with the leadership team at Wistaston Church Lane, wish to appoint a Nursery Assistant to work in our nursery class. We are looking for someone who has a good understanding of the Early Years Framework, is passionate about play based learning and who can form warm positive relationships with children, parents and colleagues. This role will also include working in our After School Club to help support the nursery children who attend each day.

Previous experience working with young children is required as is a childcare/early years/education qualification at level 2 or higher. Please see person specification for a list of acceptable qualifications.

Working hours: 28.75 hours per week, term time only.

Monday to Friday 11.45am -5.30pm.

Salary: Grade 3 SCP3, FTE - £24,796 (pro-rata per annum with hours as employed).

Actual Pay: £16,624

Closing Date: Thursday 23rd April 2026

Interviews: TBC

To learn more about the role please contact Jackie Hulme at officemanager@wistaston.cheshire.sch.uk or on 01270663619

You can also learn more about the school on http://www.wclacademy.co.uk/

The Learning Partnership Trust values are ambition, inclusion and opportunity.

Staff benefits including:

• Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets
• Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme
• Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral
• Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities

As part of our commitment to employee development, all internal applicants will be offered a priority interview.

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The Learning Partnership 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 checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and working towards menopause friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

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 Wistaston Church Lane Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 432 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wistaston Church Lane Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wistaston-church-lane-academy

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