Nursery Teaching Assistant

Wygate Park Academy, Spalding, PE11 3WT

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  17 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £21,904.90 - £22,958.49 Annually (Actual)

Nursery Teaching Assistant job summary

“All Different, Everyone Welcome”.

“Aim higher, Achieve high”

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time, temporary Nursery Teaching Assistant to join our happy, dynamic and ambitious team!

We are a heavily over subscribed school, serving the heart of the South Holland Community with highly motivated staff and children.

If you are fully committed to seeking the best outcomes for all children, see challenge as an opportunity and have a good sense of humour - then we could be the place for you!

We have a passion for reading at the heart of our curriculum, and with our superb outdoor EYFS learning environment and our recently opened and popular Nursery - there is not a better time to come and join the Wygate Park family.

Don’t just believe what you read - come and visit us to find out more and what we can offer you.

Benefits:

• Generous pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, including access to counselling, 24/7 GP service and wellbeing services
• 2 Wellbeing Days per academic year
• Employee Benefits Platform including hundreds of discounts on many highstreet retailers and financial wellbeing hub
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Essential criteria:

• English and Maths GCSE, Grade C/4 or equivalent
• Level 2 Diploma in Early Years Education or Childcare

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advert

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 Wygate Park Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 272 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wygate Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wygate-park-academy

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