Pre-school Assistant
Willingham Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5LE18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
22 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
4 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,635.00 - £20,262.00 Annually (Actual) Term Time only
Pre-school Assistant job summary
Post: Temporary Pre-school Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Hours: 34.5 hours per week - Mon/Tues/Wed 8.30 to 3.30pm, Thurs/Fri 9.00 -5.00pm
Start Date: 1 year fixed term contract starting September 2026
Salary: Level 2 (point 4-5) £25,185 to £25,583 fte. (actual pro-rata salary £19,635 -£19,946)
Level 3 (point 5-6) £25,583 to £25,989 fte. (actual pro-rata salary £19,946 -£20,262)
Honeypot Pre-School is a happy, friendly and thriving pre-school run by Willingham Primary School. We provide term time childcare sessions for children from the age of 2 to 4 years in a lovely purpose-built premise in the grounds of the school.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, caring and motivated with a Level 2 or 3 Qualification in Early Years, who is able to demonstrate:
- A passion for helping to deliver top quality care focused on each individual child
- Confidence with the Early Years Framework, implementing plans, undertaking planned activities and observations of children and peers
- An ability to work as part of a small staff team
- A track record of working in an educational or nursery environment
- Keyworker experience
- Good communication and inter-personal skills
Benefits of working for us include:
- On-going staff training and opportunities for professional development
- Wonderful children who want to learn
- A friendly and supportive staff team
- Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 1 Wellbeing Day off a year
- Government Pension Scheme.
- Use of wrap around childcare provision.
Willingham Primary School and Honeypot Pre-school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check and a disqualification declaration are required for this post.
In line with guidance from the Safer Recruitment Consortium, an online search will be completed for shortlisted candidates.
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 Willingham Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 341 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Willingham Primary School website
At Willingham Primary School, we have created a welcoming atmosphere where all are respected, valued and we work hard to get better every day, from whatever our starting point.
Whether it’s in the way that the staff deliver their lessons; the content that is being taught; the attitudes of children with each other and towards their learning; or the effort that they put into their work, the expectation is that we improve together. We work so that each day builds upon the last and leads towards the next.
We offer teaching, founded in sound principles of cognitive psychology, to support each child to achieve their potential within a happy, friendly, caring community. We are committed to working towards providing children with an aspirational, knowledge-rich curriculum and to provide equality of opportunity, which will allow equitable success.
The discipline that we engender, in and out of the classroom, is evident in all areas of school-life and we support the children to become the best versions of themselves. We aim to foster strong relationships with parents and the wider village. We see ourselves as a cohesive part of the community and endeavour to make the community proud of us.
Willingham Primary School (WPS) is at the heart of the community. We are a medium sized school with currently 351 children on roll. Our purpose-built school includes classrooms, two halls, a library area, ICT suite, sensory room, on-site catering, and staffroom. Our spacious grounds include playgrounds, a playing field, wild-life area with pond, quiet outdoor learning spaces, and an outdoor swimming pool. We also have our own pre-school on site – Honeypot Pre-School.
Willingham Primary School is a Local Authority controlled, community school.
Our Mission Statement:
The WPS mission is "to provide pupils with the knowledge, experiences and confidence they need to excel at secondary school and so that they can make the choices, now and in the future, to have a happy, fulfilling life."
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