PRE-SCHOOL TEACHING ASSISTANT

Wood End Infant & Pre-School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 6BB

9 days remaining to apply

Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
13 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 November 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £25,992.00 - £27,269.00 Annually (FTE)

PRE-SCHOOL TEACHING ASSISTANT job summary

PRESCHOOL TEACHING ASSISTANT REQUIRED

A vacancy has arisen for a Preschool Teaching Assistant to work in our 2 year old provision commencing January 2025

Fixed Term until 31st August 2024 (possibility of permanent after this)

Salary: £25,992 FTE Pay Range: D1 (£19,355 Actual)

31.75 hours per week, 8.30 – 3.15 (3.45 on meeting days) 39 weeks per year.

We would like to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated and flexible person to join our friendly team working as a key person in our Pre-School.

Wood End has gone through an exciting change, which saw us open our own Preschool in January 2019, this role will involve working alongside existing school and Pre-School staff and children in our 2 year old setting as we continue to develop our early years setting offering high quality provision from 2-5 years. The successful candidate would have the opportunity to support the continued growth and development of the Preschool, which has gone from strength to strength since opening. Previous relevant experience in a preschool or Nursery setting is essential.

Wood End is a school that offers an exciting learning environment with a strong ethos of teamwork. We welcome applications from candidates with a love of children, a knowledge and understanding of their development and a commitment to creative child centred learning. We are currently implementing in the moment planning and are excited about this new change to our setting. A qualification in childcare is essential.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. All applicants will be subject to a DBS check.

You are welcome to visit the school before making the application, please phone school office to arrange this. Closing date for applications is 12 pm Thursday 12th December 2024.

Interviews will be held 16th/17th December 2024.

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.