Teaching and Learning Assistant

Aldercar Infant School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 4GL

23 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  18 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,248.00 - £28,161.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching and Learning Assistant job summary

Teaching and Learning Assistant - 12 hours per week (afternoons)

Aldercar Infant and Nursery School is a friendly and welcoming school with happy and engaged children who love to learn. Our staff team are dedicated and passionate, with a sense of fun and commitment to every child. At Aldercar ‘the children are the stars’.

We also have an Enhanced Resource Facility for deaf and hearing impaired children, and are passionate about inclusion for all.

Our Governors and pupils are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and caring Teaching and Learning Assistant to join our happy and successful school. The position is for 12 hours per week (term-time only), afternoons Tuesday - Friday on a fixed term contract to 31.12.25 to cover maternity leave.

We are looking for an individual who:

• Shares the school's commitment to achieving the highest possible standards for all our children.
• Contributes to an empowering and inspiring learning environment.
• Has an understanding and awareness of the needs of children with additional needs, including behavioural needs and/or deaf and hearing impaired individuals.
• Works well in a team, can establish good relationships with children and staff and are willing to fully participate in the Aldercar learning family.

The candidate will have a minimum NVQ Level 2 qualification.

We are proud to be part of The Embark Federation (Multi Academy Trust) and as part of the trust, we share the core beliefs of: Family, Integrity, Teamwork and Success.

Interested candidates are invited to look around the school, please contact the school office on 01773 713428 to arrange a visit.

Please note: Shortlisting will take place the day after the closing date. If selected for interview you will be contacted by phone or email by the end of the day on 18.07.25

Provisional Interview Date: Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and the information provided.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Aldercar Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 186 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aldercar Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aldercar-infant-school

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