Teaching Assistant

Brixington Primary Academy, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 4JQ

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 FTE

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for an warm, caring enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated individual to work alongside the Nursery Practitioner.

 The role will require you to:

• provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children in the setting. 
• work as part of a team, alongside the EYFS teacher, in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn. 
• build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met

First Federation Trust require all applicants to be eligible to work in the UK with no restrictions, as we are unable to offer sponsorship/work visas. You will be required to provide proof of Right to Work at interview stage.

All shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search. Applications supported by recruitment agencies will not be considered.

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 Brixington Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 338 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brixington Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brixington-primary-academy

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