Teaching Assistant (Early Years)

Icknield Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2JB

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,305.13 - £27,763.64 Annually (Actual) TA4 Level 6

Teaching Assistant (Early Years) job summary

Full -Time Teaching Assistant (Early Years)

(TA4 Level 6 - 32.5 hours)

Fixed Term until July 2026 - with the possibility of extension on contract

NJC Level 6a which equates to £25,305.13 - £27,763.64 approx actual salary per annum

You MUST have a NNEB or BTEC or NVQ level 3 in childcare or equivalent qualification for this role.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Teaching Assistant to support children in EYFS at our school.

You must be able to support children across our three Reception classes, including covering teachers PPA time. Liaison and building relationships with families is also a key part of this role. You will attend to personal needs and implement related personal programmes, including hygiene, physical, first aid and medical matters. The school has an intimate care policy which fully supports staff who care for children at our school. The ability to use your own initiative both working alone and as part of a friendly team is vital. The successful candidate will be supported with appropriate continuous professional development.

You must have fluent spoken and written English for this role.

If you are interested in this position, please read the job description and person specification and complete the application form fully.

Please contact Mrs Bates, Head of Early Years or Senior Leadership Team, with any questions and to arrange a tour of the school on (01582) 534000.

The School is dedicated to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and expects all staff members to uphold this commitment. All applicants must be prepared to undergo child protection screening relevant to the position, which includes background checks with previous employers and the Criminal Records Bureau. Those who were born or have lived outside the UK may need to acquire additional overseas checks, which will be the responsibility of the candidate.

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 Icknield Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 599 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Icknield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/icknield-primary-school-luton

Our Vision…
Confident, motivated and resilient learners who flourish into well-educated citizens.

Our Ethos…
As a school family, we strive to ensure that we care, co-operate
and communicate our ethos with all children and adults.
This provides the excellent foundation on which our school is built
and the guide for our development.

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