Teaching Assistant (Early Years)

Jerry Clay Academy, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0NP

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Role As an EYFS Teaching Assistant, you will:

• Support high-quality teaching and learning in our Early Years setting.
• Nurture children’s curiosity, creativity, and independence.
• Work closely with teachers and colleagues to provide the best start for every child’s educational journey.

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer

• A warm, supportive, and inclusive school environment.
• A culture that invests in staff development and progression.
• The chance to work within a forward-thinking Trust where collaboration and innovation are celebrated.

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

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Jerry Clay Academy- Teaching Assistant EYFS.pdf - 234 KB (opens in new tab)

TA Job Description.pdf - 197 KB (opens in new tab)

About Jerry Clay Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 212 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Jerry Clay Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@amat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/jerry-clay-academy

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