Teaching Assistant (Early Years)
The Mead Community Primary School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 7GN2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
12 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 February 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
- £24,404.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Depending on skills and experience. Please note salary will be pro-rated.
Teaching Assistant (Early Years) job summary
We have a vacancy at The Mead Primary School in Trowbridge for a Nursery Teaching Assistant. The successful candidates will join a friendly team whose vision for children’s individual needs is at the heart of school life – every child matters. The Nursery cares for 3-4 year olds, and accepts Universal and Extended funding. The school provides breakfast and after school clubs for all children, including those in the Nursery and Early Years Foundation Stage.
Our Nursery practitioners are highly professional, experienced, and committed. The successful candidates will become key members of this close-knit team and contribute to the life of the whole school. The role will involve:
Our Nursery practitioners are highly professional, experienced, and committed. The successful candidates will become key members of this close-knit team and contribute to the life of the whole school. The role will involve:
Working with groups of individuals within all curricular areas under the direction of the Nursery Lead, to develop the physical, intellectual, emotional and social skills of the children
Assisting with learning activities to develop children’s knowledge through support and encouragement
Providing opportunities for children to work towards the Learning Outcomes
Preparing activities, ensuring that appropriate materials/equipment are available, and assisting in clearing away afterwards
Supporting the preparation and adaptation of teaching aids, games, and worksheets as directed
Meeting children’s pastoral needs for praise, comfort, encouragement, reassurance and care
Taking responsibility for the welfare and hygiene of children, including changing and cleaning
You might have a qualification in childcare or Teaching and Learning, or worked as a childminder, or be looking for a complete career change. Our staff come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and we embrace and actively welcome people from all walks of life. We understand and embrace the vast knowledge and skills that come from a range of sectors. No matter your background, you will need to be:
Experienced in working with children of the relevant age range
Able to support all children with their learning and development
Happy to work in a team, as well as being able to use your own initiative
You will need to have the following skills to be really effective in this role:
Level 2 qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning (essential)
Level 3 qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning (desirable)
Trained in First Aid, or willing to undertake training
The ability to communicate well with children and adults alike
This role will involve contact with children and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed. We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.
This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures and all interviews, regardless of role, will include questions about approaches to safeguarding. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available on our website and follows all guidance in the most recent Keeping Children Safe in Education.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
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.
About The Mead Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 519 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Mead Community Primary School website
The Mead is a happy, vibrant place where children are enabled to dream, strive, achieve and celebrate. It is situated across two sites on the outskirts of Trowbridge; a larger site with 14 classes and a Nursery in Hilperton, and a smaller setting with four classes (including a pre-school provision) in Wingfield village. There are extensive grounds on both sites, which include wildlife areas, trim (agility) trail, pond, fruit and vegetable gardens. These are used extensively to enhance approaches to teaching and learning.
The friendly, energetic and professional staff work together to establish a happy, popular school community. They take pride in offering a rich and vibrant curriculum with specialist teachers in music and PE, as well as early language learning for all years.
The career progression for staff is well-recognised, supporting initial teacher training through to roles at a leadership level.
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