Teaching Assistant (EYFS)

Northgate Primary School, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1BP

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February 2026

• Closing date

  12 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,774.00 Annually (Actual) Salary scale D5, FTE £25,583

Teaching Assistant (EYFS) job summary

At Northgate Nursery and Primary School our vision is for children to be proud of themselves and strive to be the best that they can; to feel understood and supported to achieve success; to be safe and happy; to learn the skills to give them confidence to face the future; to know how to behave well; to be treated equally and to feel important within their school, family and the wider community.

We are looking to appoint an excellent, enthusiastic and highly motivated EYFS Teaching Assistant to join our friendly Nursery team.

This post is 30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Our ideal applicant will: 

• Have experience in Early Years

• Be an excellent practitioner, able to make learning enjoyable 

• Be able to meet the needs of children with a variety of Special Educational Needs under the direction of a teacher or HLTA

• Be able to form positive relationships with children, staff and parents 

• Have high expectations of behaviour, effort and attitude and the necessary strategies to promote these qualities 

• Have recent experience of working in a primary school, knowledge of the National Curriculum and the standards required by the new assessment framework 

• Enjoy working as part of a team 

We offer: 

• A friendly school with a supportive staff team and well-behaved children who are ready to learn 

• A pleasant working environment

• A leadership team open to new ideas that lead to enriched learning

• Excellent opportunities for CPD.

Kingfisher Schools Trust offers a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development

• Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College

• Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution

• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice

• Shopping and leisure discounts

• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme

• Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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 Northgate Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northgate Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northgate-primary-school-nr30-1bp

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