Teaching Assistant - EYFS

Redcastle Family School, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 3PU

28 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  21 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.26-£13.47 per hour

Teaching Assistant - EYFS job summary

Tel: 01842 752239

Email: office@rfs.norfolk.sch.uk

• Salary – Scale D, £13.26 - £13.47 per hour
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 30 hours per week (M-F)
• Term Time plus 1 week

Are you passionate about making a difference to children’s lives? Redcastle Family School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, positive, child focused Teaching Assistant to support our EYFS cohorts. This is an exciting opportunity to have a significant impact on outcomes for children.

Redcastle Family School supports a thriving community within Thetford. We are a school that puts children at the heart of everything that we do, and takes pride in the reward that comes from seeing the progress that children make by delivering a quality education through a tailor made curriculum.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated and confident in providing support, and an understanding of the EYFS curriculum is desirable. We are looking for someone who is passionate about teaching and learning:

• Has high expectations;
• Encourages children to develop in all aspects of their learning, including both socially and emotionally, promoting the school’s nurturing ethos;
• Appreciates the need to work as a team to face challenges together;
• Has the ability to reflect on and develop their classroom practice;
• Has a good understanding of the EYFS curriculum.

In return we can offer you:

• A supportive working environment that is thriving;  
• A Good School (OFSTED November 2022);
• Excellent standards for behaviour and attainment;
• Enhanced systems to support teaching staff with the learning of children with SEND;
• Enthusiastic, happy and rewarding children, who are eager to learn;
• Forward thinking approaches to learning, professional development and school improvement;
• Systems and resources to monitor and support Mental health in the workplace;
• An opportunity to be innovative and creative.

Visits to the school are very much encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange prior to the closing date.

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned to – office@rfs.norfolk.sch.uk 

We will be reviewing applications as they come in, and promising candidates may be invited for interview before the closing date.

Closing date:  9 January 2026

Interview date:  TBC

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 Redcastle Family School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 269 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Redcastle Family School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/redcastle-family-school

Are you passionate about making a difference to children’s lives? Redcastle Family School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, positive, committed and ambitious individual. This is an exciting opportunity to have a significant and real impact on outcomes for children.

Redcastle Family School supports a thriving community within Thetford. We are a school that puts children at the heart of everything that we do and takes pride in the reward that comes from seeing the progress that children make by delivering a quality education through a tailor made curriculum.

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