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Teaching Assistant/Nursery Nurse

Carr Infant School, York, North Yorkshire, YO26 5QA

20 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time: 30 hours a week - term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Level 2 Grade 4

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Carr Infants, we are proud to be one of only two infant schools in York, offering a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the educational foundation of young learners. We create an environment that nurtures individuality, encouraging pupils to progress as quick as possible, but as slow as necessary. With most of the planning taken care of, our staff can focus on what truly matters—delivering engaging lessons and forming meaningful connections with students. We also keep meetings to a minimum, respecting your time and promoting a healthy work-life balance. At Carr Infants, you’ll be part of a small, dedicated team that plays a vital role in shaping the educational journey of every child, in a school that truly values the importance of early childhood education.

Carr Infant School is on an exciting journey of improvement under the leadership of our new headteacher who joined us in April 2024. With a clear vision for the future, we are focused on unlocking the school’s full potential and ensuring the very best outcomes for our children.

We are looking for someone who shares our ambition and is eager to be part of this transformation. At Carr Infants, we pride ourselves on having a consistent and structured way of working that not only provides teachers with clarity in their role but also helps to reduce workload, allowing you to focus on what truly matters—teaching and inspiring our children.

We are looking for a strong practitioner with excellent behaviour management skills to work within our EYFS team.

What the school offers its staff

Carr Infant School’s ethos is built around confidence, communication, and creativity. We encourage staff and pupils alike to embrace challenges with self-assurance, collaborate effectively, and problem solve with our school frameworks. These values are at the heart of everything we do, shaping a nurturing and inspiring environment for both learning and teaching.

We prioritise staff wellbeing by ensuring that teacher planning and resourcing is already provided to help you focus on meeting the individual needs of your children. This approach allows our teachers to maintain a healthy work-life balance while delivering high-quality, tailored education to our pupils.

At Carr Infant School, our children are at the heart of what makes our school a truly rewarding place to work. While our school is not without its challenges, our children are a wonderful and inspiring group to work with, bringing joy, curiosity, and unique opportunities for personal and professional growth to every day.

Visits or video calls with the headteacher arestrongly recommended.

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.

Please complete an application with a supporting statement of no more than 500 words based on the bullet points in 'Section 9 - Knowledge and Skills' of the job description.

Commitment to safeguarding

This post is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

North Yorkshire Council advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of
third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent processes

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Carr Infant School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 211 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Carr Infant School website
• Email address: carrinfants.school@york.gov.uk
• Phone number: 01904 565140
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/carr-infant-school

Carr Infants and Nursery School is a friendly, welcoming, child-centred, forward-thinking school. The school is located within the Acomb, a residential area in the North-western suburbs of York. It is right in the heart of the community, with good transport links into the centre of Acomb and York itself. It is a 10 -15-minute walk from Front Street, the location of shops, cafes, the local supermarket, and the Library within Acomb. The school has many bus stops within walking distance that provide access to regular routes for the 2.5 mile journey into York City Centre.

We provide a safe and purposeful environment, within which each pupil is valued and motivated to strive for excellence. At Carr Infants and Nursery School we see the diversity in our community as a strength of the school and we aim to ensure that every pupil is challenged and supported to achieve.

Arranging a visit to Carr Infant School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email carrinfants.school@york.gov.uk.

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