Teaching Assistant/PlayLeader - Nursery
Garfield Primary School, Wimbledon, SW19 8SB14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: The role is 5 days/week but part-time work will be considered. If part-time, the candidate must be able to work a minimum of 3 days and these must be on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. The hours are from 8.15am-3.45pm with half an hour for lunch.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31/07/2026
Full-time equivalent salary
- 29,436
Actual salary
- 25,599
Pay scale
- ME5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Garfield Primary School is looking for a Teaching Assistant & Playleader to join our happy and hardworking Early Years Team. The role will initially be a fixed term contract until 31/7/26 with the potential to become permanent.
The role will be primarily based in our Nursery, working with individuals or small groups of children as well as lunchtime supervision. You should be creative and caring with a commitment to quality educational provision and the ability to work in partnership with the class teacher. You should have high expectations for all children, motivating and engaging them in the learning process and be prepared to make a valuable contribution to our school with a desire to be involved in all aspects of school life.
A full and relevant Early Years Qualification & a good standard of English & Maths are essential along with enthusiasm and excellent communication skills. There will be plenty of opportunity for professional development and the chance to build a wide range of skills around support for children’s learning and their all-round development. The Teaching Assistant/Playleader may be required to provide personal care, which can include supporting them with toileting, feeding, and hygiene, as well as providing comfort when they are upset or unwell. Candidates should have/ be willing to complete, a Paediatric first aid certificate
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at Garfield include:
- happy and supportive staff
- dress down Friday
- free on-site car parking on site
- free children's breakfast club and after school provision if needed
- pupils who are well behaved and keen to learn
- supportive parents, governors and PTA
- local government pension scheme
- employee assistance programme
- continuous professional development
Flexible working opportunities
Part-time work will be considered. If part-time, the candidate must be able to work a minimum of 3 days and these must be on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 8.15am-3.45pm each day.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Garfield Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a rigorous and robust recruitment process that gathers evidence about a candidate’s suitability to work with children and have proactive safeguarding procedures in place. The successful candidate will require a full DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check to be performed. Garfield Primary School is an equal opportunities employer. Only applications submitted on the official application form will be considered so CVs will not be accepted
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Garfield Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 300 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Garfield Primary School website
- Email address
- school@garfield.merton.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 540 1053
Garfield Primary is a successful, vibrant school, close to Wimbledon and Haydon’s Road transport links. We have a fantastic school environment with colourful, inspiring interior spaces and lovely surroundings. Our children enter through a park through which flows the River Wandle which is used for P.E. and nature studies. We are all extremely proud of our school’s ethos and mission statement. Our Core Values of Friendship, Respect & Excellence permeate through all that we do. We take pride in being a multi-cultural community. Visitors to our school always comment on our calm and purposeful atmosphere. Garfield is a place where children embrace challenge and flourish in achievement. Our curriculum ensures that pupils receive an exciting and motivational education, which encourages them to always aspire to be the best that they can be.
Arranging a visit to Garfield Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email school@garfield.merton.sch.uk.
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