TEMPORARY EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE (EYFS) TEACHING ASSISTANT

Tornedale Infant Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN11 0NQ

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  11 November 2025

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 October 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: £474.00 - £474.00 Annually (Actual) Salary is for the period of the temporary contract

TEMPORARY EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE (EYFS) TEACHING ASSISTANT job summary

1. Supporting Learning and Development

• Assist the class teacher in planning and delivering activities aligned with the EYFS curriculum.
• Support individual and small groups of children to access learning opportunities.
• Encourage children’s independence, curiosity, and positive attitudes to learning.
• Contribute to the observation and assessment of children’s progress using the EYFS framework.
• Support children’s language, communication, and social skills development through high-quality interactions.

2. Care and Welfare

• Promote children’s personal, social, and emotional development.
• Assist with toileting, personal care, and hygiene routines as required.
• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of children at all times, following safeguarding and health & safety policies.
• Help create a calm, positive, and inclusive learning environment.

3. Classroom Organisation

• Prepare and maintain learning resources, displays, and the indoor/outdoor learning environment.
• Support the teacher with record-keeping and administrative tasks.
• Supervise children during playtimes, lunchtimes, and on educational visits as needed.

4. Partnership and Communication

• Build positive relationships with children, colleagues, and parents/carers.
• Contribute to team meetings and share observations about children’s progress.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to school policies and procedures.

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 Tornedale Infant Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 167 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tornedale Infant Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tornedale-infant-academy

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