Harrow Gate - Teaching Assistant (Level 3) Nursery

The Enquire Learning Trust; Wakefield Regional Council; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive academy

Early Years team

Professional development opportunities

Supportive environment

Job summary

Harrow Gate Primary Academy is seeking an enthusiastic Level 3 Nursery Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated Early Years team. You will help provide high-quality care and education in a safe, welcoming environment, supporting children’s learning through planned activities and responsive interactions.

Working alongside the EYFS Lead and staff, you will observe and assess progress, support communication and language development, and provide targeted support for children with additional needs.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting learning in Nursery/Reception.
• Secure knowledge of the Early Years curriculum.
• Ability to use observations to respond to children’s needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment for children.
• Plan and deliver purposeful play and learning activities for individuals and small groups.
• Promote communication, language and vocabulary development.
• Contribute to observations, assessments and planning of progress.
• Provide targeted support for children with additional needs.
• Work closely with parents, carers and external professionals.
• Maintain high standards of supervision, health, safety and safeguarding.

Skills

Nursery experience

EYFS knowledge

Observations & assessment

Communication with parents

Safeguarding

Calm & reliable

Education

Level 3 Nursery Practitioner

Job description

Harrow Gate - Teaching Assistant (Level 3) Nursery

Closing date for applications: 19 October 2026, 12.00pm

Interview Date: 21 October 2026

Reference Number: ELTSEP2635

Job Title: Level 3 Nursery Teaching Assistant

Salary Range: NJC 10 – 12

Hours of work: 39.5 hours per week / Term time only plus 5 training days

Closing Date: 19 October 2026

Interviews: 21October 2026

Start date: As soon as possible

Harrow Gate Primary Academy is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, nurturing and skilled Level 3 Nursery Practitioner to join our dedicated Early Years team.

Our academy’s mission is to raise the achievement and aspirations of every child. We value the unique contribution that every child brings and work hard to provide a happy, harmonious and inclusive environment in which children can learn, develop and flourish. Positive relationships are central to our ethos. We believe that relationships built on trust, kindness, safety and security support children’s wellbeing, development and educational success.

Working alongside the EYFS Lead, teachers and other practitioners, you will help provide high-quality care and education within a safe, welcoming and stimulating Early Years environment.

You will support children’s learning and development through carefully planned activities, observations, assessments and responsive interactions. You will work with individual children and small groups, promote communication and language development and provide targeted support for children with a range of additional needs.

Our Early Years provision places communication, language and strong relationships at its heart. Children’s needs are identified early so that appropriate teaching, intervention and support can be provided before gaps widen.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience of supporting children’s learning in Nursery or Reception.
• Has secure knowledge of child development and the Early Years curriculum.
• Understands how to support children’s prime areas of learning.
• Can support children’s early communication, reading, writing and mathematical development.
• Can establish warm, trusting and secure relationships with children.
• Has high expectations for every child, including children with SEND and those facing barriers to learning.
• Can use observations and assessments to respond to children’s individual needs.
• Communicates positively and professionally with parents, carers, colleagues and external professionals.
• Is calm, flexible, reliable and able to use initiative.
• Understands the importance of safeguarding, confidentiality and professional conduct

Experience of supporting children with SEND, including communication and interaction needs, speech and language difficulties, SEMH needs, sensory needs or physical difficulties, would be particularly welcomed.

The successful candidate will:

• Provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment in which children feel secure and valued.
• Encourage children’s curiosity, independence, confidence and enjoyment of learning.
• Plan and deliver purposeful play and learning activities for individuals and small groups.
• Promote children’s communication, language and vocabulary throughout the provision.
• Contribute to observations, assessments, planning and reviews of children’s progress.
• Provide targeted support and interventions for children with additional needs.
• Work closely with parents, carers and external professionals.
• Support children’s personal care, eating and toileting needs sensitively and respectfully.
• Promote positive behaviour through consistent routines, secure relationships and appropriate support.
• Maintain high standards of supervision, health, safety and safeguarding.
• Contribute positively to the wider life of the academy.

What we can offer

• A caring, inclusive and relationship-centred academy.
• A welcoming and committed Early Years team.
• Staff whose individual strengths and contributions are recognised and celebrated.
• An academy culture built around high expectations, kindness, trust and teamwork.
• Opportunities for professional development and collaboration.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference during the most important early stages of children’s development.

Visits and applications

Visits to our academy are warmly welcomed and encouraged. They provide an opportunity to meet our team, see our Early Years provision and experience the distinctive ethos of Harrow Gate Primary Academy.

Visits can be arranged by contacting the school office on 01642 673984.

The academy is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.