EYFS Teaching Assistant - Langley Green Primary School

EMEA3 Recruitment; Crawley; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Langley Green Primary School and West Sussex County Council in West Sussex is seeking an EYFS Teaching Assistant to work within our Nursery or Reception classes. The role is term-time only, 35 hours per week, 8:15am to 3:45pm with a 30-minute unpaid break.

The successful candidate will support pupils to access the curriculum, deliver intervention programmes, and work as part of a supportive team focused on safeguarding and professional development.

Qualifications

• Be suitably qualified for the post of Teaching Assistant i.e. to have good basic literacy and numeracy skills (to GCSE level or above) and be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Be reliable, enthusiastic, caring and motivated.
• Have high expectations of all pupils.

Responsibilities

• Be able to support pupils to access the curriculum within a mainstream class
• Be expected to deliver intervention programmes to groups of children.
• Have a passion and motivation for improving the lives of all children
• Have an optimistic attitude and be flexible to the demands of the job
• Demonstrate versatility, tact, commitment and the ability to use initiative
• Be patient and able to stay calm and listen and value children’s views
• Be able to work as part of a team and be expected to contribute to its development
• Have the ability to strictly maintain confidentiality

Skills

Teamwork

Patience

Confidentiality

Literacy

Numeracy

Intervention support

Education

GCSE level literacy & numeracy

Job description

About Us

EYFS Teaching Assistant vacancy

Term time, 35 hours per week

Do you have a passion to work with the youngest members of our community and to inspire children at the beginning of their education?

We are seeking to appoint an EYFS Teaching Assistant to work within the friendly team in our multicultural school. The post will be based in either our Nursery or Reception Classes (Initially base in our Nursery).

The Post is for 35 hours per week (term time only), starting at 8.15am and finishing at 3.45pm, five days per week. (30 minutes unpaid break).

Pay Scale, Grade 3.

We offer an outstanding environment to work in, a supportive team including a Lead for staff Wellbeing and ongoing professional development opportunities.

The successful candidate will:

• Be able to support pupils to access the curriculum within a mainstream class
• Be expected to deliver intervention programmes to groups of children.
• Have a passion and motivation for improving the lives of all children
• Have an optimistic attitude and be flexible to the demands of the job
• Demonstrate versatility, tact, commitment and the ability to use initiative
• Be patient and able to stay calm and listen and value children’s views
• Be able to work as part of a team and be expected to contribute to its development
• Have the ability to strictly maintain confidentiality
• Be suitably qualified for the post of Teaching Assistant i.e. to have good basic literacy and numeracy skills (to GCSE level or above) and be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Be reliable, enthusiastic, caring and motivated
• Have high expectations of all pupils

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory references and Disclosure and Barring checks.

Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Further Information

Langley Green Primary School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.

The reference number for this role is SCHO03021.