Teaching Assistant (Early Years)

Dauntsey Academy Primary School; Swindon; On-site; GBP 9,400 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

Dauntsey Academy Primary School is seeking a caring Teaching Assistant to support children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The role involves delivering planned activities, supporting individuals and small groups, and promoting an inclusive, engaging classroom environment.

You will help children develop independence, monitor progress, and provide feedback while upholding safeguarding standards and building strong relationships with families. Start ASAP.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young children is essential.
• Strong safeguarding and child welfare understanding is required.
• Ability to support the EYFS curriculum with flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned learning activities in the EYFS.
• Support individuals and small groups to meet learning goals.
• Help create a positive, inclusive learning environment.
• Monitor progress and provide feedback to support development.
• Promote positive behaviour and build strong relationships with children and families.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Safeguarding awareness

Job description

The working hours for this role are expected to be 27.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year. The start date for this role is as soon as possible.

This is an exciting opportunity for a caring and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to support children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, helping them to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. Working closely with teachers and colleagues, you will deliver planned learning activities, support individuals and small groups, and help create a positive, engaging, and inclusive learning environment. The role involves encouraging children’s independence, development, and wellbeing while providing tailored support to meet a range of learning needs, including those of pupils with additional needs. You will contribute to the delivery of the EYFS curriculum, monitor progress, and provide valuable feedback to support each child's learning journey. The successful candidate will play an important role in promoting positive behaviour, building strong relationships with children and families, and ensuring every child feels safe, supported, and valued. We are looking for someone with excellent communication and organisational skills, a positive and flexible attitude, and a genuine commitment to helping children succeed. Experience of working with young children and a strong understanding of safeguarding and child welfare are essential. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon receipt of suitable candidates.

For a complete Job Description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as they will guide you in preparing a strong application and help you understand whatwe’relooking for in an ideal candidate.

About EQUA Mead Learning Trust

EQUA Mead Learning Trust is a leading educational institution based in Wiltshire. Dedicated to providing high-quality education to students from diverse backgrounds. Members of staff across EQUA Mead will be committed to improving the life chances of the pupils we educate and ensure we give Every Child, Every Chance. As a growing Trust, currently educating almost 6000 pupils across 22 different schools (pre-school, primary, secondary, and sixth form) we are immensely proud of our staff and endeavour to be an employer of choice. This is an exciting time as we continue to grow the number of schools and children we support.

Important Application Information

When completing your application, please ensure that you add at least 2 references, with the first being your most recent employer. Please ensure that you read the attached referencing guidelines to familiarise yourself with our process.

As part of our safer recruitment procedures, it is important that references are requested and, wherever possible, obtained before the interview. Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance states that references should be sought before interview wherever possible and should be scrutinised as part of the recruitment process to help ensure that only suitable individuals are appointed to work with children.

Early applications are encouraged, as we reserve the right to interview before the closing date.Your application must include afull employment history, accounting for any periods of time where you were not in active employment. If this is notincludedit may not be possible to consider your application.Tocomply withsafer recruitment regulations, we cannot accept applications using a CV. An incomplete application will not be considered.

This role will involve contact with children, and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.