Working Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Number of Positions: 1
Qualifications Required: NVQ level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (or equivalent)
Start Date: 19th October 2026
Salary: £27,274 - £29,071 per annum
Cheetwood Primary School is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Level 3 Teaching Assistant tojoin our supportive and nurturing team.
The successful candidate will primarily work within our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), supporting high-quality learning through play, communication, and early development.
Our school ethos, “Learn Together, Grow Together,” underpins everything we do.
We are proud of our pupil-led values, which guide our learning community: we encourage our children to be curious, hopeful, empowered, enthusiastic, tolerant, willing to try, optimistic, original and diverse.
We are looking for a TA who will champion and model these values every day.
In addition to your main EYFS responsibilities, the successful candidate will also be required to provide occasional class supervision across other year groups when needed.
This may include covering short-term teacher absence, leading lessons from prepared plans, or providing additional classroom support.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support high-quality teaching and learning within EYFS, helping children achieve their early developmental milestones.
- Deliver small-group and 1:1 intervention as directed by class teachers.
- Foster a safe, inclusive and stimulating learning environment that reflects our ethos and values.
- Build positive relationships with children, parents and colleagues.
- Provide short-term classroom supervision across other year groups, ensuring continuity of learning.
- Support behaviour management and uphold the school’s values and expectations.
- Assist with assessment, observations, and recording of pupils’ progress.
- Promote our values by encouraging learners to be curious, confident, resilient and open-minded.
- Contribute to wider school life and work effectively as part of a committed team.
About the Candidate
We are looking for someone who:
- Holds an NVQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (or equivalent).
- Has experience working within EYFS and a strong understanding of child development.
- Is adaptable, confident, and able to take initiative when supervising classes.
- Is committed to safeguarding, inclusion, and the wellbeing of all pupils.
- Is positive, patient, proactive, and passionate about early education.
- Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Embodies and models our school values, promoting curiosity, enthusiasm, optimism and respect for diversity.
- Has a willingness to undertake a paediatric first aid qualification
About Us
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here.
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
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