Teaching Assistant - Early Years Specialist
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 7EX |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7e8c53a3-9c12-4336-9323-2f7793f40997 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has opened up for an exceptional early years specialist teaching assistant to join our award winning early years team.
About the role -
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic early years specialist teaching assistant to join our dedicated and supportive team. To be successful in this role you will hold anEarly Years qualificationand be able to demonstrate your experience working in an inclusive environment with a diverse demographic. Applicants should be passionate and level headed and be able to manage a variety of young children's needs.
What the school offers its staff
We would encourage and welcome visits from potential candidates.
Robert Mellors Primary Academy, located in Arnold, Nottingham, is welcoming and friendly. Our ethos and culture are around our Make a Difference values; Respect, Responsibility, Focus, Teamwork, Resilience and Compassion. Pupils enjoy coming to the academy where they are offered a broad range of opportunities specifically designed to ensure personal development and academic achievement. Parents, community members and professional colleagues speak highly of the provision offered to children and pastoral support for families at Robert Mellors Primary.
Robert Mellors Primary Academy is part of Redhill Academy Trust. The Academy is also a member of Redhill College of Leadership and Development and as such there are excellent CPD opportunities and a chance to work alongside colleagues from other high-performing schools in the region. The Trust also leads the regional Teaching School Hub, delivering local teacher training and the National Professional Qualifications for teachers.
Benefits
• Access to Teachers Pension Scheme
• Recognised continuous local government service
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team/school
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits platform
Further details about the role
For further details regarding this post or to request a visit please contact Hayley Martin 0115 8408068, or to apply complete our on-line application form, please use the 'apply now' button. Please include the following in the additional information section of the application:
• Your reasons for applying for the role
• Your ideas on effective teaching and learning in an early years setting
If you have any questions or queries regarding the application process please contact the HR Team on hr@redhillacademytrust.org.uk.
As Redhill Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children practices, any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS and Child barred list checks, candidate online search and successful references.
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.
An exciting opportunity has opened up for an exceptional early years specialist teaching assistant to join our award winning early years team.
About the role -
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic early years specialist teaching assistant to join our dedicated and supportive team. To be successful in this role you will hold anEarly Years qualificationand be able to demonstrate your experience working in an inclusive environment with a diverse demographic. Applicants should be passionate and level headed and be able to manage a variety of young children's needs.
What the school offers its staff
We would encourage and welcome visits from potential candidates.
Robert Mellors Primary Academy, located in Arnold, Nottingham, is welcoming and friendly. Our ethos and culture are around our Make a Difference values; Respect, Responsibility, Focus, Teamwork, Resilience and Compassion. Pupils enjoy coming to the academy where they are offered a broad range of opportunities specifically designed to ensure personal development and academic achievement. Parents, community members and professional colleagues speak highly of the provision offered to children and pastoral support for families at Robert Mellors Primary.
Robert Mellors Primary Academy is part of Redhill Academy Trust. The Academy is also a member of Redhill College of Leadership and Development and as such there are excellent CPD opportunities and a chance to work alongside colleagues from other high-performing schools in the region. The Trust also leads the regional Teaching School Hub, delivering local teacher training and the National Professional Qualifications for teachers.
Benefits
• Access to Teachers Pension Scheme
• Recognised continuous local government service
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team/school
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits platform
Further details about the role
For further details regarding this post or to request a visit please contact Hayley Martin 0115 8408068, or to apply complete our on-line application form, please use the 'apply now' button. Please include the following in the additional information section of the application:
• Your reasons for applying for the role
• Your ideas on effective teaching and learning in an early years setting
If you have any questions or queries regarding the application process please contact the HR Team on hr@redhillacademytrust.org.uk.
As Redhill Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children practices, any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS and Child barred list checks, candidate online search and successful references.
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.