Nursery Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter, Not recorded, EX5 3JG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ec619de0-a8b7-4c0d-86e0-10eae8f8b7ca |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exciting time to join Cornerstone Academy Trust, with schools located in Exeter, East Devon, and the coastal town of Barnstaple in North Devon. Our Trust is nationally and internationally recognised for outstanding and innovative education. We lead several Department for Education ‘centres of excellence’ and support schools across the country with professional development and school improvement strategies.
Are you passionate about helping children thrive? Join our outstanding Nursery team at Yeo Valley Primary School in Barnstaple, part of Cornerstone Academy Trust, and play a vital role in shaping the future of young learners.
What you will bring;
• Experience of working with young children in a nursery or early years setting
• A warm, nurturing, and enthusiastic approach
• A commitment to professional development and EYFS best practices
• Ability to support class teachers in delivering a rich, engaging curriculum
Your role;
• Support children aged 2–4 in all areas of the Early Years curriculum
• Work closely with EYFS Teachers and Deputy Nursery Leaders to deliver the range of learning opportunities
• Help plan, set up and deliver high-quality learning experiences
• Track children’s progress against the Early Learning Goals and meet regularly with parents as a child’s key worker
• Deliver wraparound care through the extended sessions and holiday provision
What the school offers its staff
• Heavily discounted childcare
• Health and cycle-to-work schemes
• Generous pension scheme
• Subsidised meals and from our in-house chefs
• Free tea and coffee
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• State-of-the-art IT equipment
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.
This is an exciting time to join Cornerstone Academy Trust, with schools located in Exeter, East Devon, and the coastal town of Barnstaple in North Devon. Our Trust is nationally and internationally recognised for outstanding and innovative education. We lead several Department for Education ‘centres of excellence’ and support schools across the country with professional development and school improvement strategies.
Are you passionate about helping children thrive? Join our outstanding Nursery team at Yeo Valley Primary School in Barnstaple, part of Cornerstone Academy Trust, and play a vital role in shaping the future of young learners.
What you will bring;
• Experience of working with young children in a nursery or early years setting
• A warm, nurturing, and enthusiastic approach
• A commitment to professional development and EYFS best practices
• Ability to support class teachers in delivering a rich, engaging curriculum
Your role;
• Support children aged 2–4 in all areas of the Early Years curriculum
• Work closely with EYFS Teachers and Deputy Nursery Leaders to deliver the range of learning opportunities
• Help plan, set up and deliver high-quality learning experiences
• Track children’s progress against the Early Learning Goals and meet regularly with parents as a child’s key worker
• Deliver wraparound care through the extended sessions and holiday provision
What the school offers its staff
• Heavily discounted childcare
• Health and cycle-to-work schemes
• Generous pension scheme
• Subsidised meals and from our in-house chefs
• Free tea and coffee
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• State-of-the-art IT equipment
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.