Nursery Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 24 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £19,242 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Salary point D5, £25,583 FTE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Northgate Street, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1BP |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Kingfisher Schools Trust |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 82530 |
Summary
At Northgate Nursery and Primary School our vision is for children to be proud of themselves and strive to be the best that they can; to feel understood and supported to achieve success; to be safe and happy; to learn the skills to give them confidence to face the future; to know how to behave well; to be treated equally and to feel important within their school, family and the wider community.
We are looking to appoint an excellent, enthusiastic and highly motivated EYFS Teaching Assistant to join our friendly Nursery team on a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.
This post is 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Our ideal applicant will:
Have experience in Early Years
Be an excellent practitioner, able to make learning enjoyable
Be able to meet the needs of children with a variety of Special Educational Needs under the direction of a teacher or HLTA
Be able to form positive relationships with children, staff and parents
Have high expectations of behaviour, effort and attitude and the necessary strategies to promote these qualities
Have recent experience of working in a primary school, knowledge of the National Curriculum and the standards required by the new assessment framework
Enjoy working as part of a team
We offer:
A friendly school with a supportive staff team and well-behaved children who are ready to learn
A pleasant working environment
A leadership team open to new ideas that lead to enriched learning
Excellent opportunities for CPD.
Kingfisher Schools Trust offers a wide range of benefits, including:
Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution
Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
Shopping and leisure discounts
Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
We are looking to appoint an excellent, enthusiastic and highly motivated EYFS Teaching Assistant to join our friendly Nursery team on a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.
This post is 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Our ideal applicant will:
Have experience in Early Years
Be an excellent practitioner, able to make learning enjoyable
Be able to meet the needs of children with a variety of Special Educational Needs under the direction of a teacher or HLTA
Be able to form positive relationships with children, staff and parents
Have high expectations of behaviour, effort and attitude and the necessary strategies to promote these qualities
Have recent experience of working in a primary school, knowledge of the National Curriculum and the standards required by the new assessment framework
Enjoy working as part of a team
We offer:
A friendly school with a supportive staff team and well-behaved children who are ready to learn
A pleasant working environment
A leadership team open to new ideas that lead to enriched learning
Excellent opportunities for CPD.
Kingfisher Schools Trust offers a wide range of benefits, including:
Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution
Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
Shopping and leisure discounts
Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.