Early Years Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0HY |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5f8cbe2f-d51c-446f-b69a-8d86eafd71dd |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
* Ability to interact and communicate with parents, children, colleagues
* Be a confident and sensitive communicator with adults and children
* Sensitive, polite and friendly, positive and constructive
* Approachable, reliable and conscientious
* Flexible approach to tasks
* Reflective and enjoys learning
* Have the ability to ensure the high quality care and education
* Ability to make observations, analyse learning and plan appropriate next steps for children in play
*Experience of working with children
* Actively enjoys working with children and has empathy, is sympathetic to their needs
* Experience of interacting and communicating with parents, children, colleagues
* Demonstrable and relevant experience within an early years/school based setting.
* Have a professional attitude and manner
* Be able to work as part of a team
* Resilient, honest, and flexible
* Professionally discreet and able to respect confidentiality
What the school offers its staff
* A supportive team* Opportunities for professional development
* Flexible working
*Option for time off in lieu for additional days worked
* A paid wellbeing day off per academic year
Further details about the role
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our team of dedicated professionals.
Do you have a passion to support children's learning in the early years? If so then this could be the ideal role for you!
Working as part of a friendly and supportive team, you will be caring for and meeting the needs of children aged 2 to 4 years, including children who have additional learning needs.
We have a diverse school community and therefore welcome all applications including those from bilingual candidates with spoken ability in European or South Asian languages.
For a full job description and an application pack or to arrange a visit please contact
01488 682628 or email office@hungerfordnursery.w-berks.sch.uk
Closing Date: 6th January 2026
Interviews: As soon as possible
We reserve the right to interview before this date and appoint if the right candidate is available – so please send your application to us as soon as possible
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.
* Ability to interact and communicate with parents, children, colleagues
* Be a confident and sensitive communicator with adults and children
* Sensitive, polite and friendly, positive and constructive
* Approachable, reliable and conscientious
* Flexible approach to tasks
* Reflective and enjoys learning
* Have the ability to ensure the high quality care and education
* Ability to make observations, analyse learning and plan appropriate next steps for children in play
*Experience of working with children
* Actively enjoys working with children and has empathy, is sympathetic to their needs
* Experience of interacting and communicating with parents, children, colleagues
* Demonstrable and relevant experience within an early years/school based setting.
* Have a professional attitude and manner
* Be able to work as part of a team
* Resilient, honest, and flexible
* Professionally discreet and able to respect confidentiality
What the school offers its staff
* A supportive team* Opportunities for professional development
* Flexible working
*Option for time off in lieu for additional days worked
* A paid wellbeing day off per academic year
Further details about the role
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our team of dedicated professionals.
Do you have a passion to support children's learning in the early years? If so then this could be the ideal role for you!
Working as part of a friendly and supportive team, you will be caring for and meeting the needs of children aged 2 to 4 years, including children who have additional learning needs.
We have a diverse school community and therefore welcome all applications including those from bilingual candidates with spoken ability in European or South Asian languages.
For a full job description and an application pack or to arrange a visit please contact
01488 682628 or email office@hungerfordnursery.w-berks.sch.uk
Closing Date: 6th January 2026
Interviews: As soon as possible
We reserve the right to interview before this date and appoint if the right candidate is available – so please send your application to us as soon as possible
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.