Early Years Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 10 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2026 |
| Location: | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 1QS |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | fa7718e1-e360-4f66-9327-91d5e25a3b2d |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Carlton Infant Academy are looking to appoint an Early Years Teaching assistant that is caring, enthusiastic, and committed Teaching Assistant to join our Early Years team for the summer term (until 24/07/2026).
To support high-quality Early Years education by working alongside the Early Years team and wider school to create a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment where children can thrive. The role focuses on promoting children’s learning, development, and wellbeing in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
To be successful in this role you will have experience working with young children in an early years or primary setting, understanding of the EYFS framework and child development, ability to build positive relationships with children, staff, and families and strong communication and teamwork skills.
We are looking for someone who is warm, patient, with a nurturing approach, has commitment to safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare, will support the planning and delivery of engaging, age-appropriate learning experiences across all EYFS areas of learning, support children with personal care needs when required, maintaining dignity and respect, contribute to creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere for children and families, communicate professionally with parents and carers when appropriate, following school procedures and provide targeted support for children with additional needs, following individual plans and guidance from the SENCO.
Essential:
Level 3 Early Years Qualification, which is UK approved as full and relevant by the Department for Education
(Check an early years qualification - GOV.UK)
Suitable Level 2 Qualification in English or equivalent
Desirable:
Experience supporting children with SEND.
Paediatric First Aid training.
Knowledge of behaviour-support strategies and early intervention approaches.
Safer Eating and Safer Sleep training.
DFE Early Years and child development training
The Carlton Infant 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 for further information please visit the website.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with service, plus statutory holidays
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team/school
• Recognised continuous local government service for annual leave entitlement, Occupational Maternity/ Paternity pay
• 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 please contact Paula Deabill at p.deabill@thecarltoninfantacademy or on the Academy number 01159100887. To apply complete our on-line application form, please use the 'apply now' button.
If you have any questions or queries regarding the application process please contact the HR Team.
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.
The Carlton Infant Academy are looking to appoint an Early Years Teaching assistant that is caring, enthusiastic, and committed Teaching Assistant to join our Early Years team for the summer term (until 24/07/2026).
To support high-quality Early Years education by working alongside the Early Years team and wider school to create a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment where children can thrive. The role focuses on promoting children’s learning, development, and wellbeing in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
To be successful in this role you will have experience working with young children in an early years or primary setting, understanding of the EYFS framework and child development, ability to build positive relationships with children, staff, and families and strong communication and teamwork skills.
We are looking for someone who is warm, patient, with a nurturing approach, has commitment to safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare, will support the planning and delivery of engaging, age-appropriate learning experiences across all EYFS areas of learning, support children with personal care needs when required, maintaining dignity and respect, contribute to creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere for children and families, communicate professionally with parents and carers when appropriate, following school procedures and provide targeted support for children with additional needs, following individual plans and guidance from the SENCO.
Essential:
Level 3 Early Years Qualification, which is UK approved as full and relevant by the Department for Education
(Check an early years qualification - GOV.UK)
Suitable Level 2 Qualification in English or equivalent
Desirable:
Experience supporting children with SEND.
Paediatric First Aid training.
Knowledge of behaviour-support strategies and early intervention approaches.
Safer Eating and Safer Sleep training.
DFE Early Years and child development training
The Carlton Infant 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 for further information please visit the website.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with service, plus statutory holidays
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team/school
• Recognised continuous local government service for annual leave entitlement, Occupational Maternity/ Paternity pay
• 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 please contact Paula Deabill at p.deabill@thecarltoninfantacademy or on the Academy number 01159100887. To apply complete our on-line application form, please use the 'apply now' button.
If you have any questions or queries regarding the application process please contact the HR Team.
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.