Bincombe Valley Primary School and Community Nursery
Nursery/Early Years Teaching Assistant
Term time only (30 hours per week)
Hours: 8:30am – 3:15pm daily
Fixed Term maternity cover contract (8th January until Christmas 2024)
Bincombe Valley Primary School is an inclusive school offering high quality provision in a warm and friendly environment. We have high expectations of our children, who are keen to learn and high expectations of our staff, who are a talented, committed and supportive team.
We are looking to appoint a flexible, resourceful and committed person who:
1. Can provide high quality education and support for children.
2. Can build positive relationships with children and parents.
3. Has experience of working with children with a range of Special Educational Needs.
4. Is able to use their own initiative.
5. Can work collaboratively with the Early Years Lead and other members of staff
6. Is fully committed to safeguarding children at all levels.
7. Enjoys working as part of a team.
8. Will support the school's aims and values.
9. Is warm, reflective, calm and patient with a positive outlook.
In return, we can offer a happy, exciting and developing school with wonderful children and a dedicated team of staff.
Information about our school is available on the school website at:
Bincombe Valley Primary School values the diversity of the workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Bincombe Valley Primary School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
Closing Date: Monday 1st January 2023.