What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the youngest of our pupils? Are you an experienced Early Years Teaching Assistant, if you answered yes why not apply to Join our Nursery Team!
Job Title: Teaching Assistant (Nursery)
Location: Wroughton Academies, Gorleston.
Salary: NJC Scale D Points 5-6, £19,882- £20,197 pa actual salary (£24,790- £25,183 FTE)
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part time 34.5 hours per week, term time plus 1 week (39 weeks per annum)
About Our School:
At Wroughton Academies our mission is ‘through the highest expectations, we ensure that children have the knowledge, understanding and skills to be confident and successful.’ We provide a broad and balanced curriculum, ensuring that all children have access to a good quality of education in all subjects. Children will learn to be a member of the wider community, gaining an understanding of a range of views and beliefs in order to develop as citizens and to work as part of a team.
At Wroughton Academies we have a hard-working, dedicated and supportive team of staff who want the children to be happy, successful and ready for the next stage of their education.
About You:
As a Teaching Assistant (Nursery) at Wroughton Academies, you will bring experience, dedication, and a supportive approach to the youngest of our pupils.
Our ideal candidate would:
• Demonstrate a positive, proactive and inclusive attitude.
• Have the ability to collaborate with colleagues.
• Have the ability to use initiative and follow detailed instructions.
Requirements:
To apply for the Teaching Assistant (Nursery), you must:
• Hold NVQ Level 3 or higher in Teaching Assistance.
• Have good numeracy and literacy skills, GCSE pass or equivalent.
• Have an Understanding of working in a supportive role across EYFS.
• Have an Understanding of safeguarding legislation, policies and procedures.
Next Steps:
Application Closing Date: 23 March 2025
Interview Date: 3 April 2025
Please submit your application through our website using the direct online application method.
We warmly welcome visits to our school or if you would like to arrange a confidential conversation with the Line Manager of this position, please contact our administrative team on enquiries@wroughtonacademies.org.uk who would be happy to assist in arranging this.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
What the school offers its staff
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 13,500 children and young people.
We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.
CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development:
CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust.
We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.
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.