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Teaching Assistant - Early Years

Job Description

A primary school in Northampton has an exciting opportunity for an Early Years Teaching Assistant to join their team on a full-time basis and to start ASAP!

As the successful Teaching Assistant, you will be supporting a Reception class of 30 pupils with mixed abilities and with an experienced teacher.

It is essential you have up-to-date knowledge on the Early Years curriculum as well as experience in delivering Phonics, ideally Read, Write, Inc.

As well as supporting the class and assisting the teacher, you will also be required to provide Literacy and Numeracy intervention to smaller groups of pupils. This will mostly be lower ability groups or pupils with additional needs.

It is desirable to have a Level 2 or 3 Early Years or Teaching Assistant qualification however not essential.

You will receive competitive rates of pay, an Ofsted rated good school to work in, a friendly and supportive senior leadership team and colleagues, and access to free CPD.

This is initially on a contract basis however for the right teaching assistant there is an opportunity for a permanent contract.

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