The Governing Body of Longwood Primary school are looking to appoint: A level 3 Teaching Assistant to work in Early Years 32.5 hours per week, term time only. This is a permanent position commencing September 2025 an Early Years Practioner to join our hardworking and enthusiastic team. The position is to support our younger pupils in our nursery class opening September 2025. This is a permanent position term time only. The successful applicant will be an excellent Early Years practitioner with high expectations for all pupils. Bring with them a hard-working positive attitude and demonstrate enthusiasm for continuing the schools vision. Be well organized, caring, professional and dedicated to maximizing the development and potential of all our children. In return, Longwood will offer a stimulating, caring and disciplined environment with colleagues that care about their school and their children and demonstrate professionalism, enthusiasm and dynamic qualities, whilst remaining open minded and friendly. For this role specifically, candidates must be able to support the delivery of the EYFS curriculum, have a good understanding of child development, excellent numeracy and literacy skill, demonstrate a high level of speech and language, be able to liaise with parents/carers where necessary, work alongside an excellent teacher to establish and appropriate learning environment, implement agreed learning activities and be flexible enough to work around the school. At Longwood Primary school we are proud of our school and very much encourage any potential candidates to come and view the school, to meet the staffing team prior to applying. Please contact the school directly if you have any queries regarding this post or wish to book a viewing: office@longwood.staffs.sch.uk or 01827 213970. Closing date: 05.06.2025 Shortlisting date: 09.06.2025 Interview date: 12.06.2025 The school is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to criminal records check from the DBS; Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered unspent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. Further details regarding the role can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply for this position please send the completed application form and the recruitment monitoring form to office@longwood.staffs.sch.uk This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. To comply with Asylum and Immigration legislation you will be required (if appointed) to provide one or more documents from the Immigration Act 2006 - List A and B. You must provide proof of current and valid permission to be in the United Kingdom and valid permission to do the type of work offered. Further information is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/acceptable-right-to-work-documents-an-employers-guide