Headteacher: Mrs C Sleath
Marlfields Primary is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced temporary full time Teaching Assistant to work within our EYFS team from September 2025. This is a full time (32.5 hours), term time plus insets, Grade 4 temporary position for 1 year.
You must be experienced in working with EYFS children in a school setting and would ideally hold a level 3 qualification or equivalent.
You will need to demonstrate:
• your ability to work as part of a very enthusiastic team
• commitment, flexibility and energy
• excellent behavioral management skills
• a knowledge of the EYFS curriculum and assessment
• a drive to want to undertake suitable training for your own professional development
Your responsibilities will include:
• alongside the teacher provide a warm, inclusive, caring and safe environment for our EYFS children to learn and thrive in
• assist in maintaining of a positive and consistent classroom behaviour strategies through the implementation of the schools behaviour management strategies
• provide support to pupils to achieve learning goals e.g. leading small group activities and phonic sessions, including for those with additional needs.
• supervise pupils for a particular curriculum activity under the guidance of a qualified teacher
• assist the teacher with the planning and resourcing of learning activities
• assist with the day to day routines of a classroom
• assist the teacher in monitoring pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.
The closing date for this post will be 9am Wednesday 9th July 2025 and interviews will take place during the week beginning Monday 14th July 2025.
Visits to the school are highly recommended. Please contact the school office to make an appointment on admin@marlfields.cheshire.sch.uk or 01270 633120
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people / vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.
It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.
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