Early Years Practitioner / Pre-school Teaching Assistant - BA1 Looking for an opportunity to shape the early years of young learners? My client, a thriving independent prep school, is seeking a qualified Early Years Practitioner to join the school on a permanent basis. This full-time role is a perfect fit for someone eager to make a meaningful contribution to a school who value inspirational teaching and learning in a caring, supportive and inclusive community. You’ll have the chance to build strong relationships and help guide the school’s youngest students through this crucial stage of their education. Why You Should Apply Competitive salary Opportunity to work in a supportive, inclusive school with a strong community ethos. Work across a 4 day working week - 7:30-5:30 or 8-6 (usually two days of each) Competitive benefits package with a supportive and exciting educational enironment Join a school which believes in the power and importance of truly holistic education What You’ll Be Doing Caring for children: Ensuring children are happy, healthy, and safe Assist in organizing the learning environment and maintaining resources. Help deliver learning activities, including literacy, numeracy, and ICT. Assist with behavior management programs and ensure a safe, secure learning environment. Support individual children and groups with emotional, physical, and educational needs, including those with special needs About You Be able to do the job as described Level 2 qualification in Early Years Passionate about early childhood education and committed to pupil progress You bring a caring, nurturing attitude that makes a difference in young lives Experience in Early Years education with innovative and creative ideas for engaging young learners Strong ability to manage classroom behaviour while creating a safe and stimulating environment Working with Long-term Teachers: We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout. Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you. We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team. In addition you will receive: - Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities - Permanent job roles - Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process - Working to Agency Workers Regulations - Interview preparation, advice and support - Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay