Early Years Teaching Assistant - based in our Early Years provision

Smallwood Primary School & Children’s Centre Smallwood Road Tooting SW17 0TW Tel: 020 8672 6024 Email: Admin@smallwood.wandsworth.sch.uk  Headteacher Mrs F Loudon  

34.5 hours per week (with ½ hour unpaid lunch break) Term Time Only - 39 weeks per year

Smallwood Primary School is an expanding school, with a Language Resource Base and Children’s Centre, conveniently situated close to Earlsfield mainline station and Tooting Broadway underground. We are a rapidly improving school and need enthusiastic and committed teachers/support staff to continue our forward momentum. Our most recent OFSTED inspection (2014) describes us as ‘a good school with outstanding leadership’. 

We are passionate about the education of our children, continuous professional development of all staff and a strong partnership with parents and the wider community.

You will be calm, patient and resourceful individual who will be able to respond positively to the challenges of working with young children within our mainstream early years classes. You will also join our team of lunchtime supervisors to ensure the safety, well-being and good behaviour of pupils during the lunchtime break. A minimum of G.C.S.E. grade C or above in English and Maths and NVQ Level 3 in Childcare or relevant extensive experience is highly desirable.  

You will be positive and enthusiastic in their approach and will seek to provide the opportunity for the children they are working with to achieve their full potential, both academically and socially.

Smallwood Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Appointment to this post is subject to satisfactory Disclosure Baring Service clearance.

An information pack, including a Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below. Alternatively an application pack can be found on the Wandsworth Council website https://jobs.richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk/

For any further details please contact the school on the telephone number below.

Completed application should be returned to the school by email to admin@smallwood.wandsworth.sch.uk

Closing date: 12 December 2017 (at noon)  Interviews: 18 December 2017

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   

This post is subject to a DBS check.   

CVs are not accepted.