Early Years Teaching Assistant

Start: 1st September 2022

We are seeking two enthusiastic and  experienced individuals to help create our brand-new nursery and support Early Years. You will join our small, motivated and dedicated team, serving a newly opened school at the heart of a growing community. These roles are full time but can be suitable for job-sharing so we welcome applications from candidates who would like to work part time as well.

Barton Park Primary School opened in September 2020 to reception, year one and two. Our nursery opened in April 2022, allowing us to develop and strengthen our early years educational offer. 

This is a once in a life-time opportunity to help support the growth of a new school. Your proven enthusiasm, high expectations and dedication to excellence in Early Years Education will help us make a difference to the life chances of children of our emergent school community and in turn we will support you through ongoing professional development.

What we are looking for in a candidate:

• an outstanding early years qualified teaching assistant, who can support the needs of a variety of groups ages 2 -5 years old.
• an enthusiastic individual, who is motivated to improve children’s life chances through their  practice.
• endless patience and a non judgemental attitude.
• high expectations for all pupils, including the very youngest and those with additional needs.
• a flexible approach to your work and excellent team working skills.
• someone courageous and nurturing with a good understanding of how children learn.
• proven experience and impact in EYFS and with children with SEND an/or EAL
• someone who will relish the opportunity to be a role model within our developing school and lead by example as we grow. 
• a problem solver and team-player who will contribute positively to our small staff team.
• A values led individual with high expectations of achievement and behaviour in themselves and others. 

What we offer you:

• An opportunity to work and develop your skills in an academy with a strong sense of moral and educational purpose, with an embedded Trust culture of learning from one another.
• An opportunity to grow and develop through high quality bespoke professional development. 
• A school improvement model which, through sharing of resources, best practice and expertise from across the trust, supports and challenges professionals to be exceptional.
• The chance to work in a brand new school
• A commitment to staff well-being, including membership of a well-being health package.

How to apply: 

You can make an appointment to come and visit our school  by calling 01865 415800 (09:00-16:300), or by emailing office@bartonparkprimary.org. A virtual tour of the school is available on our website:  https://www.bartonpark.oxon.sch.uk/  

Closing Date:  midday on Tuesday 7th June

Interviews: Friday 17th June

NB: We do not accept CVs without an application form. 

Barton Park Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before taking up the post, along with pre-employment safeguarding checks.

For further information please visit the website https://www.bartonpark.oxon.sch.uk/ 

As part of the application process we invite applicants to complete an application form on the TES website. 

You are welcome to write a covering letter of no more than 1 side of A4 to accompany your application, but this is optional. 

Please send these by email to: office@bartonparkprimary.org by midday on Tuesday 7th June.