Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant

The Post

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant from September 2023 to assist the Pre-Prep/Early Years Teachers in creating a stimulating learning environment within which our younger pupils can grow and develop. Working in small class sizes with access to outstanding facilities and resources, you will be joining a dynamic team of experienced Teachers and Teaching Assistants. The successful candidate will be able to encourage the children to explore and question the world around them and to learn from their stimulating environment.

The successful candidate will ideally possess a Level 2 or above Early Education and/or Childcare qualification and have experience of working within an educational/Early Years setting. Caring and enthusiastic, you will be energetic and possess the ability to enthuse our younger pupils to imagine, explore and develop. Friendly and approachable, you will be able to build outstanding relations with children, staff and the wider school community.

The School

Ashfold is an established co-educational Preparatory School for around 300 children aged 3–13 set in a beautiful Jacobean mansion with its own thirty-acre estate in the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside just twenty minutes from Oxford, Thame and Aylesbury.

The school has expanded significantly over the last fifteen years and invested heavily in its infrastructure and support systems. We aim to give every child the firmest possible grounding in the core academic subjects within a small caring family community where children both know each other and all of the staff.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 9.00am on Friday 28 April 2023

We reserve the right to close the application process earlier if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications from candidates.

Interview date: Tuesday 2 or Wednesday 3 May 2023

Ashfold is committed to the protections and safety of its children and the successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Charity Number 272663.