Pre School Practitioner
Silcoates School
WF2 0PD
- New
- Salary:
- competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 25 May 2026
- Apply by:
- 13 April 2026
Job overview
Pre School Classroom Co-ordinator/ Teaching Assistant
Full Time, One Year Fixed Term Contract
Required for May 2026
Silcoates is a successful independent co-educational day school with a long and proud history. We achieve excellent academic results and offer a broad and stimulating variety of co-curricular activities. We are looking for a talented and caring member of staff to join our team in Pre School for a period of maternity cover.
Silcoates is set in 52 acres of grounds in Wrenthorpe, near Wakefield, within easy reach of the M1 and M62, offering an all-through, fully co-educational day school experience for children from 2 to 18.
This is an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced Pre-School Practitioner, complementing our teaching staff by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under a system of supervision in order to support and develop our youngest pupils. The role will involve opportunities to plan, prepare and deliver specific learning opportunities utilising the Early Years provision to provide a high standard of learning.
You should hold a childcare qualification at Level 6 and be able to demonstrate experience in a similar setting. You will need to be a good team player and have the ability to form good relationships with our children and their parents. You should have experience of using a variety of teaching styles and modes of learning and be able to demonstrate familiarity with appropriate learning strategies, including for numeracy and literacy. You should have strong experience of creating a stimulating classroom and learning environment, with a good knowledge and understanding of the development of children between the ages of 3 to 5.
The role is a one year fixed term contract from May 2026, working full time Monday to Friday 08.00 to 5.00pm during term time only (35 weeks per year). We are happy to consider applicants wishing to work on a job share basis covering the hours above.
For full details of this post and to apply please complete an application form, which is available on our website: https://www.silcoates.org.uk/join-our-team/individual-vacancies/ . Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
Silcoates School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online and reference checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
Closing date: Monday 13th April, 9am
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About Silcoates School
Silcoates is a 3 to 18 school which seeks to bring out the very best in every pupil through instilling in them a love of learning and a willingness to seize every opportunity they are given. Whilst many of our pupils begin their life at Silcoates in the Junior School, others join aged 11 and 16 (and at many points in-between!). This continuity serves to embed the skills and qualities that make our pupils enthusiastic and effective learners. It also ensures that they develop strong and life-long friendships with their peers. New pupils to the School are given an especially warm welcome and they soon feel valued members of our community.
Whilst we are academically selective, the pupils have a broad range of abilities and needs and thus we have a curriculum that becomes increasingly flexible as pupils develop their own strengths and aptitudes. However, the most academic will succeed at Silcoates, with recent leavers obtaining places at Cambridge and Durham universities and medical school. The breadth and variety of our curriculum is matched by the range of activities on offer outside the classroom. Having all the School on one site enables the pupils in the Junior School to benefit from the vast array of facilities on offer, from the all-weather playing surfaces to the indoor swimming pool to the fully-equipped Drama Studio.
Sport and exercise are important features of life at Silcoates. Boys are introduced to our core sports of rugby, hockey and cricket in the Junior School and, due to our size, most have the opportunity to play for the School throughout their career; girls are equally as competitive in hockey and netball.
All pupils are given every encouragement to express themselves in the full range of artistic activities and push themselves way beyond their comfort zones through going on trips and expeditions abroad. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is very well established and several pupils achieve Gold every year. ‘Grit’ and determination are also evident on our biennial expedition to Tanzania.
The principal accolade that many parents and former parents afford the School is that it is a warm and welcoming community and that their children make friendships here that last them a lifetime.
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