Teaching Assistant: Early Years

4 days ago


West Green, United Kingdom Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane Full time
Main Areas of Responsibility

The purpose of your role will be:

  • To work to support the learning of children in the early years classes (Nursery and Reception)
  • To take regular class cover, in both Nursery and Reception, as well as occasional ad hoc cover as directed
  • To work under the direction of a Principal, Early Years Lead and the class teacher to plan, prepare and deliver learning activities for individuals, groups and whole classes of children
  • To work under the direction of the Early Years Lead and class teacher setting up and developing learning opportunities in the indoor and outdoor classrooms
  • To play a full part in the early years team including monitoring and assessing pupils progress and reporting on their progress
  • To monitor, assess and support children that have additional needs as required
  • To attend meetings as appropriate

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the Job Pack.

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

  • Experience of working with or caring for children in early years, supporting learning
  • Experience of establishing good relationships with parents and families, encouraging involvement in education
  • Knowledge of effective strategies for engaging children, motivating them to learn and managing behaviour.
  • The ability to use ICT and technology (e.g. video, digital cameras and photocopiers) effectively for administrative and display purposes and to support learning
  • Understanding of key requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and ability to support learning and development of young children
  • Knowledge of policies such as behaviour and the ability to apply these consistently and fairly

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

About Us

Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane is an Outstanding primary academy and we have high expectations and aspirations for your children. All our staff aim to give every child an exceptional education providing support, care, enrichment and challenge as they come through our doors. We give them opportunities to enjoy their learning and prepare them for future academic success as well as happy lives. We have a unique creative curriculum, a clear vision, high expectations, strong moral values and a love of learning. Our academy is a multi-cultural, multi-faith family where children learn together. They respect and value each other.

We believe all children are special and we "dig for gold" in every child. This means encouraging children to do their very best, not settling for second-best.

The Academy is located in the heart of Tottenham and we are very proud of all of our children and staff. Everyone works hard and behaves well to achieve "exceedingly, abundantly, above all we can think or imagine'



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