apply online icon LEVEL 2 EARLY YEARS TEACHING ASSISTANT

Ref 196211
Number of Posts 1
Grade Level 2 - Grade 4.
Salary £24404 to £ 25183 
Term Full-time.
Perm / FTC Fixed Term Contract.
Required (1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026) .
Hours 34 hours a week.
Closing Date 16/05/2025.
Location
Brierfield Woodfield Nursery School, Sefton Street, Brierfield, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 5BE (88 on roll)

Tel: 01282 614636
School website: www.woodfield.lancs.sch.uk
Summary
Woodfield is a maintained Nursery School in the heart of Brierfield.  We cater for children aged 2 to 4 years old across two classrooms. We have a highly skilled team of qualified teachers and teaching assistants who are passionate about Early education and our community.

Our vision is to support every child to shine and become compassionate, confident and resilient young learners. We aim to capture the imagination of every child by developing creative, challenging teaching and learning opportunities based around individual needs and interests. Children at Woodfield are encouraged to be proud of their achievements and, through our staff observations and interactions, be given opportunities to grow.

A strength of our school is the positive relationships we develop with our children and families. These relationships ensure that children feel safe and happy.

The advertised post for a Teaching assistant is a key appointment for the continued success of our dedicated school team. Our aim is to find the right person to join our wonderful Woodfield family and to support individual children to shine.

The position is to start in September 2025 and the successful applicant will be based in our Nursery class with our 2 & 3 year old children.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed by arrangement.  Please contact Sue in the School Office to make an appointment: bursar@woodfield.lancs.sch.uk 

Applications must be made using the LA Application Form only; we cannot accept CVs. 

For further information please see the school website  www.woodfield.lancs.sch.uk

Woodfield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.  The posts are subject to an enhanced disclosure application to the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).  

Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Essential Qualifications
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Equal Opportunities statement
An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

Applications and further details are available from/returnable to

Address: Application form attached. Please return completed applications electronically to: head@woodfield.lancs.sch.uk
Positive about Disabled People 

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Disability Confident employer Lancashire County Council

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

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