Early Years Teaching Assistant; St Nicholas First School

Due to rising numbers in our Early years setting, St Nicholas CE First School is looking to appoint two highly effective part time Teaching Assistants to join the current enthusiastic and hardworking team. The post is to support the very skilled, Early years team to ensure the Nursery pupils access the highest quality provision and early development opportunities.

• Experience of working with Nursery age children within EYFS.
• Good working knowledge of Development Matters, Characteristics of Effective Learning and how to contribute to a child’s learning journey through observation and assessment.
• Effective organisational and communication skills.
• Holds an NVQ2 qualification or equivalent.
• The ability to be adaptable and creative.
• The ability to make learning fun.
• Commitment to giving the best to every child.
• The ability to make a significant contribution to the school.
• A clear passion and love for working with EYFS pupils.

Please see Job description for further details.

Work Pattern: Hours 8:15am – 3:45pm 1 hour for lunch (32.5 hours per week) Monday – Friday

Contract end date: 17th July 2026

Candidates will be required to hold a full and relevant Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification or other relevant qualification.

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged: Please contact the school office on to arrange.

Interviews will be held as required:
Date to be confirmed.

Start date: Required to start as soon as possible

Unfortunately, if you have not been contacted by 5pm 13th February 2026 please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

Codsall Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.