Teaching Assistant EYFS/Y1


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Yeovil, BA22 9HY
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	29 Sept 2026
Closing date:	8 Oct 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

East Coker is set in an area of natural beauty and our popular rural school has a supportive and friendly community. We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic and committed teaching assistant to join our friendly primary school team. This role combines a daily lunchtime cover in our lunchtime play provision, a teaching assistant role in Y1/Reception, supporting forest school one afternoon a week and our After School Club provision three afternoons a week.

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience working in an infant classroom environment/nursery

• Be an enthusiastic, resilient, patient and adaptable

• Enjoy working as part of a team

• Have great communication and organisational skills

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Happy, well behaved children who are eager to learn

• Supportive staff, governors and parents

• Free Wrap Around Care if you child attends East Coker Primary

• CPD programme

• Access to a comprehensive well-being programme

To comply with our Safeguarding policy this post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, two suitable references and a health check. As a setting we will consider online searches as part of our due diligence checks on short listed candidates.

Further details, a Job Description, Personal Specification and an application form are available to download from the school website. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Applications to be returned to the school email box.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 8th October 2026

Interview: Friday 16th October 2026

Start Date: November/December 2026

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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