EYFS/Nursery Learning Support Assistant

Templars Academy, Witham
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Job Ref No. ECC2900-221S Position Type: Teaching/Child Support Pay Range: EYFS/Nursery LSA
Position Start Date: Immediate Contract Type: Part-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 20/11/2026 Midday Date of Interviews: TBA  

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Templars Academy are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, reliable and motivated individual to join our friendly team within our EYFS/Nursery part of the school.

This position is for 15 hours per week, working as an EYFS/Nursery LSA in class, followed by 12.00pm-1.00pm assisting the Nursery aged children during lunchtime. Monday-Friday, term time only.

Salary: LSA Scale 3, point 6, £9080 per annum, MDA Scale 2 pt 4 £2933 per annum.

Total Salary £12013 per annum

To be considered for this role candidates must be qualified to Level 2 or 3 in Early Years and Childcare, inline with Government requirements.

Duties include:

· Provide supervision and support during class and lunchtime

· Provide intimate care where required.

· Provide basic medical care where necessary (training will be provided)

· Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our children

You must have:

· a flexible "can-do" approach

· the ability to communicate with children

· good organisational skills

· patience and understanding

· Previous experience would be an advantage.

We can offer:

· Positive, well behaved and happy children

· A supportive, dynamic and caring team

· Professional development

· Good links with other local schools within our MAT


Reach, Believe, Achieve

being the best that we can be.

At Templars Academy, we inspire our children toreachfor the stars,believein their potential, andachieveexcellence in all aspects of their lives through an inclusive, high-quality education and a nurturing school community. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where every child thrives, is encouraged to aspire to their highest academic, personal, and social capabilities, and is empowered to be the best they can be - reaching their full potential.

Our dedicated staff work tirelessly to deliver a broad and ambitious curriculum that challenges and inspires, ensuring that all children make excellent progress and develop a lifelong love of learning. Alongside academic success, we place great importance on personal development, nurturing social, emotional, and moral growth so that our children are well-prepared for the opportunities and responsibilities of life beyond school.

We are committed to continuous improvement, guided by our core priorities to enhance teaching quality, strengthen leadership, and foster consistent high expectations in behaviour and learning. Together with families and the wider community, we work to ensure that every child at Templars Academy can thrive and achieve their fullest potential.

Inspires MAT are committed to:

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of difference backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment.

The appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance and satisfactory references.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Contact Information

Michelle Smith
Cressing Road, Witham
Essex, CM8 2NJ
Telephone: 01376 513477
Email: zoeywarboys@inspiresmat.co.uk

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