Early Years Teaching Assistant - Term Time

Hoo St Werburgh Primary School, Rochester

• Ref:MED887-2213-93S
• Posted:07/11/2025
• Pay:NJC D2 Pt 4 (£25,185) - Pt 11 (£28,142) (pro rata)
• Start Date:Term 3 - January 2026
• App Close Date:14/11/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:WC 24 November 2025

Advert

Contract: 39 Weeks per year (inclusive of staff development / Twilight days)

Term of Contract: Permanent

Start Date: Term 3 – January 2026

An opportunity has arisen which means we are looking to appoint an amazing Teaching Assistant to work within our Early Years team, as part of the Rivermead Inclusive Trust. We are looking for a qualified and dedicated member of staff to work with our nursery and reception children. Someone who is enthusiastic and can work on their own initiative. All candidates must have an appropriate qualifications and strong Early Years experience.

Are You…

• someone who loves working within the early years setting?
• someone who has the highest expectations of themselves and others?
• a dedicated team player with energy, drive and creativity?
• able to work collaboratively and act with initiative?
• of the belief that all children can do well and have a desire to help them achieve?
• committed to the highest possible expectations and pupil outcomes?
• ambitious and committed to your own professional development?
• innovative and committed to school improvement?

 You Will…

• Have significant experience of working within the early years environment supporting children with their learning both independently and under the direction of the Early Years Lead
• Enjoy a collaborative approach to school improvement in a team environment
• Be eager to extend your skills and progress in your career
• Be passionate, flexible and proactive in your role
• Have good literacy and numeracy skills
• Be able to work well in a team
• Be able to share your knowledge as well as learn from others 

We Can Offer You

• A fun, supporting and friendly team and wonderful positive children.
• A well-resourced school – including the latest technology and teaching materials related to our new curriculum and amazing outdoor learning spaces.
• Staff who work closely together in year group teams to plan and deliver our exciting, themed curriculum and provide mutual support and challenge.
• Bespoke training designed to meet the needs of our team from both external and internal trainers – a ‘grow our own’ attitude.
• A range of opportunities for career development throughout our Multi Academy Trust.
• A dynamic and supportive Senior Leadership Team

The position will be offered on a 32.5 hour per week contract. Monday to Friday term time only (with additional 5 Staff Development Days and 9 Twilight sessions).

Visits / Further Information

Visits are warmly encouraged; please contact Natalie Oldman (PA to Head of School) on 01634 338 040 to arrange a visit / tour of the school with a member of the SLT team.

For further information – job description / job specification please contact Natalie Oldman on the above telephone or via office email address – office@hoo-st-werburgh.medway.sch.uk

Hoo St Werburgh Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.

This post is subject to an enhanced DSB check. Equality of opportunity will be applied to all candidates

Information about the school

In our latest Ofsted inspection, which took place in March 2024, the school achieved an overall grading of “Good” with our personal development curriculum graded as “Outstanding”, inspectors said about our school…

“Pupils are truly cared for and nurtured at Hoo St Werburgh and the Marlborough”.

“This school is ambitious for all pupils to do well and achieve their best. Adults set clear expectations for learning. Pupils live up to these.”

Staff have high expectations of how pupils should behave. Across the school, relationships between adults and pupils are warm and respectful.

Pupils’ personal development is exceptional. The school provides extremely strong welfare and pastoral support steered by the school’s values. The school’s extensive nurture provision effectively identifies and addresses the social and emotional needs of each child.

Hoo St Werburgh Primary School & The Marlborough share the inclusive ethos of the Rivermead Inclusive Trust. We firmly believe that every child has a right to an education, no matter what barriers they have to learning. We have a fantastic inclusions and pastoral team that support us with this drive. We aim to instil in our pupils an enthusiasm for learning and an interest in the world around them. We have high expectations of our pupils and staff and strive to provide a learning environment that ensures our pupils are challenged and make good or better progress in all aspects of their school life.

We celebrate every aspect of our pupils’ learning from their social and emotional development and life skills acquisition to the national curriculum subjects of reading, writing, maths and more. We are also fortunate enough to have an in- school Forest School which all our children have access to as part of our curriculum.

There are over 480 children on roll in the main school, with two classes per year group in the main school. We also have an established nursery class attached to the school, which offers fantastic provision to two, three and four olds from the Hoo area. The Marlborough caters for 85 children within their specialist setting.

As you can see, Hoo St Werburgh is an exciting place to work and one where the needs of the child sits at the centre of everything we do. We are looking for special people with the same vision as us to help our school continue on its “ever improving” journey.

Job Contact Information

• Name:School Office
• Address:Pottery Road, Hoo, Rochester, Kent, ME3 9BS
• Telephone: 01634 338040
• Email: office@hoo-st-werburgh.medway.sch.uk

Fax: 01634 253893

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Person Specification
• Job Description
• Equality and Diversity Statement