EYFS Teaching Assistant

Location: Wakefield
Job Type: Permanent
Industry: Nursery Support
Reference: CBEBTA987654
Salary: £12.21 - 16.00 per hour
Job Published: about 7 hours ago

EYFS Teaching Assistants Needed – Private Nursery (WF6 Area)
Level 1, 2 & 3 Qualified | Pay from £12.21 per hour (DOE)
Ad Hoc • Part-Time • Full-Time Opportunities

I am currently supporting a lovely private nursery in the WF6 area who are looking to expand their team of Early Years Practitioners. They are seeking enthusiastic, caring, and dedicated EYFS Teaching Assistants to join them across a range of flexible roles.


✨ About the Role:

  • Supporting children aged 0–5 in a nurturing, creative early years environment

  • Assisting with play-based learning, daily routines, and classroom activities

  • Creating a safe, fun, and stimulating space for every child

  • Working collaboratively with a friendly, experienced nursery team

  • Hours: 8:00am – 6:00pm 


✨ Person Specification:

The nursery is looking for individuals who are:

  • Warm and welcoming, able to build positive relationships quickly

  • Bubbly and enthusiastic, bringing energy and positivity to each day

  • Creative, with ideas to support play and learning

  • Willing to get stuck in, supporting the team wherever needed

  • Passionate about early years development and children’s wellbeing


✨ What’s on Offer:

  • Pay starting from £12.21 per hour, increasing with experience

  • Ad hoc, part-time, and full-time opportunities available

  • Supportive leadership and ongoing professional development

  • A welcoming, community-focused nursery environment

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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