Early Years Teaching Assistant

Early Years Teaching Assistant – Blackpool, Lancashire
Starting Christmas 2025 | For the Remainder of the Academic Year | Potential Temporary to Permanent Opportunity

Vision for Education is seeking a passionate and dedicated Early Years Teaching Assistant to join one of our partner primary schools in Blackpool, Lancashire. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner to make a real impact within an Early Years setting, supporting children to develop their confidence, independence, and love of learning.

This Early Years Teaching Assistant role in Blackpool, Lancashire is to begin in January 2025 and will continue for the remainder of the academic year, with the potential to become a permanent position for the right candidate. The successful applicant will support the class teacher in delivering high-quality learning experiences across all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

You will work closely with pupils to promote social, emotional, and academic development, supporting individual needs and helping to create a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment. Experience supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) is highly desirable for this Early Years Teaching Assistant position, as you may work with children requiring additional support.

Candidates must hold a full and relevant Early Years qualification (Level 2 or Level 3), such as an Early Years Educator qualification, and have recent experience supporting learning within EYFS.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting pupils’ learning and development through play-based and structured activities.

• Assisting with classroom organisation and preparation of learning resources.

• Delivering targeted interventions and supporting children with SEND.

• Promoting positive behaviour and engagement in learning.

• Working collaboratively with staff, parents, and external professionals.

This welcoming primary school in Blackpool, Lancashire has a warm and inclusive ethos and is well-regarded within the local community. In its most recent Ofsted inspection, the school was praised for its strong leadership, high expectations, and commitment to providing pupils with a positive and enriching education. Inspectors noted that children in the Early Years get off to an excellent start, with staff who know pupils well and create a safe, engaging environment where every child can thrive.

The school promotes teamwork, professional development, and child-centred learning — making it an ideal environment for an Early Years Teaching Assistant to grow and contribute to pupils’ early learning journeys.

As part of our team, you benefit from:
• Excellent daily rates paid using the PAYE system. (Daily rate is subject to your scale rate, experience in role and qualifications which will be discussed at the point of registration.)
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability).
• Social and networking events.
• Pension contributions.
• CPD to help with your professional development.
• Access to a dedicated consultant.

We are a market-leading education supply agency committed to the development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality educators.

We’re part of The Edwin Group, an education alliance here to do good, and we are proud to be named in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work in the UK 2024.

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If you are an Early Years Teaching Assistant who can enthuse, motivate, and engage learners, and would like the challenge of working in a rewarding environment in Blackpool, Lancashire, then we want to hear from you.

Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities, call the Preston office on (phone number removed).

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