Early Years Educator

 

• Early Years Teaching Assistant
• Reception Class
• Full-time
• Primary School
• Walthamstow
• Start Date: March 2026

A welcoming and inclusive primary school in East London is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Early Years Teaching Assistant to work within their reception class from October 2025.

The Role

This full-time position offers the opportunity to support children at a crucial stage in their development, with a particular focus on language and communication skills. You will play a key role in nurturing a love of learning, building strong relationships, and helping pupils grow in confidence and independence.

The Role

• Supporting the class teacher with the day-to-day running of the Reception classroom
• Delivering small-group and one-to-one support, particularly in speech, language, and communication development
• Assisting with phonics sessions and early literacy development
• Helping to create a warm, stimulating and safe learning environment
• Monitoring and recording pupils’ progress and feeding back to the teaching team

About You

• Experience working with children in EYFS (school or nursery setting)
• Strong understanding of early language development
• A patient, caring and proactive approach
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

 

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

 

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