Reception Teaching Assistant

This primary school is seeking a Reception Teaching Assistant to support early reading, phonics, and writing development.

The Reception team provides strong mentoring and clear daily routines. No prior experience is required — training will be provided to ensure you feel confident supporting early literacy.

• Supporting daily phonics sessions
• Assisting with guided reading
• Encouraging mark-making and sentence formation
• Supporting structured play-based learning
• Maintaining classroom routines
• Providing 1:1 encouragement where needed

• Flexible hours available
• Weekly pay
• Supportive EYFS Lead
• Clear progression opportunities
• Opportunity to build specialist literacy experience

Join a Reception classroom where children take their first steps into education.

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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.

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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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