Job Description

About the team we are recruiting to

Hillfields Nursery School is in the heart of Coventry. We offer a caring and supportive environment to all our community.


Staff, governors and children are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and passionate


Early Years Teaching Assistant to join our team, who is experienced working within early years.


Hillfields Nursery School is a maintained Nursery School.


Our vision and mission link together to ensure we support our community to learn and achieve.


We uphold high expectations to enable our children to achieve their highest potential.




What is the job role?

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of the nursery age range and inclusive practice. We use Makaton, Shared Sustained Thinking and have a big focus using the full learning area, indoors and outdoors to offer a full Early Years Curriculum.




Who are we looking for?

From September 2025, we are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant who is passionate about meeting children's individual needs, learning through play outdoors and indoors and who is able to take on new skills to work with a wide range of needs as we have a high level of special educational needs identified.



Your qualification must meet the requirements of the Governments Early Years qualification checker and if you have qualified since June 2016, you must hold a valid Paediatric First Aid certificate for it to be valid.

Closing date: 2nd September 2025

Interview date: 11th and 12th September 2025

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.