Job Description

Castle Hill Infant and Junior School

Location:

Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 6QD

Salary:

19,343 per annum

Hours:

32.5 hours per week, 8.30am - 3.30pm, Monday-Friday

Contract:

Permanent, required from January 2026.

Reference:

8011

Castle Hill Infant and Junior School

are seeking a dedicated and passionate

Nursery Teaching Assistant

to join our brand-new nursery, opening in January 2026. This is a wonderful opportunity to support young children at the very start of their educational journey in a warm, inclusive, and nurturing environment.


Castle Hill Infant and Junior Schools are two established schools, working as one, based in Ipswich. Castle Hill is a vibrant school community within ASSET Education, creating learners who are equipped for the 21st century. We place great emphasis on developing children's character, using our bespoke Learning Knights, restorative practices and Trauma Informed approach, to prepare them for the challenges that lie ahead in both their education and life.


As a Nursery Teaching Assistant, you will help create a safe and stimulating space where children feel secure, valued and encouraged to explore through play. You will assist with daily routines, support children's personal, social and emotional development, and contribute to a positive atmosphere that promotes wellbeing and curiosity.


We are seeking someone who is patient, flexible and passionate about working with young children. Strong communication skills and a team-focused approach are essential, along with a genuine commitment to supporting the values and ethos of our school. The successful candidate will also hold a relevant Level 3 qualification.

You will:

be a consistently outstanding classroom assistant be committed to achieving high standards be flexible and can use your own initiative, understanding a range of duties be able to work independently and as part of a team be resilient, hardworking and self-motivated be able to adapt to suit the needs of individual learners be able to manage change well, and support children in a variety of situation be required to provide support in small groups be a team player who is solution focused, patient and caring think on your feet and use your own initiative have a good knowledge of or be prepared to learn about sensory strategies and how to use these to support children to self-regulate or be willing to learn. understand different communication methods provide support for children by implementing an effective range of learning strategies to ensure outstanding learning outcomes for all students work closely with the class teacher liaise with teaching staff to plan and deliver classroom support.



This post will be reporting directly to our Nursery Teacher.

For more information

Please read the

Recruitment Pack (pdf)

.


For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with

Jennifer Smith

, Headteacher please contact

Joanne Sparkhall

, Office Manager, by either emailing

jsparkhall@castlehillprimary.org.uk

or calling

01473 741758

.


To find out more about the school please visit

our website

.

How to apply

Please complete your application by visiting the

My New Term website

.

Closing date: 3pm, 21 November 2025.

Interview date: 28 November 2025.

We welcome visits to the school. For an informal tour please contact the school office to arrange.


ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.


The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references.