Early Years Educator

Early Years Teaching Assistant
Reception Class
Full-time
Primary School
Barnet
Start Date: OctoberA welcoming and inclusive primary school in North West 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 teamAbout 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
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed