Join our team as an Apprentice EYFS Teaching Assistant!

School: Beacon Primary School, Peter Martin St, Horwich, Bolton

Directorate: Forward As One CE Multi Academy Trust

Reporting to: Headteacher

Hours: 30 hours per week, Term Time Only

Contract: Fixed Term (Apprenticeship Contract)

Grade: Apprentice Rate

Location: Beacon Primary School

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: 8th May 2026 - 12 noon

Start Your Career with Us – Join Our #OneTeam #OneMission #OneFamily

Are you passionate about working with young children? Do you want to gain a recognised qualification while making a real difference every day?

Beacon Primary School is looking for a caring, enthusiastic and motivated Apprentice EYFS Teaching Assistant to join our Early Years team. This is a fantastic opportunity to begin a rewarding career in education while working towards a recognised Teaching Assistant qualification.

You will support our Nursery children at a crucial stage in their development, helping them to grow socially, emotionally and academically in a nurturing and stimulating environment.

Working as One Family to put young people first

With roots in an outstanding, inner-urban, multi-cultural National Support School, educational charity Forward As One is a growing Church of England Multi-Academy Trust of faith and non-faith schools in local authorities across Greater Manchester.

Our Mission: To build thriving communities by empowering every adult and young person with the education and opportunities they need to flourish and prosper.

Our Values: Forward as One Schools work closely together, with an ethos of collective accountability and meaningful collaboration that drives our whole trust community forward as one.

Family……Working together for collective success

Openness……Sharing with, and being accountable to, others

Resilience……Overcoming challenges through commitment and perseverance

Wisdom……A lifelong love for learning, understanding the world around us

Aspiration……Pursuing excellence in all that we do

Research……Grounding everything we do in evidence and best practice

Diversity……Fostering inclusive and vibrant learning communities

What we Offer

A supportive and experienced Early Years team

A structured apprenticeship programme with mentoring

Opportunities for professional development

A welcoming and inclusive school community

The opportunity to build a long-term career in education

For any queries please contact HR@fa1.uk.

Safeguarding Statement: 

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, as part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed on to the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

Pre-employment checks will be undertaken before appointment is confirmed.

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Source: UK Teaching Vacancies Service (teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.