Hazelwood Schools

Teaching Assistants
Positions available in EYFS, KS1 or KS2
(please state if you have a preference in your application)

Salary Scale: £22,859 - £23,185 FTE per annum inc. (Scale 3)

 Hours: 32½ hours per week x 39 weeks per year (Monday–Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm (with ½ hour for lunch each day)

  Full time preferable but part time may be considered for exceptional candidates with proven skills and abilities.

Contract Term: Permanent                 

Start Date: September 2026

 Do you want to support our children and their families to make a real, positive difference to their lives?

Hazelwood Schools are seeking to recruit optimistic, enthusiastic teaching assistants to join our successful, vibrant, diverse school. You will need to be a problem solver who is able to work creatively in a variety of ways to help support children’s progress. The role is a flexible one, which may see you supporting children with additional and high needs or working as a whole class TA. We currently have positions in EYFS, KS1 or KS2, so please state your preference based on your experience in your application.

We are a friendly, over-subscribed 3-form entry community school, with a large Nursery, that is creative, inclusive and fully committed to achievement for all. As a member of staff at Hazelwood Schools, you will be part of an incredible team of practitioners, all working towards the school vision of ‘nurturing responsible citizens to achieve educational excellence by inspiring awe and wonder through a real, relevant, immersive and purposeful curriculum’. We hope you will want to join us on our journey...

 The ideal candidate will:

• Be an excellent, imaginative part of the teaching team with the ability to ensure all children make impressive progress;
• Have a passion for learning and be happy to work in the ever-evolving primary environment;
• Can demonstrate that they can develop and enhance learning opportunities and experience for children; supporting their social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional development;
• Have very good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work positively and flexibly in our busy team;
• Have good knowledge of the needs of all children and how to support them;
• Have a commitment to safeguarding children;
• Be pre-emptive and pro-active;
• Be able to support and promote our vision and values

Whilst it would also be preferably to have a good knowledge of the primary curriculum and SEND, at Hazelwood we also believe in giving a chance to candidates who have not necessarily held positions in schools but show the personal and professional qualities outlined above and in the person specification.

In return, we can offer:

• Enthusiastic, well behaved, friendly children with a love of learning;
• A strong and ambitious leadership team with a clear sense of strategic direction;
• Supportive, motivated colleagues with a “teamwork” ethic;
• A creative and inclusive school with a ‘can do’ ethos where success is recognised;
• An opportunity to be creative, innovate and take risks;
• Supportive parents and governors;
• Opportunities for training to further develop the role as appropriate

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office on 020 8886 3216 or email office@hazelwood.enfield.sch.uk to arrange a tour with a member of the leadership team.

For the job description, please click ‘here’.

For the Person Specification, please click ‘here’.

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply now’ button below.

Closing date: Friday 5^th June 2026 at 9am
Interview: Wednesday 10^th June 2026    
We may appoint before the closing date for this advertisement. Early application is advised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will undergo full DBS checks. Hazelwood Schools is an equal opportunities employer. All schools in Enfield are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work in our schools is expected to share this commitment. We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any time.

Please note CVs are not accepted.