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Where an early years teaching assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an early years teaching assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Early years teaching assistants support the early years teacher in an early years or nursery school. They assist in class instruction, in classroom supervision in absence of the head teacher, and in organising, developing and putting into practice of the daily schedule. Early years teaching assistants monitor and help students in group as well as individually, and tend to focus on the students in need of extra care and attention the early years teacher cannot provide.

Also known as reception teaching assistant, assistant in early years teaching, preschool teaching aide, early childhood teaching aide, early childhood teaching assistant, nursery teaching aide, nursery teaching assistant, assistant in early years education, early years TA, kindergarten teaching assistant.

Service and sales workers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: primary school teaching assistant, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
primary school teaching assis… 79% covered early years teacher 74% covered special educational needs ass… 68% covered Freinet school teacher 65% covered Montessori school teacher 62% covered early years teaching assi… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from early years teaching assistant, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an early years teaching assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An early years teaching assistant needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • provide teacher support communication, collaboration and creativity
  • kindergarten school procedures education
  • assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
  • attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring
  • implement care programmes for children assisting and caring
  • workplace sanitation services
  • handle children's problems assisting and caring
  • monitor children's physical development information skills
  • perform playground surveillance assisting and caring
  • encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an early years teaching assistant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Early years teaching assistant is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an early years teaching assistant’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.