Early Years Practitioner

Job summary

Danesfield Manor School & Nursery

*Now also offering 4-day week contracts*

Early Year Practitioners - Full Time or Part Time (4 days per week)

Salary: £26,712 - £28,382 per annum (DOE/Pro rata for part-time)

Hours of Work: 40 hours a week, 8-5 or 9-6 alternate weeks

Contract term: Permanent, 52 weeks a year

We are currently looking for a passionate Early Years Practitioner to join our nursery. We are looking for a Level 2 or 3 Early Years practitioner who is passionate about teaching and children’s learning. You will be joining a great nursery that is at the heart of Danesfield Manor School. This permanent role is all year round, working with a variety of ages from 6 months to 4 years.

Located in Walton on Thames, Danesfield Manor School is a one-form entry school educating boys and girls from the age of 6 months to 11 years of age. With strong values and a growth mindset approach to learning, we empower our pupils with excellent knowledge, extensive vocabulary and innate confidence. We believe that a values-based education enriches our teaching and learning, allows our pupils to achieve beyond their own expectations and prepares them for their life-long journey beyond Danesfield.

We would like to hear from you if you are able to provide outstanding care and develop the education of our students using your specialist knowledge and experience. You will deliver our enriched early years curriculum through classroom and extra-curricular activities. You will also assist the Early Years Manager and Deputy in raising standards through continuous self-evaluation and providing high standards of supervision and pastoral care.

We would like to hear from you if you hold a Level 2 or Level 3 childcare qualification or above, have experience working with children, and can bring enthusiasm, energy and creativity to our nursery.

Your Key responsibilities will be:

• Working with our pupils and in partnership with parents and carers
• Ensuring the nursery provides a safe, happy and stimulating environment for individual children and enables them to meet their full potential.
• Observing, planning and evaluating appropriately for children using the EYFS curriculum.
• Maintaining accurate and effective records, using formative and summative assessments.
• Undertake a shared responsibility for health, safety and cleanliness throughout the nursery.
• In return, we will offer you a friendly, welcoming place of work, a great team of staff and pupils who are well behaved and engaging.

As part of the Inspire Learning Group, staff also benefit from:

• School or Nursery fee discount
• Pension scheme
• Refer a friend scheme up to £750
• Health plan that provides significant coverage such as optical, dental, dental accident, chiropody, therapy treatments and health club concession. Access to the Doctor line from anywhere in the world, scanning such as MRI, CT and PET scan
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Westfield rewards (discounts from various high street and online outlets).
• Please apply ASAP as we wish to interview and appoint as soon as applications are received.
• Interested candidates should send an application at the earliest possible time.

Danesfield Manor School is totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, as all new staff will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance, identity checks, qualification checks and employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps within employment, two satisfactory references and registration with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).