Early Years Practitioner (Early Years) - Kingsway Primary School

We have a strong reputation for excellent teaching and learning across the locality and with all of our stakeholders: children, parents, staff and governors are proud of our work. We are looking to appoint a passionate and committed Early Years Practitioner to work in close collaboration with our school and assist the manager in leading an able and knowledgeable staff team. The Key Nursery at Kingsway Primary School is of medium size and provides an educationally rich, stimulating and enjoyable environment to children aged 2 - 4 years. The safe and nurturing setting provides an excellent standard of care to all children across both the toddler and a pre-school rooms and benefits from the teams at the school who provide additional support with safeguarding, finance and SEND management. We seek applications from candidates that wish to ensure the highest standards of provision, who wish to contribute their vision to the development of the setting and working closely with the school.,

• Contribute a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the EYFS
• Work as part of a team in order to set up and provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.
• Create a secure environment, using imagination to help children to learn.
• Address the physical needs of the children including toileting, dressing and cleanliness.
• Ensure high standards of supervision of children in all areas accessed by them
• Work with parents to support their children.
  
  Level 2 Early Years Education and Childcare Qualification (or above)
• Proven experience, passion and natural ability for working with children from 2 to 4 years within a nursery setting
• Sound understanding of child development, and of children's needs.
• Ability to plan and implement a curriculum
• Enthusiasm and a positive attitude
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent knowledge of EYFS
  
  We can offer you:
• A happy, collegiate atmosphere with united staff teams
• Experienced and committed leaders who support and value every professional in the school
• Extended professional development opportunities within and beyond the school to support career development
• An exciting and fun environment with good facilities
• Use of the school facilities to support nursery provision
• A well-refined and developed curriculum which is supportive of workload
• Wonderful children who love to learn and thrive from exciting opportunities
• The opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children who need a great practitioner
• wonderful children who love to learn and thrive from exciting opportunities
• the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children who need a great teaching partner
• Term-time hours
• free access to our Employee Assistance Programme that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours per day, online and by telephone
• the Cycle to Work Scheme
• Gloucestershire County Council Pension Scheme
We are looking for someone who:
• Is aspirational for themselves, the nursery and the children they teach
• Values professional growth and seeks to be exceptional in their practice
• Understands the vital role that their practice plays in the life of children
• Is kind, nurturing, caring, creative and fun