Wellesley Park Primary School
Nursery Practitioner
Full Time
Wellesley Park Primary School in Wellington is home to 300 children, including Wellesley Park Explorers Nursery.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Nursery Practitioner who is compassionate, dynamic, and resourceful to join our dedicated and hardworking team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing provision that now caters for children aged 9 months to 4 years, offering high-quality care and education all year round. We are committed to offering professional development opportunities.
• Level 3 childcare qualification is essential.
Our Nursery shares the fantastic grounds and facilities with our primary school and is open five days a week, all year round. As part of the Blackdown Education Partnership, we believe our schools should sit at the heart of our communities; that there are no limits to what our children and young people can achieve and that they should be great places to work and learn.
We are looking for:
• A dedicated, hardworking Early Years Practitioner who is able to raise and sustain high standards
• Someone with excellent interpersonal skills with children, staff, and parents
• A practitioner who can enthuse and inspire children across the 9 months to 4 years age range
• Someone who is able to work as part of a team, sharing excellent practice and learning from others
We can offer you:
• A dedicated and supportive working environment
• Excellent professional development opportunities
• A modern, inspiring setting designed to support exceptional early years learning
Hours & Salary:
The post is for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:30am and 6pm, all year round. Salary: Grade 14 on the School Support Staff Pay Scale – £25,185 to to £25,989 per annum
Employer pension contribution: 24.4%
Visits to the setting are welcome, please phone the school office to make an appointment. A full job description and application pack is available on the school website. Please note, applications by CV or incomplete forms will not be considered.
We are currently welcoming ongoing applications for the role of Nursery Practitioner to join our dedicated and friendly team. This is an open advert, and we will be reviewing applications and contacting suitable candidates as they are received—so don’t wait to apply!
Please note that early applications will be reviewed and candidates may be invited to interview before the deadline.
As a school we are committed to the safeguarding of our community, we follow full safer recruitment procedures including relevant references and Enhanced DBS checks.
Safeguarding Statement:
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
Data Protection Act: Information held by Blackdown Education Partnership complies with and is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. If your application is successful, the information you have provided in the ‘Personal Details’ section will be used for payroll purposes and may be disclosed to the Inland Revenue. It will be disclosed within the school for security and administration.
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