Early Years Practitioner

Monday to Friday, Term-Time only

Fixed-Term to 31.08.2026

Early Years qualification held: £17,779 per annum (based on working arrangements)

Apprenticeship: £17,482 per annum (based on working arrangements)

We have an opportunity for an Early Years Practitioner to join the team at the Kenyngton Manor Primary School starting in September 2025. This role supports the Nursery Managers in enabling all children in the Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS) to learn and develop by: recognising children as individuals capable of independence; building positive relationships and establishing enabling environments.

You will work as a member of the school team to ensure that all children attending the setting receive high quality care, are kept safe and receive rich and stimulating play experiences which meet their individual needs.

Plan and implement daily activities, ensuring that children’s needs are met. Provide a safe, creative and appropriate play opportunities - ensuring that all relevant records are maintained. Ensure that food provision is carried out within the statutory guides.

As a qualified applicant you will have attained an approved Early Years Practitioner (level 2 or above) Qualification. Alternatively, if you have appropriate experience of working with children, you could join us as an apprentice and work towards an Early Years qualification within the school.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the THPT HR Team by email.

Tours to the school are warmly welcomed, if you would like to request a tour of the school, or meet with us informally, then please email the HR Team.

All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

The Howard Partnership Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

Values and Behaviours

We are a values-based organisation and seek to recruit individuals who can demonstrate our values. Please ensure your supporting statement reflects our values.

Our values are:

• Integrity – displaying honesty and having strong moral principles
• Partnership – working together and taking collective ownership to achieve the same goals
• Advocacy – working hard on behalf of others to maximise their success
• Resilience – finding success again after something difficult or negative has happened
• Compassion – displaying empathy towards and a desire to help others
• Aspiration – aiming high to achieve success

Safeguarding and Further Information

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).