Early Years Assistant

Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery, WELLINGBOROUGH, Northamptonshire, NN8 2AX

11 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 September 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  8 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £8,248.00 Annually (Actual)

Early Years Assistant job summary

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• To support Keyworkers by supporting individual children as part of the nursery routine as required to ensure safety of children.
• To contribute towards the School’s Equal Opportunities policy in a positive way by promoting anti-racist practice and valuing identity, culture, heritage and beliefs.
• To support children during the nursery day to ensure that their needs are met, they are settled.
• To work where necessary with individual parents and children, respecting and understanding individual needs, always maintaining courtesy and confidentiality.
• To assist in observations and assessments of children in consultation with other team members to support keyworkers in their records and reports.
• Support children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) using guiding materials, including language support for children with EAL.
• To work as part of the team contributing to planning and evaluation of the curriculum.
• To work as a team member, taking responsibility for maintaining high standards in the organisation and care of resources and equipment.
• To attend team and planning meetings, all training days and sessions for parent interviews where appropriate.
• To participate in visits and outings which extend the curriculum, as well as other social activities which are part of the Centre’s involvement in the community.

Health and Safety and Safeguarding

• To report any cause for concern regarding a child’s health or welfare to the designated senior member for Protection/Safeguarding Children.
• To promote the safety and well-being of pupils and help to safeguard children by following the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education and Child Protection Policy
• Report any accidents of children and report to line manager/teacher.
• To prepare rooms for activities and to help to tidy up after activities to ensure that activities organised by keyworkers run smoothly and that there are no health and safety implications.
• To supervise children adequately in all areas of the provision and following the schools Policy for supporting children’s behaviour.
• To keep your knowledge of current working policies, practices and regulations up to date.
• To be responsible for reading the staff communication and deployment board prior to work and be ready in your workplace for your start time.
• Maintain the highest level of cleanliness and hygiene in all nursery areas.
• Take shared responsibility for the care, maintenance and security of all equipment and toys within the nursery.

Continuing Professional Development:

• Undertake any necessary and identified professional development taking full advantage of any relevant training and development available.
• Maintain a professional portfolio of evidence - evaluating and improving own practice.
• Attend training days

The post holder will undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade of the post, in consultation with line manager.

This job description is subject to review and may be changed following consultation with the post holder. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of the Federation in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties.

The ideal candidate:

• Has experience of working with Early Years and must be Early Years qualified. Training is offered for candidates who wish to develop their expertise.
• Possesses outstanding communication skills and can work well in teams
• Has a thorough understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues

Why Work for us?

We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all our staff.

• A broad range of online, face-to-face and blended learning opportunities
• Professional qualifications via Apprenticeships
• Opportunities for coaching & professional supervision
• Opportunity for progression and CPD within the Federation and the wider maintained nursery school network

Other benefits of working for us include:

• Discounted nursery sessions for your children
• Free tea and coffee
• Free on-site parking
• Wellbeing support through our 24/7 employee assistance programme
• Local authority pension scheme
• Blue Light discounts

For more information about the roles and working for us please visit our Federation website www.ffcnschools.com

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme

Work Location: In person

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 0 to 4
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 109 pupils enrolled
• Age range: Not given
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/croyland-nursery-school-day-nursery

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