Early Years Classroom Teacher

Cippenham Nursery School, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 5NL

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 March 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  11 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday 37 hours per week.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34398-£43545
• Pay scale: TQUA01-TQUA05

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job Title: Early Years Classroom Teacher

Responsible to: Headteacher & Governing Body

Responsible for: carrying out the duties & responsibilities of a teacher as detailed in the Pay & Conditions of Service document 2013 & to meet the requirements of the Teaching Standards.

Grade: Main scale

Job Purpose:

 To help lead the school in policies & practices of continuous school improvement & staff development

 To be an effective & reflective classroom teacher able to demonstrate & share good practice

 To work as part of the nursery school team

 To effectively involve parents in their children’s learning

 To provide the highest quality care & learning opportunities for all the children.

Teaching & Learning

 To play an effective role in the development of high-quality teaching & learning

 To plan, organise & deliver a broad & balanced child centred curriculum within the Early Years Foundation Stage using a variety of teaching methods to address the differing needs of the children within the school

 To organise staff, students & volunteers, & lead the daily/weekly planning to enable the children to learn & develop

 To be responsible for monitoring the progress & wellbeing of the children

 To assess, record & review the progress of individual children, & to compile records of achievement

 To report to parents & professionals on a regular basis

 To establish positive relationships with parents & work with other professional in developing a range of support, e.g. home visits, home-school diaries, meetings

 To share & support the school’s responsibility to provide & maintain opportunities for the children’s personal & academic growth

 To facilitate inclusion in the main stream nursery provision, events & activities wherever possible

 To be an excellent role model for all staff

 To interact with children’s learning sensitively & to effectively scaffold the learning of new skills & knowledge, & to help develop their characteristics of effective learning

Leadership

 To be line manager for the Early Years practitioners & Teaching Assistants in your Home Base

 To play an active part in school development

 To embrace the school’s ethos of inclusion

 To contribute to the professional development of staff

 To take an active part in the development of the School Improvement Plan, its implementation & evaluating it

Safeguarding

 To be fully aware of & understand the duties & responsibilities arising from the Children Act 2004 & Working Together in relation to child protection & safeguarding children & young people as this applies the role of the adult in the school.

To carry out any other duties as deemed necessary to the post under the direction of the headteacher.

These are the key tasks as currently defined. They are not listed in priority order.

What the school offers its staff

Teachers School Pension

Pluxee discounts/vouchers

Well being events termly. Evenings out with staff.

EAP

Occupational Health support

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Application Form Qualified Teacher.doc - 224 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Advert Class Teacher.docx - 565 KB (opens in new tab)

Early Years Classroom Teacher job specification.doc - 34 KB (opens in new tab)

About Cippenham Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 4
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 149 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 4
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cippenham Nursery School website
• Email address: dhaden@cns.slough.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01628 661506
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cippenham-nursery-school

Maintained Nursery School

Arranging a visit to Cippenham Nursery School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dhaden@cns.slough.sch.uk.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Slough and Berkshire