16 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    5 January 2026

  • Closing date

    26 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    10 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share): 37hrs/week - Tuesday 8.15-4.45pm and Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8.15-4pm daily Term Time Only

Contract type

Fixed term - Jan-Dec 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

scp D4-5 £22048-£22397

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the role:

Atherstone & Bedworth Heath Maintained Nursery School Federation Governing Body are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Early Years Educator who will share our vision for providing outstanding teaching and learning opportunities to our nursery community and offering outstanding parent/carer family support.

Key Requirements:

The Early Years Educator position is suited to an experienced educator who wants to continue to develop their skills and make a difference within their school community. Visits to school are highly advised, you will be warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit, please contact admin1002@welearn365.com or call 02477 752 392

What the school offers its staff

We are able to offer outstanding Early Years CPD, a supportive and experienced staff team and an ethos that values staff wellbeing. In the first instance, the vacancy is covering a maternity cover position in our Daisy 2–3yr old Nursery, that will start in January 2026 and finish 18 December 2026. We are hoping that there may be future roles available post the ending of this role as we are aiming to expand our 2–3yr old provision.

Flexible working opportunities

Relevant Allowances: Working pattern Tuesday 8.15-4.45pm and Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday daily 8.15-4pm If you would like to apply for this role as a part-time position, please do submit an application. The successful candidate will be working with our team of educators in our 2–3yr old nursery environment. Starting date: January 2026

How to apply: Please find below the job description, personal specification, application form and an equalities form. Please complete the equalities form and application form referencing all your experience using the personal specification as a guide and email to admin1002@welearn365.com by noon on Wednesday 26 November 2025.

Bedworth Heath Maintained Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory return of safeguarding checks, two references and an enhanced DBS disclosure. Any applicant that is shortlisted will need to disclose relevant criminal history.

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.

Upload additional documents

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

About Bedworth Heath Nursery School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 5
Education phase
Nursery
School size
89 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 5
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
02477 752 392

Atherstone and Bedworth Heath Maintained Nursery School Federation Governing Body are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Head of School for Bedworth Heath Maintained Nursery School who will share our vision for providing outstanding teaching and learning opportunities to our nursery community and offering outstanding parent/carer family support. The Head of School will work with the Executive Head Teacher, Senior Leadership Team, Nursery Lead Teachers, Staff team, Parents/Carers, Governors and the LA, as appropriate, to maintain and improve provision and outcomes for pupils, volunteers and students across the Federation.

We are able to offer outstanding Early Years and leadership CPD, a supportive and experienced staff team and an ethos that values staff wellbeing. Please do read our most recent Ofsted reports that comments on how the leadership put value and time into staff workload and wellbeing - https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50253019

Key Requirements: The Head of School position is suited to an experienced early years teacher who has experience of leading a team of early years educators and who wants to continue to develop their skills and make a difference within their school community. Visits to school are highly advised, you will be warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit, please contact admin1002@welearn365.com or call 02477 752 392.

Relevant Allowances: Working pattern will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays. The team planning and pedagogy meetings take place on Mondays and Tuesdays at 15.45-16.45. The role is situated in the scale point bands of L1-L5 depending on experience.

How to apply: Please find below the job description, personal specification, application form and an equalities form. Please complete the equalities form and application form referencing all your experience using the personal specification as a guide and email to admin1002@welearn365.com by close of day on Monday 3rd March 2025.

Arranging a visit to Bedworth Heath Nursery School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin1002@welearn365.com.

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