Early Years Educator

North Elmham Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5JS

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  1 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,656 - £18,951 actual pa

Early Years Educator job summary

Part of Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust

Tel: 01362 668318

Email: adminmanager@flourishfed.co.uk

• Salary - Pay Points, 4-5, £18,656 - £18,951 actual pa (£25,185 - £25,583 FTE)
• Temporary - initially to 31 December 2026 with the possibility to extend for a further period
• Part Time
• 32 hours per week
• Term time plus one week
• Required for 1 September 2026

We are looking for an enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner to join our team at North Elmham Primary School and Nursery. The position includes supporting the children attending the Nursery setting and working with the manager, deputy manager and room supervisor to deliver a suitable programme of activities, as well as caring for the children’s personal needs. The role will also include acting as a key worker for a small number of children and compiling a record of their development as well as involving parents/carers in their child’s progress. The successful candidate will enjoy working with children and be able to use their initiative to support the children’s needs and form positive and supportive relationships with them.

The Nursery setting will also provide before and after school care for the Nursery and school aged children, therefore the working hours will be from 8.00 am and 4.30 pm, Tuesday to Friday during school term time.

We would love to hear from you if:

• You have a suitable early years or childcare qualification (NVQ level 2 or equivalent)
• You have experience of working in an early years setting, either a Nursery or within an early years classroom
• You have a love of the outdoors
• You have an awareness of the Foundation Stage curriculum and experience of using the online journal, Tapestry
• You are calm and flexible in your approach to children and able to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team
• You are willing to undertake training as required for the role, attend meetings and contribute to the positive ethos of our school.

Working Hours

The exact working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate at interview but will fall within our academy hours of Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office to book an appointment

How to apply

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

To complete our online application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, and you will be directed to apply through our Applicant Tracking System. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a ‘Teacher Booker’ account.

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. Please contact us to discuss this further if you have any queries.

Within the Trust we use AI to help review applications. If we spot that AI has been used in a misleading way, such as copying unedited AI created answers, exaggerating previous job experience, or pretending to be someone else, we may choose to reject the application without feedback. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if sufficient applications have been received.

Closing date:  10 July 2026, 9am

Interview date:  w/c  10 July 2026

The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references. 

The Trust's safeguarding policy can be found on our website.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. 

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 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 North Elmham Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 54 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-elmham-ceva-primary-school-part-of-flourish-federation-dereham

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