Early Years Practitioner - 12 month maternity cover

Bournville Primary School, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 3ST

38 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 March 2026

• Closing date

  4 January 2026 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  25 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,840.97 - £23,279.56

Early Years Practitioner - 12 month maternity cover job summary

12 month maternity cover starting 1 March 2026

An ELAN early years practitioner is positive, a team player, motivational, flexible, creative, and innovative with a supportive nature, as well as being confident, calm, consistent and resourceful with experience supporting EYFS pupils in a classroom environment.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Years provision at Bournville Primary School working with children aged 2-4 years.

Location: Weston-super-Mare

Hours: 35 hours per week, including 35 INSET hours per academic year (term time only)

Salary: £21,840.97 - £23,279.56

Closing date: 4 January 2025

Interview date: 9 January 2026

About you

• You should have a strong interest in working with children to help them develop and grow.

• You should demonstrate a good work ethic and be able to communicate effectively with the people around you, making sure that you treat both other staff and children with respect and care at all times.

• You should have a can-do attitude.

• You should bring excitement and fun to the early years setting.

You will work closely with the nursery and preschool manager to resource and adapt planning and support high quality teaching and learning across all subjects. You will help to create learning environments where pupils can expand their knowledge. You will work with the school community to uphold our trust and school values.

You need to be proactive, energetic, and committed to engaging pupils, developing their desire to learn. You will help to inspire them to be confident and independent. You will also need to be calm, patient, sensitive and able to comfort children when they’re upset.

You will:

• have EYFS experience

• have empathy for and enjoyment of working with children

• have a working knowledge of effective safeguarding practice

• have strong Communication and interpersonal skills

• a Level 3 or above relevant childcare qualification

• have willingness to engage in training and reflect for their own development

• understand that everyone is different and make sure everyone who attends our setting is respected and given the best experience

• be self-motivated, flexible and solution focused approach

• have the ability to keep calm under pressure and in challenging situations

• have the ability to provide support and guidance whilst promoting learning and respect

• be a good team player

• have an understanding of disadvantage and the barriers to learning

Bournville Primary School is a modern, fully inclusive school for 2-11 year-olds in Weston-super-Mare. At Bournville, we are passionate about children’s education. We are informed by the most up-to-date and relevant research and we are not afraid to take risks and try something new. Bournville is a National nurturing school and as such a nurture approach underpins all the work that we do in school. Ability to build string relationships with parents and their families is essential. Our teachers encourage children to have enquiring minds, take pride in their achievements, and have respect for moral and personal values. Bournville is more than just a school, it is a family that understands and works with all aspects of the child. Adults who work at Bournville will be advocates for the children in our school and have excellent ability to develop relationships with children and families.

This post is exempt from The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

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 Bournville Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 514 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bournville Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bournville-primary-school

We are passionate about children’s education, and by becoming part of our community, you will have a genuine opportunity to make a significant difference in their lives. Bournville is a school that puts nurture at the heart of its ethos and approach and in June 2024 we were awarded the National Nurturing Schools award.

We are a national Nurture school and a trauma informed approach underpins our values and principles when supporting children in our school.

At Bournville, we are more than just a school; we are a family that understands and nurtures every aspect of each child.  Our staff members become advocates for our pupils and families, building strong relationships with the whole community. If you are looking for a school that understands the importance of providing children, the right support at the right time is important then we are the school for you

If you are looking to inspire and support children in a modern, busy, vibrant environment, we invite you to apply and help us shape the future together.

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