Early Years Practitioner

Bosworth Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 9JL

42 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  9 March 2026

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual salary £12,254 - £12,448

Early Years Practitioner job summary

Early Years Practitioner

Required from ASAP

Grade 5, Point 7-8

Contract type 1 Year Fixed Term in the first instance

Actual salary - £12,254 - £12,448

18 Hours a week, 52 weeks per year

Flexible working (Time tabled 1 month in advance)

The Head teacher and Governing Body wish to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner to support the Nursery manager at Bosworth Academy Day Nursery. Bosworth Nursery is a popular nursery provision, within the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust. You will support the nursery team to deliver quality childcare within the EYFS framework, assist with the planning and delivery of all day to day activities in the nursery and be fully committed to the happiness, well-being, safeguarding, self-esteem and progress of all children in your care.

The successful candidate will be qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 in childcare with previous experience of working with children. You will have a good knowledge of the EYFS standards/framework, other statutory requirements and codes of practice. It is essential that you are a strong team worker who is flexible and willing to work with all staff across the nursery and college. Bosworth Academy Day Nursery aims to provide a safe, happy and stimulating learning environment for children to develop.

The nursery is based at Bosworth Academy Community which is part of Life Multi Academy Trust. For up to 20 children ranging from 3 months to 5 years, the nursery is ideally situated for both staff and parents with free on-site car Further information and application forms are available on our school website.

We can offer you:

● A chance to join a dynamic Early Years Trust with three nurseries

● A committed and dedicated team of qualified early years practitioners

● A strong passion for learning and development across all members of our nursery community

● 100% focus on improving outcomes for the children in our nurseries and across the Trust

● Excellent support for your professional development, including opportunities to visit other nurseries and learn from colleagues

We require you to:

● Be passionate about children’s learning, development, and wellbeing

● Be a great team player with a positive, proactive approach

● Have high expectations for children’s learning, development, and behaviour

● Be an excellent early years practitioner with a strong record of achievement and success In addition, we offer:

● Access to training & development opportunities, including upskilling through the apprenticeship levy

Closing Date

The closing date for completed applications is 27th March 2026, with interviews taking place during the week commencing 9th April

Application process

Application forms and further details can be downloaded from Eteach.

Completed application forms should be submitted via ETeach. An email will be sent to shortlisted candidates with details of the interview process and the outline of the day.

We invite you to apply so that you can find out more about our nursery. If there is any further information you wish to know, please do not hesitate to ask by emailing Becky Jarvis.

Thank you, and we are really looking forward to hearing from you.

Bosworth Academy

Leicester Lane,

Desford,

LE9 9JL

Simon Brown, Headteacher

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 Bosworth Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1557 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bosworth Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bosworth-academy

Bosworth Academy is a popular and expanding 11-19 school, within the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust, which is increasingly the school of choice for parents in the area. We have high expectations of all our staff, which makes our faculty an exciting and progressive environment in which to work. The team is forward thinking and extremely supportive of each other, working collaboratively to secure high standards of teaching and learning. We are passionate in our goal of ensuring that our students get every opportunity to be the best they can possibly be.

Bosworth Academy is the lead school in the LiFE Multi Academy Trust, which has been recognised by Ofsted as an ‘Outstanding’ school in our recent inspection. We continue to develop our practice as we believe our community deserves nothing less and were awarded ‘World Class Status’.

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