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Early Years Practitioner

Greenleas School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 2AB

This job expired on 26 November 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 November 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,731.00 - £17,008.00 Annually (Actual) Term-time only

Early Years Practitioner job summary

At Greenleas we have a friendly nurturing environment which supports all our children from the age of two to nine to be happy and confident in their learning. We offer a happy working environment for staff and excellent facilities for our local community.  We have two school sites.  This role is at our Kestrel Way (LU7 4WZ) site.

This role is in our Early Years Team, supporting children in our purpose built provision .  We take children from the age of two to four years.  Usually children move to our early years 'pre-reception' class in the year prior to starting in the main school.

We are a friendly team focused on providing the best start to our children's educational journey.

As an early years practitioner at Greenleas you will have the opportunity to lead a range of activities, including role play, storytelling, early phonics and more! Your day to day role will be ever-changing and interesting.

This role is term-time only, 31.25 hours per week Monday-Friday.

We are seeking a consistently outstanding practitioner with a willingness to learn who can demonstrate that they:

• Are an effective and enthusiastic team player who is not afraid of hard work.
• Can model and uphold the vision of the school.
• Can model and uphold the core values of the school and ensure that every child is school ready, safe and experiences ‘excellence, enrichment and enjoyment’.
• Are confident and passionate about early years education and will be a role-model for others.
• Have an interest in new developments and initiatives.
• Have a willingness to be flexible and embrace change.
• Have the desire to be an active member of the school team, creating a strong culture of learning which encourages ideas, contributions from others, collaborative working and upholding and seeing through decisions made.

In this role we can offer you:

• The opportunity to work with passionate staff in a positive, forward thinking pre-school.
• A welcoming and inclusive community.
• Enthusiastic children and friendly staff team.
• Support and encouragement for your continuous professional development.
• An engaging, creative and welcoming environment to learners who take pride in their school.
• Local Government pension scheme.
• Opportunities for progression across our two sites
• An inclusive collaborative approach
• A talented, highly motivated, committed and professional team of colleagues
• A supportive and engaged senior leadership team and governing board

Greenleas School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We will carry out enhanced DBS checks on all staff and take references. Please note that online searches are undertaken as part of the safer recruitment process. Central Bedfordshire Council Schools are equal opportunities employers and welcome applications from all members of the community.

Commitment to safeguarding

Greenleas School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We will carry out enhanced DBS checks where necessary on all staff and take references. Please note that online searches are undertaken as part of the safer recruitment process.

Central Bedfordshire Council Schools are equal opportunities employers and welcome applications from all members of the community.

Please advise us if you have a disability, learning difficulties, medical conditions or needs for which you would like us to make reasonable adjustments so that your application and working experience is more accessible.

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About Greenleas School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 9
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 679 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Greenleas School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greenleas-school (opens in new tab)

We are a two-site school in the market town of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. We have over five hundred and sixty main school pupils in addition to those attending our Early Years provision which brings our total number to nearly seven hundred. We have one hundred and thirty staff across both sites.

We have a senior and middle leadership structure, providing opportunities for career development.

Our teachers have shared PPA on a Friday afternoon and come together across both sites for our staff meeting/Inset every Wednesday. We plan as a team across both sites.

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