Early Years Practitioner - Level 3+

The Leys Primary and Nursery School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4QZ

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  25 June 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  13 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £27,254.00 Annually (FTE)

Early Years Practitioner - Level 3+ job summary

We welcome applications from Early Years practitioners who are qualified to Level 3 as a minimum requirement. As a nursery practitioner, you would work as an effective member of an experienced early years team delivering flexible, high-quality education and care that meets the needs of our young children and their families. At the Leys, we provide a happy, warm, stimulating and secure learning environment. We aim to meet the individual needs of all our pupils, giving them the social skills and confidence they need in their formative years. This is a full-time nursery practitioner role working 32.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri). Please come and visit us! If you have any questions about the post, please don't hesitate to contact us.
The Leys is a happy, caring school in which children and adults are valued and respected. We are a successful, diverse and inclusive school that offers exciting learning opportunities to children aged 3-11.
We are a Values-Based School where we encourage all children to develop an understanding of the important qualities in life; Empathy, Inclusivity, Respect, Aspiration, Determination, and Empowerment are just some of these values, and we hope these help to foster friendships within the pupils which will last a lifetime.
Our school motto is ‘Learning today.. Leading tomorrow, we believe every child has the potential to be whatever they want to be. We have high aspirations and high expectations of them all. A primary school’s job is to prepare pupils for secondary school, and as such, we want to give our pupils experience in as many different aspects of learning as possible. When they leave us at the end of Year 6, we want them to want to learn more, to be curious and inquisitive. Therefore, it is necessary that we open their minds to so many different possibilities. We strive to provide an excellent education for all our pupils within a caring, stimulating and motivating learning environment. At The Leys, we offer a stimulating, well-resourced environment and aim to develop our children’s independence as learners.
School visits are welcome.

The Leys is fully committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. The following documents will need to be completed before all interviews.

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.

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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 The Leys Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 407 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Leys Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-leys-primary-and-nursery-school

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