Early Years Practitioner

Life Multi Academy Trust, Leicester, LE9 9JL

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  27 August 2026

• Closing date

  11 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,997 - £25,588

Early Years Practitioner job summary

Early Years Practitioner

Required from ASAP

Grade 4, Point 6 to Grade 5, Point 7-8 

Contract type - Permanent

Actual salary - 

37 Hours a week, 52 weeks per year

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 12.00pm on Friday 11th September 2026.

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.

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

Bosworth Academy

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

LiFE Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment will be subject to a DBS check and an online search.

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 Life Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Life Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/life-multi-academy-trust

All our schools work within the LiFE Operating Model. We work together in a genuinely collaborative way and we
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