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Early Years Practitioner

Wilburton CofE Primary School, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RJ

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• Job start date

  1 January 2025

• Closing date

  6 December 2024 at 3pm

• Date listed

  24 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time: 11.5 hours per week, as follows: Monday and Friday: 11:45am – 3:15pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 11:45am – 1:15pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790
• Pay scale: Level 2, SCP 5

What skills and experience we're looking for

From January 2025 Wilburton Church of England Primary School is expanding its Early Years provision, offering term-time places to rising four year olds (children who turn 4 between September 2024 and August 2025) The pre-school will operate during school hours: 8:45-3:15 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and a shorter day on a Wednesday of 8:45-1pm.

Due to this expansion we are looking to appoint an inspiring and highly driven Early Years Practitioner to start in January 2025. You will need to be experienced at working with young children and will have a passion for this stage of learning.

At Wilburton C of E Primary School, we nurture children to ensure they are happy to learn and have emotional awareness within our school family through a safe and secure environment. Our school values of love, excellence and well-being underpin our ethos and drive for all children to reach their full potential, learning to love and loving to learn. You will play a vital role in supporting our school’s principles and ensuring our pupils feel supported and valued.

If you have a desire to make a difference and are a good team player, then this post could be right for you.

What the school offers its staff

We offer a great staff team with high expectations, an exciting opportunity to be part of our new pre-school provision, and good development opportunities as this grows over the coming years.

Further details about the role

Purpose of Post

1. To implement the lunchtime routine of our Early Years Foundation Stage children.

2. To ensure the school aims of creating high-quality adult child interactions and an oracy rich environment are fostered

3. To meet the needs of individual children from different cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development.

Person Specification

1. Have a Level 2 Early Years Qualification

2. Be able to work with children, ensuring progression and where appropriate record keeping

2. Teamwork.

3. Effective communicator, including liaising with EYFS Lead, EYFS Staff and parents/carers.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Facilitate a nurturing, supportive and welcoming lunchtime environment, including preparing lunch area, supporting children with preparing for lunch, eating and using cutlery

2. Support and observe children, liaise with the EY Lead to make reasonable adjustments to ensure children succeed and effectively track progress.

3. Work with parents/carers of all children including those with additional needs ensuring full integration in the Setting; inclusive practice.

4. Support all staff and engage in a good staff team.

5. To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, fundraising events

6. To be flexible within working practices of the Setting.

7. Work alongside the EYFS lead and team to ensure that the ethos and value of the School are fulfilled.

8. Recording accidents /incidents in the correct manner: in line with school practice.

9. To respect the confidentiality of information received.

10. To develop your role within the team.

11. To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and young people in the workplace, ensuring policies and procedures are observed at all times.

Commitment to safeguarding

Wilburton C of E Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have an enhanced DBS and Disqualification by Association check.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

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About Wilburton CofE Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 112 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wilburton CofE Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: head@wilburton.cambs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01353 740269
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wilburton-cofe-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Wilburton CE Primary School is a small, friendly primary school. Our values of love, wellbeing and excellence are very important to us, as is our outdoor curriculum. We pride ourselves on our calm, purposeful learning environment, underpinned by a therapeutic approach to support children to reach their full potential. We are a strong, supportive staff team, committed to achieving the best outcomes for children in our community.

Arranging a visit to Wilburton CofE Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email head@wilburton.cambs.sch.uk.

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