Early Years Teacher, Stonehill Nursery School federated with Dale
Dale Community Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6NL16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
22 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
15 September 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time 32.5 Hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Scale
What skills and experience we're looking for
The post holder is responsible to the Head Teacher
The appointment is subject to the current conditions of employment for teachers contained in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, the current Education Act, the required standards for Qualified Teacher Status and other current educational legislation and the school’s articles of government.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This job description may be amended at any time following discussion between the Head Teacher and member of staff and will be reviewed annually.
Purpose of Post
- To lead practice within the 2-year-old room
- To be responsible for day-to-day management, staffing, organisation and smooth running of the 2-year-old room
- Support the policies, ethos and vision of the school and actively promote high levels of achievement in the early years.
- Undertake the normal responsibilities of a class teacher, as set out in the ‘School teachers’ pay and conditions document’.
- To ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in your care
- To give support to other team members within your immediate room and within the wider nursery
- To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all children play, learn and develop.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS
- To deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and any other appropriate guidance for young children in accordance with the school
- Observe each child’s progress and report on achievements, looking for progression and continuity alongside the Early Years Foundation Stage using the school assessment system
- Ensure all children in the 2-year-old room receive progress checks as laid out in the Early Years Foundation Stage and that these are shared with parents in an appropriate and timely manner
- Practice and promote current legal requirements, national policies and guidance on health and safety, safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children
Effective Practice
- To be accountable for the delivery of high-quality provision within the setting
- Encourage other practitioners to have high expectations of all children and to demonstrate commitment to ensuring that they can achieve their full potential
- Establish and sustain a safe, welcoming, purposeful, stimulating and encouraging environment where children feel confident and secure and can develop and learn
- Promote the use of informed observation and other strategies to monitor children’s activity, development and progress systematically and carefully, and to use this information to inform, plan and improve practice and provision
- Plan and provide safe, appropriate, child-led and adult initiated experiences, activities and play opportunities in indoor and outdoor, which enable children to develop and learn
- Select, prepare and use a range of resources suitable for children’s ages, interests and abilities, taking account of diversity and promoting equality and inclusion
- Actively support the development of children’s language and communication skills
- Promote positive behaviour, self-control and independence through using effective behaviour management strategies and developing children’s social, emotional and behavioural skills
- Promote children’s rights, equality, inclusion and anti-discriminatory practice in all aspects of the setting
- Establish and maintain a safe environment and employ practices that promote children’s health, safety and physical, mental and emotional well-being
- Keep up to date with current research-based thinking and progression in early years
- Ensure you have a clear understanding of the settling of new children into the nursery
- Ensure that practitioners attend to the all-round daily needs of the children by enhancing their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
- Assist children with personal care, including changing nappies, assisting with toileting and other associated welfare duties.
Relationships with children
Communicating and working in partnership with families and carers
- Establish fair, respectful, trusting and constructive relationships with families and parents/carers, and communicate sensitively and effectively with them
- To work in partnership with parents / carers and other family members, providing formal and informal opportunities through which information about children’s well-being, development and learning can be shared to improve outcomes
What the school offers its staff
Do you want to work in a positive, supportive school environment where teamwork is valued and individuals are encouraged to achieve their full potential?
Stonehill Nursery School is a vibrant nursery federated with Dale Community Primary School and is located in the heart of the city. We are well established and popular schools with rising standards and high morale amongst our staff.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Early Years teacher to teach in our 2-year-old unit and to make a difference to the lives of our children. The successful candidate should be an excellent practitioner who can deliver quality EYFS provision and ensure the best outcomes for all our pupils.
You will:
- Be a reflective practitioner, striving for excellence within your practice
- Have a determination to raise standards and to create a culture where pupils experience a positive start to their education journey
- Enable children to reach their full potential
- Have a nurturing approach, caring for the whole child
- Be proactive to make a difference to the lives of children
- Be an excellent team player
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, build and maintain strong relationships with children, staff, parents and carers, governors and the wider local community
We can offer you:
- Happy and enthusiastic children who are keen to learn
- A supportive and positive leadership team who work together for the benefit of our children
- Opportunities to develop leadership skills and a commitment to your professional development including access to unlimited online CPD through National College
- A school which prioritises teacher wellbeing with access to on-site counselling
Stonehill Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to suitable references, an enhanced DBS check and a medical check.
Visits to the school are welcome by appointment; Please contact the Stonehill Nursery school office on 01332 341636 or jhenson@stonehill.derby.sch.uk to arrange.
Your completed application form and supporting letter of no more than two sides of A4 can be emailed to Mr Pass at cpass@dale.derby.sch.uk
Closing date: Wednesday 15th October 2025 at 9:00am
Interviews: Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Further information about the job
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Dale Community Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 549 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Dale Community Primary School website
- Email address
- cpass@dale.derby.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01332 341636
Arranging a visit to Dale Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cpass@dale.derby.sch.uk.
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