Level 3 Early Years Practitioner & Room Leader
Summerhill Primary Academy, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 9PF35 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
19 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week Monday- Friday. Full Year post.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade C, points 5-8. FTE salary £24,790-£25,992
What skills and experience we're looking for
•Level 3 or above approved Early Years
qualification.
•Willingness to participate in other
development and training opportunities
·Ability to plan effective learning
and care programmes either under appropriate supervision and guidance or in
collaboration.
·Ability to work independently using
own initiative.
·Ability to self-evaluate learning
needs and actively seek learning opportunities
·Ability to relate well to children
and adults including other professionals/carers/parents
·Ability to demonstrate and promote
good practice in line with the ethos of the setting both indoors and outdoors.
·Ability to manage multiple tasks,
whilst ensuring children, colleagues, parents and carers are respected and
listened to.
·Fluent English speaker
·Effectively communicate with adults
and children
·Good written, verbal and nonverbal
communication
·Proven experience of working with
children in an early learning environment
·Ability to reflect on learning and
care needs and use this knowledge to impact on children’s outcomes e.g. in
planning, procurement of resources, Individual Education Plans (IEPs),
communication with parents
What the school offers its staff
We believe that collaboration and staff wellbeing are at the heart of our success.
Supported by our trust, we offer a range of benefits to enhance our work environment and support the professional and personal growth of our staff, including work-life balance.
Education Mutual
Staff can access a comprehensive range of healthcare services through Education Mutual, including mental health support, 24/7 GP Healthline, physiotherapy, stress management resources, and occupational health services.
Find out more about Healthcare and Wellbeing Services here: www.educationmutual.co.uk/service/healthcare-and-wellbeing/
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a defined benefit plan, meaning your pension is calculated based on your salary and length of service and adjusted for inflation. This ensures a secure and guaranteed income in retirement, unaffected by investment performance.
Find out more about LGPS here: www.lgpsmember.org/
Other staff benefits include:
•Competitive salary •Six INSET days per year •Protected CPL time •Continued professional development pathway for every role •No work communication outside working hours •Excellent holiday entitlement for support staff: Bank holidays plus 26 days paid holiday (pro rata) •5 days extra paid holiday after 5 years’ service (pro rata) •Time for You’ day •Family-friendly policies including flexible working, occupational maternity and paternity pay •Reasonable release time for significant personal events •Length of service awards •Resources for retirement and financial planning •Cycle-to-work scheme •Free tea, coffee and milk
Flexible working opportunities
Commitment to safeguarding
Summerhill’s Primary Academy 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 applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr-spa@riverscofe.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Summerhill Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 799 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Summerhill Primary Academy website
- Email address
- klowe@riverscofe.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 557 3282
Summerhill’s Little Treasures opened in July 2008 and we are registered with Ofsted to care for babies from 6 weeks old.
We have four nursery rooms within the setting, Orange Room, which accommodates babies from 6 weeks old up to 2 years old. Green Room, which accommodates 2-year-old funded children on a sessional basis. Purple Room accommodates 2 years olds who access a flexible range of sessions, and finally, Yellow Room. Yellow Room is our pre-school provision which offers 15 – 30 hour provision plus a wrap around service.
We also provide a wraparound service for Summerhill Primary
Academy pupils.
Summerhill’s Little Treasures is situated in a purpose-built building, and offers a quality childcare and educational experience, graded Outstanding in February 2023.
The setting is open Monday to
Friday 8.00am – 18.00pm, excluding bank holiday and 2 weeks at Christmas. We also offer an early bird session from 7.30am daily.
Arranging a visit to Summerhill Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email klowe@riverscofe.co.uk.
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