Level 3 - Senior Nursery Officer

West Heath Nursery School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 3HB

29 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  13 July 2026

• Closing date

  22 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598.00 - £34,434.00 Annually (FTE)

Level 3 - Senior Nursery Officer job summary

The Head Teacher and Governors wish to appoint a Senior Nursery Officer to start Monday 13th July 2026.

We are a happy and successful Nursery School with a friendly and committed staff team. We are looking for an enthusiastic early years practitioner who will thrive in an environment committed to a child centred approach, offering high quality care and education. You will be leading a small team working with 2-year-old children and must be able to demonstrate commitment, experience and knowledge of working with 2-year-old children and the Early Years Foundation Stage.

The successful candidate must:

• be qualified to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• have good communication and interpersonal skills
• be committed to SEND inclusive practice
• be able to provide a positive learning environment that stimulates creativity, curiosity, investigation, reasoning and problem-solving
• have an understanding of the importance of working in partnership with parents
• be a Designated Safeguarding Lead/ have a willingness to undertake the qualification

We can offer you:

an opportunity to work in an established Unicef Rights Respecting School.

a forward thinking and ambitious school.

a positive and well-resourced indoor and outdoor learning environment

a collaborative and supportive school community

a commitment to professional development

a Governing Board dedicated to supporting sustained improvement in raising standards

Visits to the school are welcomed on Friday 8th May and Wednesday 13th May at 3.30 pm.

If you are unable to make these dates we will try to accommodate a visit.

Please phone the school office to make an appointment 0121 475 2672 or email recruitment@wesththn.bham.sch.uk

An application pack is available on our school website: www.wesththn.bham.sch.uk

Please return application forms to: recruitment@wesththn.bham.sch.uk

Closing Date: Friday 22nd May at 12pm

Shortlisting (including online search): Monday 1st June 2026

Interviews: Tuesday 9th June 2026

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

In your application form please give details of how you meet the person specification.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS (criminal conviction check); Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work in the UK.

Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.

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

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 West Heath Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 4
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 109 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 4
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Heath Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-heath-nursery-school

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