Mobile Nursery Practitioner
Ibstock School, Ibstock, Leicestershire, LE67 6NE25 days remaining to apply
Job start date
8 December 2025
Closing date
2 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
8 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 4
Mobile Nursery Practitioner job summary
Mobile Nursery Practitioner
£24,805-£24,999 (FTE)
One Year Fixed Term, 20 Hours Per week (In the first instance)
This is an exciting opportunity to join a warm, dynamic and supportive early years environment, working closely with staff and children to deliver high-quality childcare and learning experiences. Based across all three of our nurseries, you will also be part of the wider LiFE Multi-Academy Trust. Our nurseries are located across Leicestershire, including Ibstock Nursery in Ibstock, Bosworth Academy Day Nursery in Desford, and Teddies Nursery in Countesthorpe.
We value our early years practitioners highly and are committed to providing continuous professional development—especially important in the ever-evolving world of early childhood education.
Further information about the Trust can be found on our website.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit to one of our nursery locations before applying, please contact Miss Becky Jarvis (MAT Early Years Lead Practitioner) at the school.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- To contribute to the high-quality care, learning, and development of children in the early years setting, ensuring a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment.
- Support the planning, delivery, and evaluation of age-appropriate learning activities that promote children’s development across all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Build strong, positive relationships with children, families, and colleagues, providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all.
- Observe and assess children’s development, maintaining accurate records and contributing to reports on progress.
- Promote children’s independence, social skills, and self-confidence through structured and free-play activities.
- Support children’s health, wellbeing, and safety, including following safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Work collaboratively with the wider early years team to ensure continuity of care and high standards of practice.
- Contribute to the planning and preparation of resources and the learning environment to meet the needs of all children.
- Participate in professional development opportunities and reflective practice to continually improve skills and practice.
- Assist with transitions, including supporting children moving into school or new settings, ensuring a smooth and positive experience.
- Other duties
- To support the vision statement and ethos of the Trust and Trust schools and nurseries.
- To attend and benefit from appropriate in-house and external meetings and training opportunities
- To undertake training in accordance with job requirements and performance reviews
- To comply with the requirements of equal opportunities, Child Protection, data protection, copyright, Health & Safety and other relevant legislation and college policy
To apply, please visit eteach to complete an application form by 9am on Friday 2nd January 2026. CVs will not be accepted.
Please note: If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close the vacancy early—so we encourage early applications.
Interviews will take place after Monday 5th January 2026 (date to be confirmed).
As a Trust, we believe that every member of staff plays a pivotal role in achieving our core value of ‘Bringing Learning to LiFE’. Our values and ethos run throughout each school and Nursery’s unique culture, and we are committed to working together to achieve the best outcomes for our children and to serve our local communities.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Ibstock School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 740 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ibstock School website
Ibstock Community College has 570 students on roll and is at the heart of the local community, serving families in Ibstock and the surrounding villages of North-West Leicestershire. We are at an exciting stage in our development with plans to expand from a Key Stage 3 (11-14) school to welcoming students from 11-16 from autumn 2022. We also anticipate exciting future developments and opportunities when we join LiFE Multi Academy Trust later this academic year.
As students, staff, parents and governors we share the following values and beliefs:-
Resilience
Equity
Success
Pride
Encouragement
Curriculum
Trust.
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all posts.
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