Nursery Assistant
Loose Primary School, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9UW12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
June 26, provided employment checks completed
Closing date
18 May 2026 at 8am
Date listed
6 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,168.00 - £26,822.00 Annually (FTE) To be paid at either KSA or KSB depending on experience
Nursery Assistant job summary
Little Loose Nursery:
Recruiting a Nursery Assistant
Little Loose Nursery is now open, completing our whole-school vision for education at Loose Primary School. This marks an exciting opportunity to be part of something truly special from the very beginning. We have established a brand-new nursery within our outstanding EYFS provision, set within beautiful grounds. We are now recruiting a team of dedicated Nursery Practitioners to help shape and grow this exciting new setting.
As part of Loose Primary School and the Coppice Primary Partnership, you will benefit from exceptional CPD, high-quality professional support, and the opportunity to grow within a forward-thinking organisation that puts children’s needs, character development, and adaptive teaching at the heart of its work.
The hours are to be discussed however would likely be alternating on a weekly basis between 7.30am - 3.30pm or 9.00am - 5.00pm, each with a half hours unpaid lunch break.
Key features of this opportunity
Work alongside our EYFS Team Leader to draft an adaptive, child-centred curriculum that meets the needs of all pupils.
Be part of an organisation that invests in people, values innovation and champions professional growth.
Work in fabulous surroundings with outstanding facilities and space to design truly inspiring early years learning environments.
Join a partnership that expects ambition and supports excellence.
We want practitioners who go above and beyond for children, who believe in early years as the foundation for life, and who are excited by the chance to shape something remarkable.
The benefits of joining Coppice Primary Partnership:
Excellent professional development
The support of committed, enthusiastic and dedicated colleagues
A supportive and challenging environment
Pupils who are eager to learn and a credit to the school
Staff discount for Nursery fees if needed
Access to private healthcare, including 24 hour GP access
A family first approach - cover to ensure that you don’t miss important family events
Free access to wraparound care for primary aged children attending trust schools when staff are required to work. This includes access to the holiday play scheme.
The holiday play scheme is also open and free to staff who have children who attend other schools when staff are required to work.
All staff have access to Kent Rewards, a site offering cash back, discounts and vouchers for a range of popular high street stores
Throughout the year, school and trust wide social events will be available. These will all be optional, but we believe in developing relationships and social events can certainly help! Events will be informal affairs, usually in informal settings and are open to all staff
A large, modern and well-resourced primary school, set in excellent school grounds, where opportunities for high quality outdoor learning are facilitated
An opportunity to share a real, relevant and engaging curriculum.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applications made are subject to a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note, we review applications on a rolling-basis and will therefore close the advert early if we find the right candidate, we look forward to receiving your application.
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 Loose Primary School
- School type
- Academies, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 657 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Loose Primary School website
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