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Nursery Assistant

Fulbridge Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 3JQ

This job expired on 5 December 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,173.00 - £18,750.00 Annually (Actual)

Nursery Assistant job summary

Roles have arisen for Level 3 Nursery Assistants to join Little Oak Nursery, our newly extended school-based nursery. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of early years provision within our thriving school community at Fulbridge Academy.

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our team and help provide a safe, caring, fun and stimulating learning environment. You will uphold the highest standards of care and learning, building strong and supportive relationships with both colleagues and families.

At Fulbridge, our overriding aim is to improve the lives of children by enabling them to enjoy learning and fulfil their potential. We focus on developing resilience, curiosity, knowledge and skills to support lifelong success.

Our work is driven by a clear moral purpose:

• A curriculum that is meaningful and fit for purpose

• Pedagogy that gives children the best chance to succeed

• A commitment to ensuring staff have an excellent work-life balance

Little Oak Nursery, our newly extended school-based nursery sits within Fulbridge Academy and provides care for children from our local community. Safety, care and inspiration are central to what we do, and our nursery is a place where children’s potential is unlocked and celebrated. Every unique need, ability and interest is championed here.

What Are We Looking For?

Someone who is:

• Responsive, loyal and a strong team player

• Enthusiastic, flexible and socially skilful

• Competent, confident and willing to take appropriate risks

• Consistent, thorough and thoughtful

What Can We Offer?

• A well-researched and evidence-informed approach to learning

• A friendly, supportive and approachable leadership team, staff and governing body

• A considered work-life balance

• A strong focus on staff wellbeing

• Well-behaved, enthusiastic and motivated children

• Opportunities for professional development and leadership growth

Salary & Hours

• Term time only (190 days)

• 32.5 hours per week

• Core hours: Monday to Friday, 7:45 am - 3:30 pm

• Grade 4

• Actual salary: £18,173 - £18,750

We encourage all interested applicants to get in touch. Tours of the school are highly recommended. To arrange a visit, please contact Jo Adcock: jo.adcock@fulbridgeacademy.co.uk/ 01733 566990

If you have applied for this role within the last six months, please do not reapply.

We reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a high volume of applications.

The Four Cs MAT is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments involve regulated activity and are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and two successful references. Online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young
people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

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About Fulbridge Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 926 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fulbridge Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fulbridge-academy

At Fulbridge our overriding aim is to ensure that we improve the lives of the children by enabling them to enjoy learning and fulfil their potential by developing the resilience, curiosity, knowledge and skills required to be successful.
There is a moral purpose and underlying rationale to all we do:
● We ensure the curriculum is fit for purpose
● Our pedagogy gives children the best chances to succeed
● Staff have an excellent work life balance

At Fulbridge Academy we have designed an innovative, knowledge-rich curriculum that will prepare children for their future. It is informed by research and shaped to meet the needs of our local community. Our curriculum enables each child to develop an active mind, identity, heart and voice. The knowledge and skills of the curriculum are thoughtfully sequenced so that children remember what they learn and understand the key concepts of each subject.

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