Nursery Nurse

Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, WF15 6HU

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  28 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,913.00 - £27,024.00 Annually (Actual) Band E, SCP 12-17

Nursery Nurse job summary

About this Role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and excellent individual to join our EYFS team. The ideal candidate will support the EYFS class teachers with the overall delivery of the curriculum by undertaking work/care/support programmes in order to enable access to learning for all pupils.

About Millbridge Primary Academy

Following our Ofsted inspection in January 2026, we were delighted to receive ‘Strong Standard’ for Attendance & Behaviour, Inclusion, Leadership & Governance and ‘Expected Standard’ for Achievement, Curriculum & Leading, Early Years and Personal Development & Wellbeing.

At Millbridge, a SHARE Primary Academy, we continually strive to provide our pupils with the very best education possible. We do this by having high expectations and children always giving their best.

We are proud to offer:

• A supportive and ambitious environment where all pupils are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives.
• A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in pupils’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development.
• Supportive leadership, encouraging health work-life balance.
• A high-quality teaching and learning environment.
• A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.

We welcome and encourage applicants to come and visit our school. If you wish to book a visit, please contact the School Office on 01924 668836 to make an appointment.

Our Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator).
• Have Maths and English to GCSE Grade C or equivalent.
• Have previous experience of working in a nursery setting.
• Have experience of working with children who have SEN/EAL.
• Have paediatric first aid.
• Love encouraging, motivating and inspiring young children through the support they give in order to encourage their learning.
• Have an understanding of behaviour management.
• Be committed to our ethos that all pupils can achieve at our SHARE Primary Academy.
• Have great references demonstrating they are a suitable candidate, safe to work with children.
  

Essential Criteria

• Have a Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator).
• Be able to demonstrate high standards of numeracy and literacy.
• Experience of working with nursery age children in school for at least 2 years.
• Experience of working with children who have SEN/EAL.
• Experience of teaching individuals, groups and whole classes.
• Ability to engage and influence others.
• Experience of working across classes.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent behaviour management skills.
• Commitment to the safeguarding of young people.
• Ability to monitor and evaluate impact of interventions and strategies.
• Working knowledge of relevant policies and codes of practice - e.g. Every Child Matters, Safeguarding.
• Has the ability to travel around the local area for key events, including transporting pupils.
• Is willing to work flexibly within scope of overall hours, e.g. evening meetings..

Desirable Criteria

• Ability to use ICT to support learning.

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 Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 288 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/millbridge-a-share-primary-academy

Rated Good by Ofsted in 2021, Millbridge Academy, a SHARE Primary Academy, continually strives to provide its pupils with the very best education possible. It does this by having high expectations, and children always giving their best.

Millbridge is one of nine academies within the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust. The academy is situated within a close-knit, diverse community, and is in good commuting distance from Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wakefield. The academy is proud to offer:

• A supportive and ambitious environment where all pupils are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives

• A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key

• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in pupils’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own

• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated

• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development

• Supportive leadership, encouraging health work-life balance

• A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities

• A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.

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