Nursery Officer
Blenheim Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9EXThis job expired on 24 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
2 September 2024
Closing date
24 June 2024 at 9am
Date listed
5 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 34.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- SO1
What skills and experience we're looking for
Blenheim Primary School are looking for an early years professional/nursery practitioner to work in our Outstanding school, where we are “Aiming high in the heart of the city”. We want all pupils to achieve their maximum potential by having high expectations and excellent standards. We provide a calm, positive atmosphere where children can feel safe, healthy, happy, confident and motivated. We celebrate and respect our cultural diversity and provide a stimulating and relevant curriculum, recognising achievement and celebrating success in all areas of school life.
A highly qualified (L6) Early Years Professional is required for our outstanding school nursery. We are looking for a caring individual with a firm focus on learning. Our wonderful environment caters for 40 children, mornings and afternoons, some of whom are with us for full days. The team consists of an enthusiastic, experienced teacher, one experienced teaching assistant and two additional one-to-one teaching assistants who support children with special needs. The nursery is overseen by our excellent Early Years Deputy Headteacher.
We are looking for someone who has experience of planning learning experiences for children aged 3-4 years and is willing to go the extra mile to support us on our journey.
The role is temporary in the first instance but may become permanent for the right candidate.
What the school offers its staff
If you would like to visit the school prior to applying, appointments will be on Wednesday 19th June at 3:30pm. Please call the school office on 0113 2930808 to book onto one of these sessions.
The closing date for completed applications is 9:00am on Monday 24th June 2024
Interviews are to be held Thursday 4th July 2024
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. Please note that previous employment references must be from the most senior person in the organisation.
To apply for this role, please email hr@blenheimprimaryschool.com to receive the job description and an application form.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Blenheim Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 468 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Blenheim Primary School website
- Email address
- hr@blenheimprimaryschool.com
- Phone number
- 01132930808
Blenheim Primary School is a two-form entry inner city school near the University of Leeds. It is situated in pleasant grounds, having a large field and ample playgrounds. There are four buildings: the main school (housing years 4, 5 and 6); the new building (housing Reception, year 1, 2 and 3); the nursery building and the bungalow (which has been converted to school use).
Blenheim Primary has a very varied ethnic mix of pupils and staff working together harmoniously. A high percentage of pupils arrive with little or no English. One main reason for this is a proportion of their parents are international students attending the university. As the students are here for a limited length of time before returning to their country of origin, this creates a high turnover of pupils through the year (28% mobility).
One of the school’s strengths is the welcoming nature of pupils and staff when helping our many new arrivals to settle in. The school aims to foster a caring environment where pupils are expected to reach and maintain a high standard of both behaviour and academic achievement. Our children are very well-behaved. On entry ,children are generally well below age related expectations but leave us well above.
We are a hard-working, committed and enthusiastic team who work cohesively with governors, parents and the community. Staff and pupil relationships are exemplary.
Currently there are 464 pupils on roll and our numbers are rising. This includes a 39-place nursery which offers fully flexible provision; currently 52 children are enrolled part-time. 36% of pupils are entitled to free school meals – a high proportion compared to the 15% average nationally. 46% of children who attend the school live in an area classed as being amongst the 10% most deprived[1] in England, with 68% living in an area classed as being amongst the 20% most deprived in England. At present there are 16% on the school’s register of special needs; this figure is in line with the national average. But there is a very high number of children with complex needs: 19 have individual full or part-time support. For 81% of children in school, English is an additional language and there are 52 other languages spoken. 92% of children are BAME which adds to the rich cultural diversity of the school.
Please take a look at our website to learn more about the school: https://www.blenheimprimaryschool.com/
Arranging a visit to Blenheim Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@blenheimprimaryschool.com.
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