Nursery Practitioner Level 2

Oswald Road Primary School, Manchester, M21 9PL

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  3 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time: Recruit A- Mon- Thurs 7.30am - 5.00pm - all year round contract Recruit B - Mon- Thurs 8.30am - 6.00pm - all year round contract Recruit C - Mon- Thurs 8.30am - 6.00pm- all year round contract Recruit D - Mon- Thurs 8.30am - 6.00pm - term time only contract
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Support Staff Pay Scale 5-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for caring, enthusiastic and motivated Level 2 Nursery Practitioners to join our growing team at our brand-new 2-3 year old nursery, Owlets, which opened in September 2026. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a setting that is on a wonderful journey of growth and development. The successful candidate will be passionate about Early Years education, committed to providing high-quality care, and enjoy creating a fun, safe and nurturing environment where children can thrive.

The responsibilities of the role include:

Ensuring all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted

Providing a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery

Giving support to other team members throughout the nursery

Working as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.

The following link shows qualifications that will count towards this. Please ensure that you only apply for this role if you have one of the relevant qualifications on this list :

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-qualifications-list-uk-only

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer:

Supportive and welcoming team

High quality training and CPD

The chance to grow with an exciting new nursery setting

Brand new building

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Oswald Road Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 656 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Oswald Road Primary School website
• Email address: e.linton@oswaldroad.manchester.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0161 881 4266
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oswald-road-primary-school

Oswald Road is a community-minded school with a fantastic reputation for being inclusive and forward-thinking. We have a very supportive and dedicated staff team who work tirelessly to provide a stimulating, nurturing and safe learning environment where the personalised provision for all children enables them to meet their full potential.

We can offer you:

· Opportunities for continuing professional development

· A welcoming, inclusive and friendly environment

· A school that is at the heart of the local community, in the centre of vibrant Chorlton

· On-site secure parking

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Oswald Road is a 'Good' school and our recent Ofsted inspection (September 2023) highlighted our commitment to staff wellbeing:

"The school has acted decisively to understand the impact of workload on staff’s well- being. Consequently, the school has responded to staff’s unique work pressures and taken steps to better support staff across the school. This means that staff feel valued and are proud to work at the school."

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