Nursery Practitioner Level 3
Rye Community Primary School, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7ND20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - until 18/07/2025
Pay scale
- Single Status 7 Points 18-19
What skills and experience we're looking for
Rye Community Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, energetic, and adaptable Nursery Practitioner level 3 to join in our classroom-based nursery. The nursery setting will consist of children aged between 2 and 4 years old. The nursery is currently open for 5 days a week, Monday - Friday from 8:30am to 15.15. These times are open to change in the light of the needs of the community. Staff will work to a rota system to ensure that appropriate staffing levels and expertise are maintained throughout the setting’s opening periods.
Staff will be able and enthusiastic about working with a variety of professional disciplines and to put the child at the centre of their work.
Our ideal Candidate will demonstrate an understanding of:
The foundation stage learning goals.
How children learn and develop between the ages 2 and 4.
The importance of children’s holistic development in important areas such as speech, personal social and emotional development, physical development, literacy, and numeracy.
The effect of developmental stage, wellbeing and circumstances on a child’s learning and development.
The significance of attachment, the key person’s role and how significant events can impact a child.
How to support children through transitions.
Hold Level 3 Diploma in Early Years Education & Care
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the following:
The legal requirements and guidance concerning safeguarding, security, confidentiality and promoting welfare.
Safeguarding policies and procedures, including online safety and child protection.
Your role in relation to safeguarding, security child protection, reporting and confidentiality.
The signs that a child is in danger or at risk of serious harm or abuse, and the necessary action required to protect them.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer:
A happy community committed to the professional development of all colleagues.
A distinctive local context ensuring we place inclusivity at the heart of all we do.
A skilled and experienced team of teachers and other professionals.
A motivated leadership team leading rapid improvement to the children’s life chances.
A school in which the children are enthusiastic, engaging, and thoughtful.
We would be pleased to welcome you for an informal visit to our school prior to application.
Rye Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding the young people in our care and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
As an employee of the Aquinas Church of England Education Trust you are required to have regard to the character of the Trust and its foundation and to undertake not to do anything in any way contrary to the interests of the Foundation.
Commitment to safeguarding
Rye Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our 'Child Protection Policy' which can be viewed in the 'Policies' section of our website.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to mwebb@ryecollege.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Rye Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 239 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Rye Community Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@ryeprimary.co.uk
Our mission is to make sure all our children can 'Dream, Believe, Achieve'.
Our school is a kind, caring and inclusive space where children feel safe and well-looked after. Every child is known as an individual and their unique talents are recognised and celebrated.
We are part of a family of schools that serve the young people of Rye from two to sixteen years of age, enabling us to offer a consistent nursery, primary and secondary education. We are proud of our place at the centre of the community, serving local children and their families.
Our aim is to unlock the gifts and talents found in every learner regardless of ability, background or need; offer a vibrant curriculum which challenges every child to success; and develop the love of learning and high aspirations that will serve our pupils well as they grow.
Since November 2018, Rye Community Primary School has been part of Aquinas - an educational trust of eleven schools in the south-east; we believe all our children should feel happy and valued. We believe in a strong partnership between home and school - recognising the importance of the child's family in their progress and development.
We look forward to leading Rye Community Primary School into the future and invite you to see for yourselves what we have to offer.
Arranging a visit to Rye Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@ryeprimary.co.uk.
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