Nursery Room Lead (full-time term time only)
Manor Infant and Nursery School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 5QR13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
12 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36.5 hours per week (Mon, Thurs, Fri 8.00am – 3.30pm; Tues & Wed 8.00am – 4.00pm)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 15 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- Band 5 (Pay band salary Full Time Equivalent £26,473 – £32,061 – Actual Salary £23,252 - £28,160)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a Room Lead with lots of initiative and excellent communication skills, to join our friendly, forward-thinking and supportive team in our Nursery setting. You will be an enthusiastic, highly motivated and hard working person and will work alongside the rest of the Nursery team in our purpose built setting. We are committed to supporting staff development and provide a wide range of training for every member of the team. Our children are engaging, keen to learn, thoughtful and well behaved.
The successful candidate must:
- Have NVQ3 or equivalent in working with children or within schools.
- Understand how to encourage social play
- Have at least 3 years’ experience of working with children within the Early Years and be committed to supporting all children’s learning.
- Be enthusiastic, self-motivated, creative and able to use their initiative.
- Be committed to working as part of a team in order to plan and deliver a broad curriculum.
- Be organised, efficient and professional in their approach and have good interpersonal skills.
- Be caring, understanding and patient.
- Promote the school and nursery values of respect, happy and resilient
- Have good IT skills.
- Have good behaviour management skills.
This will initially be a fixed term contract until August 2027, although
may be extended
beyond this period, or become permanent.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- engaging children who love coming to school and have a love of learning
- a committed and friendly staff
- a strong leadership team who are driving the school forward with a clear vision and high expectations
- access to employee benefits portal offering various discounts
-
wellbeing support
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.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Manor Infant and Nursery School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 258 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Manor Infant and Nursery School website
- Email address
- lreynolds-collins@manor-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02392820548
We are incredibly proud of our school community and our pupils are well-behaved and eager to learn. Our shared school values of being respectful, happy and resilient underpin all areas of school life and our highly committed, enthusiastic staff team work hard to ensure that all children achieve well and make good progress.
The key strengths of our school include:
• A caring, child-centred ethos based in relational practice
• A strong and supportive staff team who are willing to share expertise
• Fantastic children who are incredibly passionate about their learning
• Lots of opportunities for professional development
Arranging a visit to Manor Infant and Nursery School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lreynolds-collins@manor-inf.portsmouth.sch.uk.
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