Nursery Teacher
Featherby Junior School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6BT20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
30th August 2025
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS / UPS
Nursery Teacher job summary
Are you passionate about early years education and ready to spark curiosity in every child?
Featherby Infant and Nursery School, part of the Featherby Partnership within the Maritime Academy Trust, is seeking an enthusiastic, nurturing, and creative Nursery Teacher to join our dedicated early years team from August 2025.
This is a wonderful opportunity to shape young minds during their most formative years, in a setting where children are valued, staff are supported, and innovation is encouraged.
What You’ll DoDeliver a vibrant, play-based EYFS curriculum that inspires a lifelong love of learning.
Create a safe, stimulating, and inclusive environment where every child feels seen, heard, and supported.
Use your knowledge of early development to plan meaningful, responsive learning experiences.
Work closely with parents, carers, and the wider team to build strong partnerships that enhance children’s progress.
Embrace our school's values and contribute to a collaborative and forward-thinking culture.
Who We’re Looking For
We’d love to hear from you if you:
Hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and or working towards this..
Have a solid understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and child development.
Are caring, imaginative, and highly motivated, with a passion for working with young children.
Value play and exploration as powerful tools for learning.
Are ready to be part of a supportive team that puts children — and staff — at the heart of everything we do.
A positive, friendly and welcoming working environment
A nurturing school community that believes in the potential of every child and adult
Opportunities to work across Infant, Junior and Nursery phases, offering variety and progression
Access to high-quality CPD through the Maritime Academy Trust
National terms and conditions, Local Government Pension Scheme
Wellbeing support, financial advice, and early salary access through Wagestream
Come and see the Featherby difference for yourself! We would love to show you around our school and share what makes it such a special place to work and learn. To arrange a visit, simply contact the school office on 01634 231984—we’d be delighted to meet you.
You’ll find all the details about the role, school, and trust in the Candidate Information Pack attached. Applications must be submitted online via the My New Term website before the deadline. Please note that we may interview and appoint candidates as applications are received, so don’t delay—apply today!
We are part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, a forward-thinking group of schools in Greenwich, Kent & Medway. Together, we embrace collaboration and innovation, delivering a curriculum that equips children with essential life skills.
Maritime Academy Trust embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, he better our work will be. Maritime Academy Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks. In line with safeguarding guidance, we may carry out online checks on shortlisted candidates. Further information about the Trust is available at www.Maritimeacademytrust.org and the school at https://www.featherby-jun.medway.sch.uk/
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Featherby Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 360 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Featherby Junior School website
Featherby Junior School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich and Kent. Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.
The Featherby Partnership is made up of 2 schools: Featherby Infant and Nursery and Featherby Junior who are working closely together like one school. We are going forward through an exciting period of change with a new leadership team and a collaborative approach to ensure consistency of high expectations for the whole of the Featherby community. At Featherby you will find a true passion for learning, happy and safe children, a purposeful environment and an inspiring curriculum. We believe these are the key ingredients that make a Featherby child stand out from the rest.
Our vision statement is 'Working together to inspire minds through inclusive and creative practice; aspirations are high for all'. Underpinning this we have our core values of unity, resilience, responsibility, respect, honesty and trust. We are very much a value lead school which underpins our whole approach. Featherby is an inclusive school that supports learners well and encourages them to be independent and take risks in their learning.
We have high expectations of behaviour at Featherby and promote positive praise amongst learners.
Working in collaboration with each other ensures that we build strong relationships with families, children and the wider community to continuously provide children with great learning opportunities!
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