Nursery Worker

Long Sutton County Primary School, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 9EP

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  24 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,413.00 - £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £3595.97 to £3652.38

Nursery Worker job summary

Part Time 6.5 hours per week Mondays only. Term time only, fixed term until 31st August 2026

Grade 2 salary (pt3-6)

Long Sutton Primary School Nursery has its own separate building to the school which enables the Nursery to benefit from its own specific space and utilise the school buildings and grounds. With access to the school hall, growing area and wood. It is a perfect environment for nurturing and fostering relationships with children and families and a supportive environment for staff with the benefit of being part of the wider school community.

As a Nursery Worker, you will be a member of a wide team, working together to deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage framework with confidence to our children. You will be expected to contribute to the delivery of high quality care and education. You will benefit from working alongside a wider team of Early Years professionals in the form of our Foundation Stage 2 team and Senior Leadership Team. You will also benefit from support with SEND from our school SENCO, Safeguarding from our DSL and EYFS Pedagogical Development from our EYFS lead.

A commitment, passion and vision to provide high quality learning opportunities to all children and give children the best start possible to their education and further life chances is essential. The desire to nurture every child and to provide high quality childcare for all, supporting our local and school community to thrive is crucial. You will need to have excellent communication skills to enable you to engage with all stakeholders and colleagues.

You will need to have the following qualifications, training and skills:

• A minimum of Level 2 qualification in childcare (must be full and relevant)

• Relevant safeguarding training (this will be updated yearly)

• Excellent knowledge of the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage

• A passion for childcare and education

• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing

Responsibilities and Duties include

• Building excellent relationships with parents and carers and developing strong partnerships with families

• Contributing to planning learning opportunities and activities to support children to make progress in all areas of development

• Meeting individual needs of children through child centred learning and play, ensuring the health, safety and well-being of our children

• Engaging with Tapestry to communicate with families and parents and to supplement professional knowledge of the child to contribute to accurate assessments in the 7 areas of learning

• Providing a safe, happy and stimulating Nursery environment that promotes respectful relationships that enable the voice of the child to be expressed and heard

• Working as part of a wider Nursery team, communicating effectively with colleagues

• Supporting children with SEND and delivering specific interventions and strategies

• Attend staff meetings, parents evenings, open day events and wider school community events

• Promote the nursery to new families, the community and being a champion for the setting

Candidates must have a minimum of a full and relevant Level 2 Early Years/ Childcare qualification.

We welcome applications from candidates with at least 1 of the following:

• Vocational Qualifications at Level 2 or above

• NVQ level 2 in childcare or equivalent

• Cache Level 2 Diploma in Childcare

We look forward to your application. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the date advertised. Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, as applications are received.

Keystone Academy Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates prior to appointment, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity. All pre-employment checks are in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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.

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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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Long Sutton County Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 431 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Long Sutton County Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/long-sutton-county-primary-school-spalding

We are a large, rural Primary School with inquisitive and well behaved
children. Our vision at Long Sutton CP School is that all of our pupils are
confident and persistent in pursuit of high aspirations and taught through a stimulating and varied curriculum. We are constantly seeking to develop our provision and the use of our extensive grounds as part of outdoor learning.

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