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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    20 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

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Working pattern

Full time: Monday to Friday, 8.30 am – 5.25 pm, 37 hours per week Term time only, 38 weeks per year

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

BR7 point 22

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Must have an Early Years Qualification (Level 3)
  • experience of working within an early-years setting
  • up to date knowledge and clear understanding of the requirements and delivering the EYFS framework within a pre-school or nursery setting
  • experience of planning within the EFYS curriculum
  • willingness to attend meetings and training appropriate to the role
  • experience of working with children with additional needs
  • up to date knowledge and clear understanding of the requirements and delivering the EYFS framework within a pre-school or nursery setting
  • have a secure knowledge of child development
  • must work well as part of a small team and
  • bring excitement into the curriculum.
  • Paediatric First Aid certificate or willingness to attend training
  • DSL (designated safeguarding lead) certificate or willingness to attend training
  • Ability to manage a small team of pre-school staff

Knowledge of invoicing and securing funding

What the school offers its staff

  • A supportive school environment in which to develop your career.
  • Opportunities to play a role in the wider life of the school.
  • One paid Wellbeing Day per academic year

If you firmly believe that every child can thrive academically and emotionally irrespective of their individual needs, background, race or gender then this is the ideal role for you.

Further details about the role

Oak Lodge Pre-School is at the start of a new, exciting journey and bringing new members of staff into the team.   We are able to offer you the daily experience of working with amazing children, laughing with like-minded colleagues and the opportunity to bring your own flair into our amazing new provision! 

o Do you have an infectious smile?

o Are you able to play within the imaginary world of children?

o Can you make a mud pie and create glittery play dough?

If you have answered yes, to all three questions, and are looking for your next full-time career destination; then Oak Lodge would be delighted to welcome you into the staff team.

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.

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About Oak Lodge Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
547 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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Oak Lodge Primary School is part of Mosaic Schools Learning Trust which is comprised of a family of ten strongly performing primary schools based in Bromley and Kent: Cage Green, Crofton Infant, Crofton Junior, Raglan, River Mill, Valley, Marian Vian, Wickham Common, Unicorn and Oak Lodge.

Oak Lodge Primary School is located in West Wickham, Kent, within the London Borough of Bromley and is an average-sized primary school in a popular area for families. The school is currently 2-form entry with 541 pupils on roll and is the 4th largest school within the Trust.

Oak Lodge is a happy and positive school where the children are at the heart of all they do. The school strives to ensure that each child develops a love of learning and achieves their personal best in a safe and nurturing environment. The last Ofsted report (October 2024) praised the school for delivering on its core values, namely where pupils are 'respectful, resilient and resourceful' and provided an impressive range of experiences to support pupils’ wider development. Progress levels are above average and attainment levels in reading, writing and maths exceed both the National and Local Authority Expected and Higher standards.

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