Preschool Practitioner (Maternity Cover)
Gladstone Primary Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2BZ13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
5 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
22 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Pathway 2, £20,885 - £22,244 (FTE £25,185 – 26,824)
Additional allowances
Pathway 2, £20,885 - £22,244 (FTE £25,185 – 26,824)
Preschool Practitioner (Maternity Cover) job summary
Preschool Practitioner (Maternity Cover)
Contract: Fixed Term until October 2026
Hours: 35.83 hours, 39 weeks (term time plus one week)
Working pattern: 8.20am - 4pm, Monday to Friday
Salary: Pathway 2, £20,885 - £22,244 per annum (FTE £25,185 - 26,824)
Site: Gladstone Primary Academy
Closing date: 9am on Weds 5th November
Start date: January 2026
Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.
Are you passionate about early years education and ready to make a meaningful impact in a vibrant, multicultural community?
Do you have a Level 3 Early Years Educator Qualification?
If so, Gladstone Primary Academy would love to hear from you!
Your role:
As a Preschool Practitioner, you’ll work closely with the Preschool Manager and team to deliver high-quality care and education tailored to each child’s individual needs. You’ll support the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum through engaging adult-led and child-initiated activities, while fostering a safe, stimulating environment that promotes emotional, physical, and intellectual development.
You’ll be a positive role model, building strong relationships with children, families, and colleagues. Your responsibilities will include observing and assessing children’s progress, supporting mealtimes, contributing to weekly planning, and ensuring safeguarding and health and safety procedures are followed at all times.
To thrive in this role, you’ll need a Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to remain calm and resilient in a busy preschool setting. Experience in a similar role and knowledge of child development, EYFS, and safeguarding practices are desirable.
Fluency Duty: As this role involves direct interaction with the public, it is essential that the candidate meets the Fluency Duty requirements as outlined in the Immigration Act 2016. The successful candidate must demonstrate fluency in English to ensure effective communication with our staff, parents and pupils.
About us:
Gladstone Park Preschool is a warm, inclusive and well-established part of Gladstone Primary Academy, offering a safe and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to explore, play and grow. Our preschool team is passionate about nurturing each child’s development through a rich EYFS curriculum and strong partnerships with families.
As part of Gladstone Primary Academy and the Thomas Deacon Education Trust (TDET), you’ll join a forward-thinking organisation that values collaboration, professional growth and shared success. You’ll work alongside dedicated colleagues in a supportive, multicultural community that celebrates diversity and encourages innovation.
Why work for us?:
Join Thomas Deacon Education Trust and be part of a dedicated team committed to "working together to transform lives through education.” To learn more about the benefits we have on offer, check out our video here: Employee Benefits
At TDET, 95% of our new employees highly rate our induction programme. Benefit from the unwavering support of our dedicated staff, ensuring you feel welcomed and well-prepared from day one. According to our 2025 staff survey, 91% of staff are proud to work for TDET!
Ready to transform lives through education? Apply now and make a difference!
TDET - Working together to transform lives through education
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Join us in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where all contributions are valued.
If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact the HR Team on e-mail at hrteam@tdet.education
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Gladstone Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 519 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Gladstone Primary Academy website
School location
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