Room Leader - Caversham Nursery School
Caversham Nursery School, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 5NA18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,269 to £30,060 Per year
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required as soon as possible - 37 hours per week, working compressed hours 7.45am - 6.00pm with one day off a week, 52 weeks a year
Are you an experienced and passionate early years professional looking for your next step? If you’re ready to make a difference in the lives of young children and lead a dedicated team, we’d love to hear from you!
You should be a warm, caring, and dynamic individual with strong organizational skills, a solid understanding of the EYFS, and the ability to inspire others to create a safe, happy, and stimulating environment where children are always the top priority.
Join us at Caversham Nursery School, where every day is an opportunity to inspire young minds and create lasting memories.
As Room Leader, you will:
- Lead and inspire a team of nursery practitioners to deliver high-quality care and education.
- Create a nurturing, stimulating, and inclusive environment for children to thrive.
- Plan and implement engaging, age-appropriate activities in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
- Foster positive relationships with children, parents, and staff.
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Qualified to at least Level 3 in Early Years Education or equivalent.
- Experienced in leading or supervising a nursery team.
- Passionate about child development and early education.
- An excellent communicator with strong organizational skills.
We offer a competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Compressed hours over 4 days a week
- 25 days holiday plus public holidays (rising to 33 after service)
- 50% Discounted Childcare scheme
- 2 x Free Social Events per year
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loans
- A range of local discounts
You will be very welcome and strongly encouraged to visit us here at Caversham Nursery School.
What the school offers its staff
Please email admin@cavershamnursery.reading.sch.uk or call 0118 937 5429 for more information.
Visit the Nursery School website for more information - https://www.reysfederation.org/caversham-nursery-school
Closing date: Applications to be reviewed up submission
Please do not send a C.V. For the purposes of Equal Opportunities, we can only accept Reading Borough Council application forms. We have a strong commitment to inclusion and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We follow safer recruitment practises. Successful applicants will be required to provide satisfactory background checks, references and an enhanced DBS disclosure will be sought.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Caversham Nursery School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 5
- Education phase
- Nursery
- School size
- 58 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 5
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@cavershamnursery.reading.sch.uk
Arranging a visit to Caversham Nursery School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@cavershamnursery.reading.sch.uk.
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