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Senior Nursery Nurse (Leadership)

Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 4NU

This job expired on 26 June 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  26 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday, 32.5 hours per week Whole year contract
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,654 - £37,035
• Pay scale: Grade 8, SCP22 - SCP27

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hugo Meynell Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Nursery Nurse to lead and inspire within our nurturing and dynamic Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) setting.

As a Senior Nursery Nurse, you will:

• Be responsible for the day to day management of the nursery provision
• Lead and support a team of nursery staff to deliver outstanding early years education.
• Foster a safe, stimulating, and inclusive environment where every child can thrive.
• Plan and prepare the curriculum content to be delivered including monitoring, assessing, recording and reporting on children’s progress and attainment.
• Organise and manage the learning environment and resources.
• Work closely with the EYFS Lead and Senior Management Team to plan, implement, and evaluate high-quality learning experiences.
• Build strong relationships with children, parents, and carers to support holistic development.
• Lead on safeguarding practices and ensure high standards of care and early years education are consistently maintained.

We are looking for someone with:

• A Level 3 (or above) qualification
• Experience in a school, nursery or early years setting, with some leadership responsibilities.
• A deep understanding of the EYFS framework and child development.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and team leadership skill, who believes that learning should be creative and fun.
• An approachable, enthusiastic and proactive approach, who wants to be part of a friendly and motivated team.

What the school offers its staff

What we can offer you:

• A happy friendly school
• A welcoming and supportive school community.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• A well-resourced and vibrant EYFS environment.
• A commitment to staff wellbeing and work-life balance.

Commitment to safeguarding

Hugo Meynell Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

It is an offence to apply for this vacancy if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

The successful candidate will be subject to pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS, Prohibition List, Barred List, Childcare Disqualification; qualifications; medical fitness; identity, two references and right to work. Publicly available social media profiles of shortlisted candidates will be reviewed before interview.

Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection arrangements are available on the school website:
https://www.hugomeynell.co.uk/safeguarding/

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About Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 200 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School website
• Email address: bursar@hugomeynell.staffs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01630 672287
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hugo-meynell-cofe-vc-primary-school

Hugo Meynell CofE Primary School is a warm and friendly Church school, which focuses on the learning of all. We seek to find and refine the talents in everyone to ensure that we all live ‘life in all its fullness’ (John 10:10)

Arranging a visit to Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bursar@hugomeynell.staffs.sch.uk.

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