Teacher (Nursery)

Knowle West Early Years Centre, Bristol, BS4 1NN

Deadline is today

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): Full time, 32.5 hrs per week Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: M3-M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Experienced Nursery Teacher: Permanent post from 1st September 2025

We are looking for an experienced teacher to join our highly skilled, nurturing family team.

If you are passionate about the Early Years and have creative, warm, engaging and playful practice, and are enthusiastic about providing high quality provision then we are looking for you.

Knowle West Nursery School will offer you:

• A team of committed and highly motivated staff who work within a culture of inspiring, child-led curriculum with trauma informed practice at its heart.
• An exceptional physical environment which reflects our passion for outdoor learning.

Applicants will need to demonstrate

• enthusiasm, creativity and commitment to working with children and their families,
• a strong knowledge of and the ability to lead on the EYFS curriculum and assessment
• experience of supporting vulnerable learners

Visits are encouraged – come and meet us and see our inspiring learning environments.

What the school offers its staff

Knowle West Nursery School is a unique place for children and families. We are an attachment aware, trauma informed setting and place emotional well-being and relationships at the heart of our curriculum.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to knowlewestns@bristol-schools.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

NurseryTeacherRecruitmentPack.pdf - 1.06 MB (opens in new tab)

About Knowle West Early Years Centre

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 4
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 139 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 4
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: knowlewestns@bristol-schools.uk
• Phone number: 01179030214
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/knowle-west-early-years-centre

Arranging a visit to Knowle West Early Years Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email knowlewestns@bristol-schools.uk.

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