Early Years Teacher

Early Years Teacher 

Location: Exeter 

Salary: up to £29,000 per annum 
Contract/Hours: Permanent/Full Time – 40 hours per week

part time applications would be considered

Closing date: Midnight on the 9th of December 2025 

Benefits:   

• Time off to recharge - 33 Days leave per year.
• 24/7 Confidential Helpline speak to trained counsellors any time, 365 days a year, for emotional, wellbeing or mental health support. 
• Enhanced Well-being: 8 sessions In-Person, Phone, or Online Counselling or CBT 
• Treat yourself: Staff discounts portal and blue light card with 15,000 + retailers
• Salary Finance – access to financial advice and the ability to manage savings or loans directly from your salary. 
• Childcare Discount – A whopping 60% off childcare within our nurseries and out of school clubs 
• Up to 3 Days Dependency Leave – to care for dependents in an emergency. 
• Paid maternity, adoption, and paternity leave  
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.  
• Secure your future: Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover. 

We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes, and we will tell you what you need to know. 

Why Spring Nurseries 

Imagine a place where laughter echoes, imaginations run wild, and every day is a new adventure. That's Spring Nursery We're not just a nursery; we are a family dedicated to creating a joyful and nurturing environment where children thrive. As part of Action for Children, we're on a mission to provide outstanding early education that's accessible to all. 

At Spring, we are committed to supporting your career growth Check out our Spring Career Progression Map attached to this advert, which highlights the options for progression into a specialist role.  

A bit about the role  

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Early Years Teacher with QTS to join our nursery team. This role is central to the learning and development of the children in our preschool room, where you will support them through an important stage of their early education and help prepare them for a confident and successful transition into school.

As the Early Years Teacher, you will take responsibility for shaping the educational direction of the preschool room. You will plan, deliver, and evaluate a high-quality curriculum that reflects the EYFS and meets the needs of each child, ensuring learning is purposeful, developmentally appropriate, and carefully scaffolded.  You will observe and assess children's progress, use the information to guide next steps, and ensure that every child is supported to reach their full potential. 

You will model best practise for the team, guiding practitioners in delivering consistent, high-quality interactions, and supporting their understanding of child development.  You will work closely with the manager and deputy manager to review and enhance the learning environment, maintain strong teaching and learning standards, and contribute to the nurseries ongoing quality improvement.  This includes helping to embed reflective practise, supporting planning processes, and ensuring the curriculum remains engaging, inclusive, and aligned with the settings ethos.

A bit about the setting  

Spring Cedars nursery is a place where every day feels like an adventure. It is a vibrant, home from home setting where imaginations thrive, songs filled the air, and muddy boots are warm with pride.  Children are encouraged to explore with purpose, play with confidence, and express themselves freely because early learning should always carry a sense of magic and wonder. 

The nursery has recently undergone an exciting renovation and will be reopening in January 2026 with beautifully refreshed spaces that are bright inspiring, and full of possibility. The new environment has been thoughtfully designed to spark curiosity while still maintaining the warm calm and nurturing atmosphere that families know and love.  Alongside the inviting indoor areas, the large outdoor garden offers children endless opportunities to climb, dig, imagine, and discover the world around them in a natural and stimulating setting.

In the role of Early Years Teacher, you'll be: 

• Leading the curriculum across a setting and ensuring high quality EYFS practise
• Supporting and guiding practitioners to develop strong teaching and learning.
• Monitoring children's progress, analysing data trends, and using this to inform practise.
• Supporting the manager jury inspections, particularly around curriculum and outcomes.
• Overseeing planning, room organisation, and provision to meet children's individual needs including SEN

What we need from you 

In the role of Early Years Teacher, we're ideally looking for someone who has: 

• A recognised Early Years Initial Teacher Qualification (EYTS/QTS) Willingness to work towards it; EYITT eligibility with a relevant degree and GCSE English and maths (C/4+) or equivalent.
• Valid paediatric first aid certificate, enhanced DBS, and basic food hygiene (or willingness to obtain these) 
• Experience working in leading within an earlier or school setting, with strong skills in planning, observation, assessment, and reflective practise. 
• Excellent up-to-date knowledge of the EYFS curriculum and solid understanding of child development from 0-5 years 
• confident supporting children with SEND, with awareness of statutory requirements and inclusive practice. 
• A clear understanding of safeguarding, child protection, and health and safety within early years.
• Strong digital skills for recording learning, planning, communication, and using online systems effectively.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you. 

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life. 

Good luck We can't wait to hear from you. 

Contact: Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at  quoting reference 12253

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion  

At Spring Oscars we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups. 

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles. 

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.   

Don't meet every single requirement?  

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.  

Application Process
 

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the JD and Person Specification when applying. 

We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.  

Talent Pool: We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that. 

If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Partner

We'll be happy to give you any support you require. 

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Job Description 

See below for further information about working with us:

Employee Reward Booklet

Spring Early Years Career Pathway