Nursery Practitioner

6 days ago

Portsmouth PO QR, United Kingdom Manor Infant and Nursery School Full time £25,201 - £26,473 per year

Nursery Practitioner (Fixed term – part time, term time only)

Band 4 (Pay band salary Full Time Equivalent £25,201 - £26,473)

20 hours per week (Mon-Fri 08:30am – 12:30pm)

Start Date: 5th January 2026

Closing Date for applications: 12 noon Monday 1st December

Interview Date: Thursday 4th December (anyone shortlisted must be available on this date)

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursery Practitioner to be part of Manor Infant and Nursery School

We are looking to appoint a Nursery Practitioner with lots of initiative and excellent communication skills, to join our friendly, forward-thinking and supportive team in our Preschool setting. You will be an enthusiastic, highly motivated and hard working person and will work alongside the rest of the Nursery team in our purpose built setting. We are committed to supporting staff development and provide a wide range of training for every member of the team. Our children are engaging, keen to learn, thoughtful and well behaved.

The successful candidate must:

· Have NVQ3 or equivalent in working with children or within schools.

  • Have experience of working with children within the Early Years and be committed to supporting all children's learning.
  • Be enthusiastic, self-motivated, creative and able to use their initiative.
  • Be committed to working as part of a team in order to plan and deliver a broad curriculum.
  • Be organised, efficient and professional in their approach and have good interpersonal skills.
  • Be caring, understanding and patient.
  • Promote the school and nursery values of respect, happy and resilient
  • Understand how to encourage social play
  • Have good IT skills.
  • Have good behaviour management skills.

This will be a fixed term contract until August 2026, although may be extended beyond this period, or become permanent.

Please contact Mrs Lorraine Reynolds-Collins, Admin Manager, lreynolds-- for an application form. You will not be considered for this role without a completed application form.

Visas cannot be sponsored

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 9 months

Pay: £25,201.00-£26,473.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 per week

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Free flu jabs
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • On-site parking

Experience:

  • Early childhood education: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • NVQ3 or equivalent in working with children (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 01/12/2025

Reference ID: NRL25

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