Nursery Teacher

**About the school**:
This school nurtures and inspires every child to flourish, excel and achieve. Their creative, challenging and inclusive curriculum provides exciting learning experiences. The Nursery has its own separate area within the school and a large, dedicated playgroundarea providing a stimulating learning environment specially geared to the Nursery age group.

The children in the Nursery start with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, with the prime areas of learning being:

- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Communication and Language
- Physical Development
- Has clear strategies for positive Behaviour Management and discipline and demonstrates commitment to partnerships with parents and strategies to foster this
- Commitment to continued professional development
- Is flexible and willing and has a good record of attendance and punctuality
- Has a calm, organised approach to planning and establishing a secure learning environment for all children
- Has knowledge and understanding of how to develop strategies appropriate to the needs and abilities of all pupils in order to raise their levels of achievement
- Possess excellent interpersonal skills

**Responsibilities**:

- To provide a differentiated, balanced, progressive, varied and stimulating curriculum in line with statutory and school requirements
- To assess, record and review children's achievements according to school policy and guidelines
- To attend parent consultation sessions and report on individual child's achievements and development
- To ensure a well organised and structured classroom environment with effective and stimulating displays and good access to resources
- To maintain good discipline of all pupils in line with the school's Good Behaviour for Learning policy