Early Years Practitioner

Early Years Practitioner

Tetbury, Gloucestershire

£12.60 per hour to be reviewed April 2026

Permanent

Westonbirt School

You will work as a key person within our nursery, working within a designated age group, age 2 to preschool age - dependent on experience. As part of your daily role, you will take an active part in assessment, planning and delivering age/stage appropriate activities and environment enhancements as well as working as part of a small team to provide a safe and secure environment for our youngest children.

• Hours:
  
  Term-time only or year round applications will be considered; 20 - 40 hours per week. Let us know on application which you are applying for.
• Salary: £12.60 per hour
• Benefits:
  • 5% employer pension
  • Means tested staff discount
  • Complimentary lunch
  • Access to the group's counselling scheme
  • Access to fully funded apprenticeships, up to Level 5
  • Discretionary Christmas stand down
  • On site parking
  • Enjoy the support that comes with being part of a wider school - housekeeping, catering, admissions, finance and office functions taken care of for you, leaving you time to focus on your team and the children

• Childcare qualification, NVQ Level 2 is essential
• NVQ Level 3, would be beneficial but not essential
• Experience of working in a nursery or childcare
• SENCO experience would be beneficial but not essential
• A confident communicator with both adults and children
• A passion for delivering high-quality childcare and early education
• A positive, hard-working, can-do attitude

Westonbirt Nursery is a year-round day nursery for children aged 2 to 4 years, located in a beautiful rural setting in the heart of the Cotswolds. Occupying the ground floor of one of the Westonbirt Prep School buildings, our friendly and successful nursery enjoys its own outdoor spaces, with views over rolling farmland. Here, children are encouraged to learn through play and every day is a new adventure full of exciting discoveries.

Our nursery has received significant recent investment, allowing for an extensive refurbishment in classrooms and communal areas and the purchase of new facilities and learning and play equipment, making this a particularly exciting time to be part of the nursery.

In addition to the creation of new outdoor learning spaces, we have also opened a new classroom - taking our total room numbers up to four - in response to demand for nursery places.

To read full job description, please see the candidate pack attached.