Early Years Practitioner

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Competitiveremunerationand benefits package including:

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• Reduced school fees and wraparound care at St George’s School
• Pension Contribution
• Staff lunches
• Access to school buses on school bus routes for all staff (small charge payable)
• Professional learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Opportunity to benefit from the use of the many school facilities; libraries; sports facilities etc
• Death in service benefits all staff
• Opportunity to join our community and contribute to social, music, drama and other events and activities.

EARLY YEARS PRACTITIONER | Full-Time, Fixed Term

Hours of Work

• 42.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm with 30-minute unpaid lunch break).
• Term Time plus in-service days. 3 weeks Holiday Club work during Normal School Holidays will also be required.
• Fixed-term until 6th August 2027.
• Annual salary of £26,432.37 per annum.

Key Dates

• Closing Date:
  Sunday 25th October 2026
• Interviews: TBC, but expected to be early November 2026

Job Purpose

To be responsible to the Head of Junior School and Nursery in contributing to the delivery of the designated curriculum and to provide a service compatible with good practice in the education and care of children, in accordance with the policies and systems laid down by the School and in line with current Scottish legislation and national guidance, including the requirements of the Care Inspectorate, the Health and Social Care Standards, Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC), Realising the Ambition:
Being Me and, where applicable, the National Standard for Early Learning and Childcare. The post holder will uphold children’s rights in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as incorporated into Scots law;

To be responsible to the Head of Junior School and Nursery in contributing to the pastoral care of Nursery children and for monitoring and recording their overall development progress;

To promote a stimulating environment which balances education and care for children, meeting their individual needs and those of their families, enabling each individual to achieve his or her potential.

Accountable To

Head of Junior School and Nursery

Key Responsibilities

Safeguarding and Child Protection:

The post holder has a duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children within the Nursery.

The Early Years Practitioner must adhere to the School’s Child Protection and Safeguarding policies and procedures and act in accordance with national child protection guidance and relevant legislation, including the Child Protection (Scotland) Act 2021.

Any concerns regarding a child’s wellbeing, safety or development must be reported without delay in line with School procedures and the principles of Getting It Right For Every Child.

The post holder must maintain appropriate professional boundaries and demonstrate conduct consistent with the codes of practice of the Scottish Social Services Council.

To the Children:

To create a supportive and caring ethos in all aspects of the Nursery environment in which individual children are encouraged and supported to develop self-esteem, self-confidence and respect for others;

To provide an appropriately challenging and stimulating educational environment with the child at the centre, where individual children are encouraged to reach their full potential;

To be actively involved in a programme of development with the children in relation to their self-help skills, toilet training, toileting, dressing skills, personal care and eating skills and, where children have not yet developed these skills, to provide care and support for them;

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