Early Career Teacher - Nursery or Reception

Are you an ambitious ECT looking to specialise in Early Years education within a stable and supportive Gateshead primary school?

This school is expanding its EYFS provision and seeking a Nursery or Reception Teacher to join its team. The environment is calm, purposeful, and child-focused, with clear expectations and supportive leadership.

• Full-time Early Years class teacher (Nursery or Reception)
• Deliver structured and play-based EYFS curriculum
• Promote early language, communication, and social development
• Build positive parent partnerships
• Contribute to a nurturing learning environment

• Weekly mentor meetings
• Reduced ECT timetable
• TA classroom support
• Shared planning within EYFS
• Established phonics programme
• Clear behaviour and welfare routines

• QTS
• ECT status
• Strong understanding of EYFS principles
• Passion for early childhood education

• Weekly pay
• FREE CPD including phonics and safeguarding
• Supportive SLT and EYFS Lead
• Permanent contract opportunity
• Clear pathway to Early Years leadership

If you are looking to build confidence and expertise in Early Years within a supportive Gateshead setting, apply today.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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