Early Years Teacher

As an Early Years Teacher, you will be responsible for high quality teaching and learning, and will directly contribute to and maintain the successful leadership, management, and reputation of your nursery setting. Qualified to degree level with a proven track record, you will inspire, lead and motivate your team while drawing on your in‑depth knowledge and Early Years experience to plan, teach and assess our Pre‑School children.

Key to the success of this role is balancing the needs of all stakeholders, including children, their families, staff and our regulator, Ofsted. You will also be responsible for being a reliable key holder. In this role, continuous professional and personal development is essential to maintaining up‑to‑date knowledge.

8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday (37.5 hours per week)

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Hours split across Cherubs Sutton‑In‑Ashfield and Cherubs South Normanton

• Create a high quality, rich, stimulating and enabling environment containing items that will spark curiosity and lead to independent exploration.
• Deliver high quality interactions through planned activities to raise the standard of teaching and learning across the setting and ensuring Pre‑School children are school ready.
• Get to know the children, families and staff team at the nursery, creating a trusting rapport with all, including leading parents evenings and meetings in relation to children’s development and preparation for school transitions.
• Ensure all SEN/ASL needs are identified early and are met with respect, care and professionalism. Where necessary work alongside the Nursery Manager and Group Safeguarding and SEND Lead.
• Ensure that ratio and internal regulations are always met, whilst taking into account any statutory or welfare requirements.

• Ensure the Cherubs Nurseries approach and curriculum intent is properly and consistently embedded across all areas of Pre‑School.
• Establish and maintain a purposeful learning atmosphere.
• Regularly update cohort and tracking and analyse to inform future improvements, creating action plans tailored to each of the age groups educators.
• Be responsible for the nursery’s planning, observations and assessments through Blossom, ensuring these are up to date and all children are achieving positive outcomes.

• Be accountable for all key people in the nursery, ensuring they are striving for positive and successful outcomes for their key children as well as being responsible for your own key children’s learning and development.
• Ensure the nursery receives excellent (outstanding) outcomes in internal audits and those of external authorities such as Ofsted.
• Attend any meetings, training or workshops (both in and sometimes outside of working hours) to ensure that you and the nursery team remain compliant and informed on business changes and best practice. Lead any staff meetings relating to teaching and learning.

• Embrace and implement the Cherubs Nurseries vision, values and brand promises, ensuring you promote these in all aspects of your role.
• Embrace any other duties which may be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities of the post, as defined, subject to the provision that normally any changes of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific terms.

• Manage the team and organise training/meetings to keep them up to date on business changes and best practice.
• Challenge any behaviours or practices that go against the Cherubs Nurseries vision, values, brand promises in addition to our operating policies and procedures.
• Mentor your team and always demonstrate best practice, ensuring that your team learn and develop because of your outstanding practice.

• Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) or Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Qualified to degree level in Early Years or Education
• 3 years’ experience working in an Early Years Setting or Classroom
• 2 years’ experience of leading a room or unit within an early year’s environment (Would be advantageous but not essential)
• Experience of Safeguarding and/or SENDCo and/or Language Lead
• Proven track‑record of teaching to a "Good" or "Outstanding" standard in Early Years

Cherubs Nurseries is an equal opportunities employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and will make reasonable adjustments to support candidates and employees with disabilities and learning difficulties.