Nursery Room Lead Practitioner

About the Opportunity

Do you have a solid and in-depth knowledge of the EYFS curriculum and enjoy working in a positive, creative and vibrant environment? Is your chosen career vocation that of supporting Early Years children to develop? If so, please read on!

Being the Nursery Room Lead, you would be supporting other EYFS practitioners to ensure that all our lovely children attending the setting, receive high quality care, are kept safe and receive rich and stimulating play experiences which meet their individual needs whilst implementing all aspects and components of the EYFS curriculum.

About You

• Experience of tracking and assessing across EYFS framework
• Thorough knowledge of the EYFS curriculum
• Ability to develop a challenging, effective, stimulating curriculum
• Ability to deal with challenging behavior

We would really like to have a positive, passionate person join our Early Years team in providing high standards of care and education within our beautiful nursery; including the creation of stimulating, language rich environments.

We need someone who can observe, support and extend children's learning and plan appropriately to meet the needs of all children through varying tasks.

Our successful appointee will be able to ensure effective planning, assessment and record keeping for children; using the EYFS framework for guidance and liaise closely with other professionals to ensure a holistic approach is established to meet the needs of each child.

  Why Work With Us

The White Horse Federation (TWHF) is a not-for-profit multi-academy trust that supports and sponsors many primary, secondary and special schools across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire.

Its shared vision for excellence through partnership means it is also committed to keeping the best of what makes a local school great – in other words, the type of schools where TWHF colleagues would be proud to send their own children.

TWHF combines a relentless drive for academic excellence with a shared moral purpose and shared values while ensuring that fun and happiness are key attributes of each of its schools. TWHF believes that partnership-working with its schools, pupils, and their parents, as well as the wider community, helps creates the best possible outcomes for all children.

TWHF empowers its colleagues through support, training, and career opportunities to recruit and retain outstanding staff who are leaders in their field. That way TWHF can ensure that every student achieves their full potential, regardless of background, culture, heritage, or ability.

TWHF recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a team that reflects diversity from the communities it serves. TWHF values the contributions of all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment; which at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010, TWHF welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process that is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

The White Horse Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful for this position you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before an appointment is confirmed. References will be sought on shortlisted candidates before the interview.

The Benefits

Some benefits are accessible by all staff irrespective of their contract type (T). Some are only eligible to permanent (P) employees following a successful probation period as noted:

• Car Purchase scheme (P)
• Discounted gym membership scheme (P&T)
• Reward Gateway discounts (P&T)
• Hire purchase Cycle to Work scheme (P)
• Free and confidential advice, information and counselling service (P&T)
• Excellent Pension scheme (P&T)