Early Years Educator

0-2s Early Years Educators (Full time and Part time roles) 

Inspiring Young Minds is our mantra and is central to our school, our aims

and ethos. We encourage curiosity and discovery, inspiring our children

through creative and interactive teaching so they enjoy learning and,

more importantly, remembering what they have been taught both in and

outside the classroom.

We are looking for qualified L3 EY practitioners, ideally experienced

working with under 2s, to join our fantastic, supportive school and to help

us shape and create our new 0-2 provision, taking responsibility under the

guidance of the 0-2s teacher for the learning, development and

compliance aspects of this age range. The salary is very competitive in the

EY sector – please contact us to find out the salary details.

These are full year roles - with hours to be confirmed but within 7.45am

until 6.00pm daily to ensure full cover for our wrap-around care. Hours

can be negotiated but do need to include an early start and/or late finish.

Downsend aims to offer every member of our team a competitive salary, a range of great benefits and opportunities for career progression.

Our benefits include:

Pension Cognita Care First - Employee Assistance Programme

School fees discount (conditions apply)

Lunch available

Cycle-to-work scheme

Reimbursement for eye tests every two years for VDU operators

My Staff Shop - discounts for staff across a range of companies.

Downsend is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. This means we will undertake pre-employment background checks before any appointment is confirmed. All appointments are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. It is also essential and a mandatory condition of your employment that you undergo criminal, police or embassy record checks (as appropriate) from all countries, outside of the UK, where you have lived and/or worked for 3 months or more in the last 10 years or where you have completed your teacher training (or relevant qualifications) if not in the UK. Please note that checks are not required prior to the age of 16.