Early Years Practitioner

Tes is supporting the appointment of an Early Years Practitioner at a nursery based in Kensington and Chelsea.

The Role

To deliver educational programmes to children that support their development and learning through

1. effective planning that identified the intent of these programmes and
2. successful implementation strategies that demonstrate good quality teaching.

To design and deliver a range of learning opportunities that can have impact on children’s progress and shape their dispositions and attitudes towards learning.

To use effective tools to

1. monitor children’s progress, using the EYFS framework and
2. use this information to report on the progress they are making in their learning. To conduct evaluations that inform and shape planning (intent) and delivery (implementation).

The School

The school is a thoroughly happy, caring and safe place where every child feels valued and can develop into an independent, confident individual. They provide an excellent foundation on which every child can build their future education within a caring, secure and stimulating environment.

Job Description

• To be a highly motivated early years’ practitioner role modelling excellent practice to children as identified in the Early Years Inspection Handbook.
• To stay abreast of current Early Years initiatives and legislation and ensure that this informs your practice.
• To have consistently high expectations of what children can achieve and support their learning.
• To have a secure understanding of child development of the age group they are working with and have relevant subject knowledge that is detailed and communicated to the children.
• To gather assessment information looking at what children already know, understand and can do and share this with parents or other professionals.
• To use assessment information to plan appropriate teaching and learning strategies that identify able or talented children or children who are falling behind in their learning and need additional support, enabling children to make good progress.
• To support children understand how to develop as a result of regular interaction and encouragement from staff, and support parents understand how their children should progress and how they can contribute to this.
• To develop strong working relationships with parents by providing information that helps them to understand how children can progress.
• To be a reflective practitioner using evaluative tools to monitor and improve practice.
• To write accurate reports and document on children’s developmental progress using the Early Years Outcomes document and other relevant documents.
• To liaise with the Early Years Lead practitioner to analyse data to shape services.
• To liaise with colleagues to plan and implement stimulating and age appropriate developmental programmes for young children using the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and the setting’s pedagogical approach by ensuring full use of the indoor and outdoor environments throughout the year.
• To maintain the resources and environment by setting up and clearing away in a timely fashion.
• To ensure that the premises used for provision are fit for purpose by undertaking meaningful risk assessments.
• To proactively promote an inclusive and welcoming environment for all families using the school.
• To be aware of and maintain Health and Safety regulations, reporting any concerns to the lead practitioner.
• To be aware of the safeguarding procedures and to report immediately any concerns which arise day to day to the Safeguarding Lead.
• To meet regularly with the leadership team for group supervisory sessions and relevant training.
• To undertake any relevant or appropriate training as required.
• To be aware of the school’s confidentiality procedures.
• To ensure equality of opportunity and recognition of diversity are promoted through effective teaching.
• To have good ICT skills in order to effectively use Tapestry and other software systems that support the provision, as well as being able to lead high quality remote learning.

Person Specification

Experience and Qualifications

The post holder must hold a Level 3 qualification in Early Years Education (or be willing to work towards this) and have at least 3 years of experience of working with young children, particularly 2-5 year olds.

All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC1738593 in the email subject line.