Early Years Practitioner
Ashford School
Kent
- £27,183 - £27,183.01 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 10 March 2026
- Apply by:
- 9 March 2026
Job overview
Are you a qualified Level 3 Early Years Practitioner with a passion for inspiring young minds?
Join our dedicated team and help create exceptional learning experiences! We have exciting opportunities available at Bridge Nursery and The Stables Nursery.
*Do you love to explore the great outdoors?
*When you look at a tub of empty containers and boxes do you see endless opportunities?
*Do you have the confidence to release your inner child?
If you answered yes to the above, then we would love to hear from you!
Personal qualities:
The ability to adapt to the fast pace of nursery life and offer exciting opportunities to our children.
You are inspired and driven to share exciting ideas with our children’s young minds.
You show initiative and motivation.
You are happy to work as part of a team.
In return, we will offer you:
We offer flexibility with weekly working hours – this can be negotiated to suit your needs. Part-time options are also available.
A fantastic programme of in-house training and continuing professional development.
Five weeks paid holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata) .
Flexible Rewards and Salary Sacrifice schemes.
Free parking onsite
Lunches provided (term time only)
Salary: £27,183.00 FTE.
If you would like to visit the nurseries before you apply, please contact:
Bridge Nursery - Francesca Russell (russellf@ashfordschool.co.uk)
Stables Nursery - Sarah House (houses@ashfordschool.co.uk)
NOTE: We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their applications as soon as possible.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Ashford School is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education across England. As a group, we achieve more by sharing than any single school could.
Ashford School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
All appointments are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check, the results of an online medical questionnaire and two satisfactory references.
About Ashford School
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Ashford School is one of the UK's leading coeducational independent day and boarding school, founded in 1898. Ashford has all the benefits of being a school of individual character, coupled with the security and support offered by membership of the United Learning group of independent schools and academies. We are proud that the School is able to provide a seamless learning journey for children from 3 months to 18 years on a beautiful campus in the heart of Kent.
Ashford School, East Hill:
Our Senior School and Bridge Nursery make up Ashford School’s beautiful 25-acre campus close to the centre of Ashford and surrounded by Kent countryside.
The Senior School occupies a site in a prominent position in the busy and growing commuter town of Ashford and is close to the International Station. It has on-site playing fields, floodlit Astroturf pitch, tennis and netball courts, as well as a recently opened Sports Centre complete with gyms, fitness suite and an indoor swimming pool. The school’s boarding houses are on campus. Further playing fields and sports facilities, including a second floodlit Astroturf pitch, can be found on a 40-acre site adjacent to the Prep School and are well used by both Senior and Prep students.
Ashford School, Great Chart:
Ashford Prep School is situated in the beautiful village of Great Chart on the outskirts of Ashford. The site also includes our Prep School Nursery and in 2018 our custom-designed Stables Nursery opened. The site includes beautiful playing fields, an indoor swimming pool, flood-lit Astroturf pitch, indoor gym and a well-appointed Sports Pavilion.
The early years provision has its own dedicated and well-resourced accommodation and staff.
Our students
Currently, approximately 500 students attend the Senior School (aged 11 to 18), including around 120 boarders. It is expected that the number of Senior School students will increase over the next ten years and developments are being planned to allow for this growth. Around 500 students also currently attend the Prep School and Nurseries (aged 0-11).
Our location
Ashford is extremely well connected. London St Pancras can be reached by train in 37 minutes thanks to Ashford International Station’s position on the High Speed Line (HS1). The Eurotunnel is a 15-minute drive away, and the Port of Dover can be reached in 30 minutes.
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