EYFS and Nursery Senior Assistant (Level 3 Early Years)

Herries Preparatory School is seeking to to appoint an inspirational and dynamic EYFS and Nursery  Assistant with a passion for developing lively and practical EYFS learning activities. You would become part of a small, friendly and forward-thinking team in our happy school. We are committed to building independent learning and to developing individual children’s interests, which we would expect to see demonstrated at interview. Our ideal applicant will have boundless enthusiasm and be adaptable to the needs of the children and help us maximise outcomes for them.

Start date: 1 November 2021

Contract type: Full-Time

Salary: Competitive

Hours: 32.5 to 40 hours across 5 days per week. 34 weeks & 5 inset days

Position: Permanent, Term time only.

Location: Herries Prep School, Dean Lane, Cookham Dean, Berkshire, SL6 9BD

Closing date: midnight 31st October 2021

Details:

Herries Prep is a delightful non-selective school, with small classes, for children  2-11 within the former home of Kenneth Grahame, where ‘Wind in the Willows’ was written. The school was initially established in 1937 in a beautiful historic setting.

Main duties:

To provide high quality teaching and learning opportunities and assist with planned activities relevant to pupils’ age and stage of development.

To help to maintain a safe, secure and caring environment.

To prepare and participate in a range of activities to promote each child’s physical, intellectual and emotional needs to enable them to reach their full potential.

To engage children in activities which encourage linguistic and social interaction between the children and their carers.

To act as key worker for a group of children, by observing, monitoring and accurately  recording each individual's development in the school’s systems, currently EeXAT.