Job title: Early Years Educator

Start date: As soon as possible

Salary: SCP 9 (£27,254 (pro-rata)) to SCP 14 (£29,540 (pro-rata))

Hourly rate: SCP 9 (£14.13) to SCP 14 (£15.31)

Contract type: Part-time (permanent)

Hours per week: 32.5 (incorporating a daily 30-minute lunchtime duty)

Working pattern: 8.15 a.m. to 3.15 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

Weeks worked: Term-time only (38 weeks per year)

Number of positions available: 1

Reporting to: Deputy Head Teacher

Join our outstanding Early Childhood Education Centre as an Early Years Educator and help inspire our youngest learners aged 2 to 5 years. Work in a warm, well-resourced environment that places children at the heart of everything we do. This role is ideal for reflective, enthusiastic practitioners who value play, curiosity, and nurturing relationships.

Are you ready to make a difference in Early Childhood Education?

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre is seeking a skilled and passionate Early Years Educator to join our friendly and professional team.

We are seeking an individual with experience working with children aged 2 to 5 who is confident in promoting independence, curiosity, and creativity through high-quality early years provision. The successful candidate will work as part of our dedicated team to deliver excellent learning experiences and implement focused aspects of our Targeted Academic Support Strategy.

About our school

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre provides an innovative education for 2- to 7-year-olds in the east of Luton, close to the Hertfordshire border. We are an oversubscribed and successful two-form entry infant school admitting 60 children annually.

Our Early Childhood Education Centre incorporates our two Reception classes and two Nursery classes, offering full- and part-time nursery provision. We are extremely well-resourced and committed to providing engaging, play-based learning that sparks imagination and confidence.

We are a values-based school, where everyone is ambitious, inclusive, and innovative. We only recruit people who are passionate about making a difference to children’s lives; people who are highly reflective and challenge themselves to keep on improving. This means our working relationships can be relatively relaxed and informal. People love working here; we are warm, welcoming, positive, supportive and forward-looking. We have very high expectations of both children and adults.

As an Early Years Educator at Someries, you will:

• Deliver high-quality early years provision for children aged 2 to 5
• Foster independence, curiosity, and creativity in a nurturing environment
• Work under the guidance of teachers to extend children’s learning
• Support the implementation of the school’s Targeted Academic Support Strategy
• Use effective communication and behaviour management to maintain a positive learning environment
• Collaborate with colleagues, parents, and professionals to support children’s development
• Promote safeguarding and wellbeing in line with school and statutory policies

We can offer you:

• An excellent professional development programme
• Wonderful, enthusiastic pupils who are eager to learn
• A supportive, experienced, and caring staff team
• High adult-to-child ratios
• Fantastic opportunities for career progression
• A school that genuinely invests in its people
• Complimentary refreshments from our Staff Lounge
• Subsidised lunchtime meals provided by our onsite catering team
• A Health Cash Plan (including subsidised dental and optical care)

About you

You will hold a minimum Level 3 early years or childcare qualification (or equivalent) and have significant experience in early years education. You will be warm, reflective, and resilient, with a strong commitment to inclusion, safeguarding, and supporting the best possible outcomes for every child.

Child protection and safeguarding

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Applications from experienced colleagues with an accredited Level 3 early years or childcare qualification are warmly welcomed.

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre believes that its workforce should reflect its community and that all groups within the community should have equal access to the school’s employment opportunities.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, disability, religion, beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We are also committed to improving flexible working opportunities, so we would encourage applicants who wish to work flexibly to apply, including those seeking job shares.

Visits to the school are encouraged, so please contact us to arrange a time to see us in action.

However, in the meantime, for further information about our wonderful school, please visit www.someriesinfants.co.uk.

Applicants for this public-facing post must demonstrate the ability to converse and provide effective help or advice in fluent spoken English.

Only candidates whose applications address each and every essential criterion identified within the person specification for this role will be shortlisted for this position. It is therefore advised that candidates cross-reference their application to these criteria before submission.