Main duties

• To ensure the standards of teaching and learning in the school are of the highest possible quality
• To be responsible for a large group of children, including planning the learning, resourcing the environment, evaluating learning, and record keeping
  
• To work alongside Early Years Assistants (EYAs) who will support you in the planning, preparation, and delivery of learning and development
• To lead on planning and provisions of the children, with a group of EYAs and/or leaders
  
• Overseeing and providing the planning and delivery of group times and scheduled work time, to ensure they meet the specific needs of your group of children
• To support the leader with the running of sessions, ensuring routines are followed and managing the team if the leader is called away
  
• To analyse children's progress and attainment - identifying trends and areas of strength, as well as next steps which are then to be implemented into provision
• To be aware of stages of development, so as to be able to make judgements about children's development, including identifying SEND
  
• Undertaking home visits to gather information about new starters
• Completing termly assessments on children's development, including narrative reports for parents/guardians
• Organising and co-ordinating parent/guardian consultation meetings to share progress and attainment
• Organising, co-ordinating, and monitoring record keeping, floor books, and displays that inform families of children's learning
• Organising and planning staff deployment of provisions and interventions
• Organising and planning support for any EYPP children in your group
  
• Review and consistent implementation of key routines
• Review and maintenance of physical environments, including continuous provision and enhancement
• Daily communication with parents. If working a late shift, to inform colleagues of anything which may need to be fed back to parents/guardians the following morning
• Nurturing effective and positive relationships with both the children under your care and across the provision and their parents/guardians
  
• To read the staff communication and deployment board prior to work, and be ready at your work station at the designated start time
• To communicate with your team about necessary plans for provisions, changes to routines, and/or messages from parents/guardians
• Working together to form a consistent approach to behaviour management
• Effectively planning and delivering parent/guardian events
• Providing information and guidance to EYAs on children's developmental needs, and to support them with any parent/guardian events, i.e. parents evenings and home learning plans
• Reporting any safeguarding concerns or accidents at home and/or nursery, and being prepared to have conversations with parents and/or professionals
• To be fully aware of vulnerable children within the group, and communicate with teams of EYAs on support
• To provide information and guidance to EYAs on children's developmental needs
• To support and guide EYAs with regards to parent/guardian events and home learning plans
• To follow all school policies
  
• Keeping up to date with any changes to statutory or non-statutory guidance and procedures for the Early Years sector, including Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), GDPR, EYFS Statutory Framework, Development Matters, and Birth to 5
• To work together to form a consistent approach to behaviour management
  

Benefits

• A friendly, collaborative community of children and their families, staff, and governors
• A caring and supportive working environment that prioritises wellbeing
• Opportunity for progression and CPD within the Federation and the wider maintained nursery school network
• A generous Local Government pension scheme
• Discounted nursery sessions for your children
• Free onsite parking

To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form, including a personal statement describing how your experience, skills, and knowledge meet the criteria for this post as laid out in the job description/person specification. You will also be required to complete and return a self-disclosure declaration with your application. Submit both through MyNewTerm.