Due to the success of our Nursery we have two new roles available.

Role 1

Hours: 32.5 hrs per week (8.30am - 3.30pm), including an unpaid break of 30 minutes.

Role 2

Hours: There is flexibility in this role of  either 26hrs (one day off per week, 8.30am - 3.30pm, including an unpaid break of 30 minutes. or 32.5 hrs per week  (8.30am - 3.30pm), including an unpaid break of 30 minutes.

These role are fixed term role until 31st August 2025 with the possibility to extend.

Are you someone who shares our core values, and who wants to create places of learning that are truly remarkable

If you are flexible, passionate and committed to enhancing standards of learning and pastoral care in equal measure, then this role has been written just for you!

A unique opportunity has arisen at Hightown Primary School - a place where  'Together we Thrive'. - high 'expectations, aspirations, mutual trust and respect are all underpinned by a warm, nurturing ethos.

The role will involve working as a key person under the direction of the Nursery Manager to provide a safe, stimulating and high-quality education and care to young children.

The successful applicant will be warmly welcomed into our Trust partnership and able to access a myriad of opportunities and experiences that will support personal and professional growth. 

What we can offer you: 

• The opportunity to work in settings which benefit from being part of a multi-academy trust that is large enough to effectively support schools but small enough to know and care for them individually, and the people who work and learn within them, well. We take staff wellbeing seriously.
• A competitive salary and longer school holidays than maintained schools, including a two- week October half-term break
• A variety of career pathways and bespoke professional development, including a thorough and tailored induction, performance development with a linked Line Manager, network groups, face to face and e-learning. We invest in people
• Supportive colleagues who are committed to the #oneteam ethos.
• Opportunities to observe and ask questions of colleagues and to ‘give things a try’. We encourage innovation, research, bravery and development
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Recognition of continuous service with Local Authorities and other Academy Trusts
• CEO Awards to recognise those amazing everyday achievements
• Eligibility for a Blue Light Card, cycle to work scheme and ongoing discount offers at Halfords and Tredz
• Electric car charging facilty
• The ability to be the change within the community that you will work in

The successful applicant will: 

• Hold a nationally recognised Level 3 qualification for working with children aged 3 to 5 years.
• Hold a minimum Level 2 Maths qualification and Level 2 English qualification (essential if you qualified after 1st September 2014)
• Have Paediatric First Aid training, in date and have evidence of this.
• Have experience of an Early Years environment.
• Know and understand how young children learn
• Safeguard and promote the health, safety and welfare of children
  
• Work in partnership with the key person, colleagues, parents and/or carers or other professionals
• Know and understand the Early Years Framework
  

Has this role got your name on it?

If you have any further questions or would like to arrange a tour of the base setting, please contact the school directly: info.HNS@ilpartnership.org

Early application is encouraged as we anticipate significant interest and therefore reserve the right to interview exceptional candidates prior to the closing date.

Our commitment to safeguarding

Inspire Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all roles in regulated activity. The specific safeguarding responsibilities of this role are outlined within Part One of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 and the Early Years Framework.

Further details concerning our safeguarding policies and procedures, including our statement on the Rehabilitation of Offenders, can be found on the Trust website.

As part of our due diligence and in line with the recommendation made in Keeping Children Safe in Education, the Trust reserves the right to undertake online searches on shortlisted candidates. Further details about our searches can be found within our Recruitment Policy.