Highfield Nursery School has been part of the community for over 50 years, having recently formed part of a federation of four local authority maintained nursery schools across Northamptonshire. The school is open from 08:00-16:00, Monday to Friday, term-time only, providing a range of educational and care places for children from ages two to five years.

We have a dedicated team of nursery practitioners, teachers, and leaders committed not only to providing the best quality of care and education for all children, but to continually improving their practice. Our aim is to build a secure foundation for the children under our care to become happy, confident, caring individuals who achieve personal success and develop a lifelong love of learning.

From our 2019 Ofsted report, which judged us as a "good" school:

"Leaders know the school well. They are quick to identify areas of practice that they want to improve. They put effective and decisive plans in place to tackle these areas and provide staff with a range of high-quality training and professional development.

"Leaders have cultivated an effective staff team. Leaders and staff meet regularly to discuss development needs and to ensure that staff receive sufficient support to fulfil their roles. Staff say they feel well supported by leaders and that morale is high.

"Senior leaders are developing effective systems to build the leadership skills of other staff. For example, through performance management procedures 'nursery officers' are given the opportunity to lead specific areas of learning, such as understanding the world and literacy. These staff are enthusiastic and are already having a positive impact upon improving the quality of provision in their area of responsibility."

We offer you:

• 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
• Competitive salary and generous annual leave entitlement
• A generous Local Government pension scheme
  
• Discounted nursery sessions for your children
• Free onsite parking

To arrange a visit and/or learn more about working at Highfield Nursery School, please email Lindsey Gwynne at LGwynne@ffcnschools.com or phone 01933 225039 between 08:00-16:00 on weekdays.

We welcome our duties under the Equality Act 2010 to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations, and expect all our staff to be similarly committed. We strongly encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race and/or ethnicity, sex/gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status.