Job Description

The Dumpton Pre-Prep and Nursery are undergoing an exciting period of growth and success. A vacancy has arisen for an outstanding candidate to become an

Early Years Practitioner (Nursery).

The successful candidate will join a strong Pre-Prep teaching team, and play a key role in ensuring Dumpton continues to be seen as a leading independent school which provides a superb education for its pupils. The successful candidate will be an outstanding practitioner in the Dumpton Nursery, and play a lead role in creating a nurturing environment where young children are encouraged to be kind, aim high, and fulfil their full potential. Candidates wishing to undertake an appropriate Early Years Apprenticeship are welcome to apply.

Main Duties:

- To play a lead role in providing a safe, supportive and caring environment for young children in the care of Dumpton Nursery: to ensure that all aspects of each individual child's development are given full consideration.

- To work closely in partnership with parents to support their child's development.

- To be fully up to date with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

- To be proactive in the process of activity planning, child observation and maintaining development records.

- To be an effective key person and buddy to those children assigned to you.

- To follow all routines, duties, timetables, rotas, record keeping activities and any other reasonable duty as requested.

- To maintain and follow Dumpton's policies and procedures at all time.

- To ensure that communication with children, parents and the staff team is maintained at the highest level.

- To maintain confidentiality about all issues related to the setting.

- To provide staff cover within the Foundation Stage as instructed.

- To attend meetings, professional development training and any other events as requested.

- To support and mentor colleagues in their practice.

- To take responsibility for health and safety checks including toy and equipment maintenance and all Dumpton policies and procedures.

- To assist other staff in setting up the Nursery before the start of term.

- To understand Safeguarding Children and report any concerns or observations to the DSL.

This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and the employee will be required to perform duties outside of this at the discretion of the Headmaster

The closing date for applications is

9am on Monday 14 July 2025. Applications must be made on the School's application form, we are unable to accept CVs.

Full details can be found on our website: https://www.dumpton.com/Vacancies

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 13.21 per hour

Benefits:

Free parking On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person