Job Description

Salary

Main Pay Scale

Contractual hours

14.25

Basis

Part Time

Job category/type

Education, Schools

Date posted

26/09/2025

Job reference

REQ00000821

Early Years Teacher

Main Pay Scale

2 Days (Thursday & Friday 0.44FTE)

Fixed Term Contract

January 2026 - August 2026

Victoria Park Nursery School is an outstanding local authority maintained school based in central Newbury. We are looking for an early years teacher ideally QTS, but will consider EYTS to join our team from January 2026. This role is based with our 2-3 year old group. We would be happy to support an ECT.

Are you

A reflective practitioner with good working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage? Flexible enough to fit quickly into our staff team? Someone with an open positive attitude and excellent communication skills? Happy to work outdoors in all weathers?

We can offer you

A warm, positive and caring ethos with children at the heart of all we do. Planning which is child-led and "in the moment". Excellent support, CPD, shared planning and collaborative working. Commitment to work/life balance. The opportunity to join our outstanding school and help us to build on our achievements.


You can find an application form and the Criminal Records Self Disclosure form for completion on our website https://victoriapark.w-berks.sch.uk/westberks/primary/victoria-park/site/pages/nurseryschool/vacancies.

An application pack with the job description and person specification can be obtained via emailing finance@victoriapark.w-berks.sch.uk

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

Closing date for applications:

Midday Friday 10th October 2025

Interview date:

Wednesday 15th October 2025 Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment and is in line with the guidance in KCSIE. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal records self-disclosure form. Successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks including online searches help to identify any incidents and/or issues which may be relevant to your suitability for the role, which the school may want to explore further with you.