Job Description

Cricklade Manor Prep

Wiltshire
12.72 per hour

Job type:

Part Time, Permanent

Start date:

03 November 2025

Apply by:

31 October 2025

Job overview

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We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Level 2 or 3 qualified Early Years Practitioner to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the learning and development of children aged 2 to 5 years, ensuring a safe, engaging, and inclusive environment.

Cricklade Manor Prep's Nursery is a happy, friendly and nurturing nursery. Here, children aged 2-4 thrive, making friends, having fun and learning. Our cheerful classrooms are light and roomy, but it is the space and greenery of the walled garden and Forest School that the children really love, and we certainly make the most of it.

Within easy reach of Swindon and Cirencester, we are open year round from 7.30am-6pm, providing affordable, high-quality learning and adventures. We were rated 'Excellent' at our last inspection, the equivalent of Ofsted 'Outstanding'.

Reports to: Nursery Manager

Hours, Salary & Benefits:

This is a term time only role, 3 days per week (24 hours).


Salary: 12.72 per hour/ 12,211.20 pa

Benefits:


Means tested staff discount

5% employer pension Complementary lunch during term time cooked on site by our inhouse chefs Pro-rata paid holiday and bank holidays Access to the group's counselling scheme Free on site parking Friendly and supportive staff room Personal accident at work cover Shopping discount card Access to fully funded apprenticeships Opportunities for career development within the Wishford group of schools

Key Responsibilities:

Plan and deliver age-appropriate, creative, and stimulating activities in line with the EYFS framework. Observe, assess, and record children's progress and development. Foster positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues. Promote children's independence, confidence, and well-being. Ensure the safeguarding and welfare of all children in your care. Maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming learning environment. Contribute to the planning and evaluation of the curriculum. Participate in staff meetings, training, and nursery events.

Person Specification:

Level 2 or 3 qualification in Early Years Education or equivalent (essential). Previous experience working in a nursery or early years setting. Sound knowledge of the EYFS and child development. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. A nurturing, patient, and enthusiastic approach. A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to obtain one).
Desirable:

Paediatric First Aid certification. Experience in a forest school setting Special educational needs (SEN) experience.
For full details, please see our candidate pack. To apply, please complete a Wishford Education Application Form.

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About

Cricklade Manor Prep

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Cricklade Manor Prep

The Manor House, Calcutt Street, Cricklade, Swindon
Wiltshire
SN6 6BB
United Kingdom

+44 179 375 0275

Cricklade Manor Prep is a long established Independent Prep School located in the heart of Cricklade, Wiltshire. Cricklade is a short drive from the M4 and A419, making it easily accessible from Cirencester, Swindon, Malmesbury and surrounding areas.



The school is housed on an 8-acre site within the town, including a handsome Grade II listed manor house, a number of purpose-built classroom blocks and extensive sports facilities including astroturf and grass pitches, a sports hall and swimming pool. The Nursery is based in its own building set within a beautiful walled garden.

The Experience

Cricklade Manor Prep educates boys and girls from age 2 to 11. At the end of their time at the school, pupils move on to a wide range of independent, grammar and maintained schools.



The school aims to:


Develop the academic, musical, creative, sporting and other talents of each boy and girl. Provide outstanding pastoral care in a secure, happy, nurturing environment, underpinned by principles of tolerance, kindness and respect. Create an outward-looking ethos, building links with parents and the local community. Prepare leavers for entry to senior schools at 11+. Enable leavers to be confident, capable, caring and independent minded.

Wishford Schools

In September 2017, Prior Park Prep joined the Wishford Schools group and Guy Barrett was appointed as Headmaster to lead the school through an exciting period of investment, modernisation and development. The school was relaunched as Cricklade Manor Prep in January 2018.



Wishford Schools is a family-run group of independent prep schools with a commitment to delivering the highest standards of education and providing the best possible experience to both pupils and parents. Schools in the group benefit from the support of the group's Executive Team and a vastly experienced Advisory Board.

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