Job Description

South Lee Prep School and Nursery

Address:

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2BT

Hours:

40 hours per week, 8am - 6pm over 4 or 5 days

Salary:

27,600 per annum

Contract:

Permanent, required as soon as possible

Reference:

0427

South Lee Prep School

are looking for a

Nursery

Room Leader

to join our hard-working and inclusive team.

As our Nursery Room Leader, you will:

supervise and provide support for pupils, particularly those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities have a sound knowledge and or experience of the Early Years Foundation Stage monitor pupils' responses to learning activities and accurately record progress as directed ensure that the highest standards or customer care are upheld for both children and parents or guardians.

About us

South Lee Prep School is a forward-thinking school that is always looking for ways to enhance learning and ignite intellectual curiosity in our children. We want them to become independent learners, to ask questions, to challenge what they already know, to learn new ways of thinking and to be the best they can possibly be. We also want them to learn who they are and how to be resilient and happy in their own skin.


Through our six South Lee pillars (authenticity and achievement, communication and community, nurture, and zest) we aim to instil the skills and confidence in each child so they can go out into the world, ambitious and brave, ready to make a positive difference in whichever way they choose.

For more information

Please read the

(pdf)

.


To find out more about us, please visit

our website

.


Please contact

Sarah Catchpole

, Headteacher by calling

01284 754654

for an informal discussion.

How to apply

Please complete your

Application Form (Word)

and submit by email to

recruitment@southlee.co.uk

.

Closing date: 12pm, 17 October 2025.

Interview date: Week commencing 20 October 2025.

Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and the school reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged strongly to apply in good time.


For reasons of safer recruitment, please be aware we do not accept or review curriculum vitae. To progress your application, we will require a completed South Lee Prep School Application Form.


It is our policy that we request employment references for all short-listed candidates prior to interview. Applicants will be asked to confirm that they have not been disqualified from working with children. Any gaps in employment will be explored at interview.


Candidates should be aware that in line with Keeping Children Safe, we will conduct online searches for shortlisted candidates.