Job Description

A little about us

....our ethos centres around placing the child at the heart of all that we do. We opened in 2004, and welcome up to 17 children a day from the ages of 1 to 3 years. We are the feeder day nursery to ACE Nursery School on Parkside in Cambridge, which opened in 1966.

Our vision -

We believe in providing children with a welcoming, safe and nurturing indoor and outdoor, free-flow environment. Learning and play is combined to help everyone flourish, feel valued and have a strong sense of self. We pride ourselves on listening to each unique child, and those who care for them, and use this information to personalise each child's learning. We value the rich diverse cultural community that makes ACE a trusted home-from-home. We strive to engage all children by providing exciting, challenging and diverse experiences which include exploring the wider community. We value the importance of being outside and use it as an additional learning environment to develop children's critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Learning should be fun; we believe that the early years is the beginning in creating confident, self-motivated, resilient, life-long learners. We aspire to be an exceptional, supportive and stimulating day nursery.

The ideal candidate will be

experienced, kind, passionate and share our vision. You will have experience with working in Early Years and be qualified to Level 3 or above. We are very proud of our repeated outstanding Ofsted rating. As a Senior Practitioner you will be responsible for helping to promote and cascade best practice across the day nursery, supporting our leadership team.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 15.25 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

Casual dress Company events Company pension Employee mentoring programme Free flu jabs Sick pay
Language:

English (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 17/12/2025
Reference ID: Senior Early Years Practitioner
Expected start date: 05/01/2026