Early Years Educator (Nursery Staff) - Green Ridge Primary Academy

Overview

Do you enjoy working with children?

Do you have the skills to support their learning and development?

Have you got a ‘can-do’ approach and outlook?

At Green Ridge Primary Academy, we are looking for Early Years Educator who will work as part of our support staff team, across our Early Years provision, to support children in their learning and development, including those children with Special Educational Needs and for whom English may be an additional language.

We are looking for someone who is up for getting stuck into all aspects of academy life!

Term time only: Yes

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Salary details: Bucks Pay Range 1b, Scale point 8–10 (£23,760 - £24,223),

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 38.75 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus INSET days)

Closing date: 10/01/2025 12:00

Interviews to be held: TBC with shortlisted candidates

About us

At Green Ridge we aim to provide an exciting, broad and engaging curriculum, which encourages our children to become confident and resilient life-long learners. We want our children not just to achieve, but to exceed expectations and attain the very best results they can, academically, creatively and personally.

We offer a safe, nurturing and creative learning environment, which enables us to ensure our children are supported, challenged, inspired and motivated through a breadth of learning experiences and opportunities. We are an inclusive school where everyone is equally valued.
We aim to develop trusting, strong and sustaining partnerships with families and the wider local community. We want our families to be passionately supporting our school events such as productions, special curriculum days and teacher meetings.

Website: https://www.greenridgeacademy.co.uk/

About the role

As a member of the academy’s support staff team, you will be responsible for supporting the development of children’s knowledge, understanding and skills across all areas of learning. This may be supporting children on a one-to-one basis, supporting small groups or delivering interventions and additional support to children as needed. This may be working within our 2/3-year-old class (Little Berries), or across our 3/4-year-old classes (Little Acorns and Little Pines). The role also includes supervising children during break and lunchtimes and before/after school sessions in line with your shift pattern and as necessary.

For further information please see attached Job description. 

About you

What we’re looking for:

We welcome applications from candidates with experience from educational or other relevant childcare backgrounds. The successful candidate will be expected to hold (or be working towards) a minimum of a full and relevant Level 2 or 3 qualification in Early Years Education in line with DfE guidelines on ratios across the provision.

The successful candidate will have:

- A full & relevant Level 2 or 3 qualification (working towards will be considered)
- The motivation and passion to achieve the very best for the children in our care and be relentless in the pursuit of excellence
- A good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- The ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team
- The ability to work on initiative
- A ‘can-do’ approach to all aspects of academy life
- A willingness to undertake professional development and grow their skills
- Excellent communication skills and a good sense of humour

Other information

For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office on 01296 326320 or by email [email protected]. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.
We accept applications via My New Term - please follow the link below: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/144747/EDV-2024-GRPA-83222.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.