Early Years Practitioner

Ark; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading school seeks an Early Years Practitioner in a nursery setting to support and teach young children. The ideal candidate will have a Level 3 Early Years qualification and experience in an EYFS environment. This position offers long-term development opportunities within a supportive team framework, reinforcing excellence in early childhood education.

Benefits

Weekly individual coaching

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience teaching in an EYFS setting.
• Desirable experience working with vulnerable children.
• Ideally experience with 2-year-old provision.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and teaching in a nursery setting.
• Invest in staff development for impact in the nursery.
• Enhance learning and development for young children.

Skills

Teaching Effectively

Working with Vulnerable Children

High-Quality Nursery Experience

Education

Early Years Qualification, Level 3 or above

Job description

About The Role

We seek an Early Years Practitioner in the Nursery setting, bringing expertise and experience working with young children to provide excellent support and teaching to our pupils. We want to invest in a member of staff for the long term, and support in their development and impact as they work within our nursery provision.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of teaching effectively in an EYFS setting
• Experience of working with vulnerable children desirable but not essential
• Experience of working effectively in a high-quality nursery setting, ideally including 2 year old provision
• A full and relevant Early Years Qualification, Level 3 or above

To apply, and to see more information about the school and this role please visit: Explore our vacancies | King Solomon Academy.

The deadline is Monday 9^th June 2025. Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. Early application is advised.

To discuss the role, please feel free to email the Principal’s PA, Abigail Saleh. ([e-mail]) or phone on 020 8161 6634.

Benefits

We believe in aiming high, working together, being kind and leading the way. Through weekly individual coaching, year group intellectual preparation time and whole school PD, we invest in your growth and development as a teacher to ensure you can excel in creating the best possible climate for learning for our pupils to thrive in.

Through our approach to professional development we can promise a successful candidate a positive and rewarding journey of growth. Through shared weekly and long-term planning, a large number of training days and access to the resources and opportunities in the Ark network, we are able to support our teachers to thrive.

Find out more about the benefits of working for Arkatarkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/

About Us

We are a genuine all-through school, with our pupils staying with us from nursery to sixth form across two sites, ten minutes-walk apart. Because of this, we have a unique opportunity to have a long term and dramatic impact on our pupils’ lives. This all starts in our primary school, where our pupils develop, and grow a love of learning.

We have a strong track-record as a school in making a significant impact on our pupils’ lives. We adopt a mastery approach in primary, meaning that our pupils have more time and explicit teaching of the skills and concepts that underpin long term success in academics, enriched by a varied and cultural capital enhancing curriculum which inspires and engages our pupils. Our specialist teaching model allows pupils to benefit from expert teaching in PE, music, art, humanities and science and means all staff have time to plan each subject properly.

In September 2019 we merged with Ark Paddington Green Academy and combined to form one all-through King Solomon Academy with Nursery-Year 4 on our Younger Years Site (Crompton Street) and Year 5 - Year 13 on the Older Years Site (Penfold Street). In May 2021, we opened a purpose-built nursery for 2-4 year olds. Our Younger Years Site has generous outdoor space, including a beautiful global food garden and a woodland garden where we run Forest School in EYFS and KS1. UKS2 pupils benefit from all the resources of sharing a site with secondary: a huge MUGA, basketball courts, science labs, specialist music equipment and so on.

Visit kingsolomonacademy.org/jobsto learn more about us.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on thislink.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click thislink.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.