Early Years Practitioners

Vacancy Summary

Early Years Practitioner x2 

Permanent

Required from 1^st January 202

Salary: Band 6, Scale Point 11, 

Various posts: Term time only one post at 33.5 hours per week Monday to Friday and the other 30 hours per week to include wraparound provision 7.30am to 6.00pm

Vacancy Information

Hirst Wood Nursery School offers high quality education for children aged 2 to 5 years. We are integral to our community, located in a wonderful 100 year old building within the world heritage site of Saltaire, surrounded by fantastic outdoor space including a wilderness garden as we are committed to learning through the outdoors and have a Forest School leader. We are looking to recruit experienced and enthusiastic Level 3 Early Years Practitioners to work with our wonderful children, some of whom attend our Woodlands resourced provision for special educational needs. These post offers an exciting opportunity for professionals with a passion for high quality inclusive early years education to join our team of enthusiastic, friendly colleagues. 

The successful candidate will:

• Be an experienced enthusiastic and passionate early years educator with a positive, reflective outlook
• Demonstrate a deep commitment to inclusion and the ability to build respectful, professional relationships
• Join experienced colleagues within a positive learning culture and a commitment to building and developing our journey of continuous learning and development for both adults and children

We can offer you:

• Amazing children and families who see our School as integral to the local community
• A School that recognises everyone’s uniqueness and everyone is equally important and included
• A range of continuous professional development opportunities to enhance pedagogy and practice
• A flagship School for Inclusion Quality Mark, a trauma informed setting that places relational and restorative approaches at the heart of its practice

We are justifiably proud of our school which continues to be rated Good by Ofsted (November 2023) and we warmly welcome applicants to come and look around to see us in action. Please contact Jayne Taylor by email: Jayne.Taylor@hirstwoodnscc.co.uk

Closing date for applications: Friday 20th November 2026

Shortlisting: Monday 23rd November 2026

Interviews: Thursday 26th November 2026

The school prides itself on being an equal opportunities employer and abides by Safer Recruitment Practices. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An online search will be carried out at shortlisting. All other Pre-employment checks including a DBS check, will be completed during the recruitment process.

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