Current Vacancies
Job Title: Early Years Practitioner /Qualified Only
Setting Name: Ladybird Forest Pre-School
Location: Ampthill Bedfordshire
Salary: £13.30 hr
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8.30am-6pm and Friday 7.30am-4.30pm Total 34.75 hours term time only
Holiday club hours optional Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8.00am-4.15pm Total 31hours (Holiday club runs 1st week October half term, 1st week Easter half term, the first 3 weeks of the summer )
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 31st December 2025
Interview Date: To be confirmed.
To work as a key member of the Pre-School team, under the direction of the Pre-School Lead to provide safe, high-quality education and care for young children.
Benefits:
Being part of a committed and friendly team at a setting rated Outstanding by Ofsted, free uniform, comprehensive training opportunities, long service rewards, staff pension.
Main Duties:
- To assist with the planning of the curriculum.
- To help to set up the Pre-School for the daily programme and to help tidy away at the end of the session.
- To act as a key person to a small group of children, liaising closely with parents/carers and ensuring each child’s needs are recognised and met.
- To carry out online learning journal observations (Tapestry) on all children in the setting, when appropriate or as directed. To pass on information to the relevant key persons.
- To advise the Lead Practitioner of any concerns e.g. over children, parents or the safety of equipment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
- To teach children, offering an appropriate level of support and stimulation.
- To assist, with inside and outside play, including at Forest School.
How to apply: Please email below for an application pack
Name: Amanda Sanders
Tel: 01525 406703