Senior Early Years Educator

Stockingford Maintained Nursery School · Nuneaton, West Midlands

Senior Early Years Educator at Stockingford Maintained Nursery School, based in Nuneaton, West Midlands. This is a permanent role.

Salary
Competitive
Location
Nuneaton, West Midlands
Contract
Permanent
Posted
12 hours ago
Closes
6 Oct 2026
Sector
Nursery Practitioner

Reference 0856d3c4702ab971bacf483a47dcc737bfd42016

About the role

  • Relevant Level 3 Early Years or equivalent childcare Qualification
  • Knowledge/understanding of the Foundation Stage Curriculum
  • Understand schools policies and how they relate to local and national framework/policies
  • A commitment to further professional development
  • Experience of working with children within 0-5 age group
  • Able to relate well to children and adults
  • Have experience of ICT as a learning/communication tool
  • Have good communications skills
  • Have good listening skills
  • Be patient
  • Able to work effectively in a team and to work on own initiative as appropriate
  • Able to take responsibility for an area of learning within the nursery
  • Able to supervise and train NVQ or work experience students
  • Have good organisational skills
  • Able to take responsibility for an area of the curriculum
  • Able to organise and lead activities for parents and/or younger children
  • Able to lead staff team INSET
  • Be sensitive to the needs of children
  • Be flexible and adaptable
  • Be trustworthy and discreet, maintain confidentiality
  • Be able to establish clear boundaries
  • Have a good sense of humour
  • Have good interpersonal skills
  • Be able to work sensitively with colleagues and a range of professionals and children
  • Be able to exercise initiative and independent action
  • Be pro-active in offering ideas and contribute to whole school review
  • Have confidence to review own performance and that of others (e.g. students)
  • Demonstrate creativity and imagination, showing an ability to adapt teaching styles to the needs of groups or individual children

Reference: 0856d3c4702ab971bacf483a47dcc737bfd42016 · Posted 12 hours ago · Closes 6 Oct 2026 · Listed via Stockingford Maintained Nursery School

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