Nursery Worker

Are you an experienced or qualified Nursery worker?

Looking for regular work in a variety of settings in 2026?

WorkwithSchools are currently recruiting Nursery Workers for a range of early years settings within York and across Yorkshire. We are seeking staff of all levels, including Nursery Assistants, Early Years Practitioners, Assistant Nursery Managers, and Nursery Managers to support settings in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

We welcome applications from qualified and experienced Early Years staff, including those with Level 2 and Level 3 Early Years qualifications, as well as experienced unqualified practitioners.

Opportunities are available on a full-time, part-time, and ad hoc basis. These flexible range of roles ensure that we can tailor your booking in accordance to your availability and career goals. You will work across a range of childcare and early years settings. In these role, you will support children’s learning, development, and wellbeing in line with EYFS safeguarding and welfare requirements. Our dedicated consultants offer ongoing support and carefully match Early Years professionals with nursery and childcare roles that suit their specific needs and career goals.

WorkwithSchools offer a competitive hourly rate, with holiday pay which isadditional and accrued while you work through us.

How WorkwithSchools can help

WorkwithSchools can:

• offer FREE training to build knowledge and skills
• expand your professional network
• offer work in a variety of educational environments
• match you with roles that suit your availability and career goals

Why join WorkwithSchools?

On offer is:

• a competitive pay rate andholiday pay accrued as you work
• ongoing support from an experienced local team, including teaching and recruitment professionals
• FREE CPD
• an exceptional service to both candidates and clients, but don’t just take our word for it - check out our excellent Google reviews and find out why our community loves working with us!

You can find out more about the benefits WorkwithSchools offer candidates here.

Who are WorkwithSchools?

We’re an ethical and extremely reputable teaching agency based in York City Centre. We’ve been building great relationships with local schools since we were established in 1999. And we’re different to other supply agencies! We’re part of City of York Trading Limited, that’s wholly owned by City of York Council and a share of our profits has been paid back to the council, supporting the local community!

To Apply:

Before you begin to register with WorkwithSchools, you should have qualification certificates, your employment history, details of any gaps in your employment and any training or course records to hand. This will help to complete the online registration form and speed up the application process, whilst adhering to our stringent compliance processes. As proud holders of the APSCo Compliance + accreditation, we’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all WorkwithSchools staff to share this commitment. We require successful applicants to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records check via the DBS if you are not registered with the DBS Online Update Service.

To register with us, please complete our online registration form, by clicking on the link below:

https://www.workwithschools.co.uk/register-with-us/

For more information, or if you experience any issues applying online, please get in touch by emailing [email removed] or calling us on [phone removed]