Part Time Nursery Teacher

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our Early Years and Foundation stage is crucial to our pupils making the best start possible for their educational journeys. We are looking for a qualified teacher with experience teaching in Nursery to join our team as part of a job share. This is for 3 full days (most likely Monday to Wednesday). We will consider an ECT if they have received some Early Years’ experience as part of their training or previous career.

Key Duties

Teaching and Learning

• Carry out teaching duties as required and in accordance with the school’s schemes of work including the EYFS guidelines.
• Liaise with colleagues to deliver units of work in a collaborative way.
• Direct the work of the Nursery Team.
• Work with TLR team when required.
• Teach according to the educational needs of the pupils assigned to him/her, including setting and marking work considered desirable for the good performance of the pupils in terms of academic and social development.
• Seek to motivate, support and stretch pupils to achieve their full potential.
• Set targets for pupil attainment levels.
• Set work for pupils absent from school.
• Demonstrate exemplary classroom practice.
• Expand one’s knowledge, understanding and skills by keeping up to date with recent education initiatives and literature.
• Monitor the condition and safe use of classroom equipment and facilities.
• Follow standard, ‘whole school’ agreed policies.
• Work with parents to enable them to understand the teaching programme, pupil assessment and how to help their children progress.

Pupil Progress

• Monitor pupil review processes and procedures in the EYFS to monitor the progress of individual pupils.
• Meet regularly with the Assistant Head/Early Year Leader to discuss pupils whose academic progress is of concern.

Standards and Quality Assurance

• Support the aims and ethos of the school.
• Set an example of professional conduct and personal commitment to the education and welfare of the children in the school which can be followed by colleagues and appreciated by parents.
• Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality and attendance.
• Attend and participate in presentations for parents and pupil performances/productions.
• Uphold the school’s code of conduct and uniform regulations.
• Attend team and staff meetings.
• Assist staff in meeting professional targets through observation and appraisal.

What the school offers its staff

Yardley Primary School is a 2-form (expanding to 3-form) entry community school. It is situated on the edge of Chingford in Waltham Forest and has a long-proven record of academic success. We were judged to be outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in October 2023. As a school we aim to provide a safe, stimulating and inspirational environment for children to learn and thrive academically, socially, physically and emotionally. We teach a broad and balanced curriculum which enables our pupils to become literate and numerate with high levels of spoken, investigative and problem-solving skills, together with a balanced view of the World.

This is underpinned by the promotion of our core values of honesty, responsibility, trust, respect, enjoyment and a positive attitude to competition and good manners. We are offering the chance to work with a supportive team with a strong ethos of collective responsibility. The school is set in large spacious grounds and our pupils are hard-working and excellently behaved.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.