Nursery Practitioner

Responsible to: Head of Early Years

Location: Stephen Perse Cambridge Salisbury Villas

Role Description

At Stephen Perse everyone is a learner. While our pupils enjoy the benefits of a creative and innovative learning experience, our staff members strive to create an inspiring and engaging learning environment to work in harmony with our pedagogical approach.

As part of the Professional Support Services team at Stephen Perse, you are an integral part of providing the best experience possible for our students. We will want you to have an agile and ambitious mind-set that is open to adopting new techniques. Training and support is offered on a regular basis as part of formal and informal CPD and is focused on student learning.

The practitioner is a Qualified Level 3 Practitioner required to support the Room Leader for children in our nursery setting. As a practitioner, you have an important role caring for children and helping to maintain high quality, stimulating indoor and outdoor environments. You will be required to respond to new ideas and support new strategies to continually improve practice and promote effective learning, appropriate achievement and the educational, social and personal progress of all pupils, consistent with the aims of the school and unique needs of each individual.

Main Responsibilities:

• Under the direction of the Nursery Manager/Deputy, be responsible for a key group of children.
• Contribute to the creation of a safe, welcoming and inclusive indoor and outdoor enabling environment for all children to develop and learn through play.
• Understand the stages of young children’s learning and development and the benefits of maximising time spent learning outdoors.
• Contribute to planning and evaluation of high-quality provision and stimulating activities which meet individual needs.
• Be reflective of practice and routines, working with the Nursery Manager/Deputy tailoring them to meet developmental stages of each child throughout the day.
• To observe and assess individual children’s learning and development, ensuring records are kept up-to-date, are of a high standard and are shared effectively.
• Provide clear and accurate reports of the stages of development and targets for next steps for key pupils, by regularly sharing observations via pupils online learning journey and through the agreed schedule of reporting and parents’ evenings.
• Establish positive and effective relationships with parents/carers, exchange information, facilitate their support for their child’s attendance, access and learning and support home/school and community links.
• Participate fully in professional development activities to develop practice further, sharing the learning from these as appropriate.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with all colleagues.
• Act as an excellent ambassador for Stephen Perse at all times and undertake any other aspects of work within the Nursery according to need.
• Adhere at all times to the responsibilities and duties required by Stephen Perse’s policies and procedures. 
• Help children develop their characters to give them the tools they need for lifelong learning - confidence, resilience, self-motivation, enthusiasm, independence and curiosity about the world.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child

• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in your class and come into contact with.
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security.
• Be able to recognise when a child or young person is in danger or at risk of harm, and take action to protect them.
• Have an awareness and basic knowledge where appropriate of the most recent legislation.
• Fulfil all of the requirements and duties set out in the current pay and conditions documents relating to the conditions of employment.

General Responsibilities

• Act as an excellent ambassador for Stephen Perse at all times.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with all colleagues.
• Assist as necessary in other areas at peak times.
• Work at all times towards the aims and goals of the Stephen Perse and any individual objectives and targets you may have agreed.
• Proactively identify areas for improvements within Stephen Perse.
• Actively promote the Stephen Perse Equal Opportunities Policy, encouraging staff awareness and participation in all areas.
• Act in accordance with the Data Protection principles at all times.
• Adhere at all times to Stephen Perse operational and employment policies and procedures.
• Take care of your own health and safety and that of people who may be affected by what you do (or do not do).
• Cooperate with others on health and safety, and not interfere with, or misuse, anything provided for your health, safety or welfare.
• Follow the training you have received when using any work items Stephen Perse has provided.
• Adhere to the Stephen Perse Privacy Notice and ensure private and confidential data is kept secure and disposed of in the appropriate manner.

 This job description is not necessarily comprehensive and the position holder will be required to carry out such other duties as may be reasonably be required within the general scope and level of the post.