EYFS Practitioner Interview Pack

Looking to recruit a new EYFS practitioner, such as a pre-school assistant, nursery assistant or an EYFS teaching assistant? If you’re considering what questions to ask at interview to recruit the right person for your school or what tasks you can set to allow the candidate to show their skills and understanding about the early years, this EYFS practitioner Interview Pack can support you to plan an interview day.

Included in this EYFS practitioner interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant pre-school worker, EYFS teaching assistant or nursery nurse for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new early years foundation stage practitioner so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and EYFS practitioner interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new member of support staff who works in the EYFS.

While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new EYFS practitioner, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any EYFS support roles, including nursery assistant, pre-school assistant, early years LSA, nursery nurse, pre-school teaching assistant or any similar role where the candidate will be supporting the teaching, learning and development of children aged 0-5.

More interview resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk