Nursery Practitioner
Kent College, Canterbury
Kent
- £27,456 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £27,456 per annum FTE (£12 per hour)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As Soon As Possible
- Apply by:
- 29 April 2025
Job overview
At Kent College, Canterbury, we are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Nursery Practitioner to join our team at our Garden Cottage Nursery. A Nursery Practitioner at Kent College will work with the team to contribute to a safe, high-quality environment for our children. They will support and motivate other team members, and will work in partnership with parents, staff and other professionals. The successful candidate will hold a Level 3 Early Years qualification and will have experience in providing professional childcare for children aged 0 to 3 years.
We offer flexibility with the possibility of a condensed working week, with positions available at 22 hours/2 days per week, 33 hours/3 days per week or 44 hours/4 days per week. Please specify your preferred hours in your application.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fantastic team of experienced Practitioners in a purpose-built and Ofsted 'Outstanding' environment.
Please see the attached Job Pack for more information.
WHY CHOOSE US
Kent College's Garden Cottage Nursery is a small, independent day nursery caring for children from birth to 3 years. Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, we offer bespoke and personalised childcare, providing a home-from-home atmosphere where the happiness and development of our children is our top priority.
Garden Cottage Nursery is open from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm, Monday to Friday, 50 weeks of the year. We are closed for one week at Christmas, and one week at Easter.
BENEFITS
We offer a range of great benefits at Kent College, including contributory pension scheme (TPT), generous training and mentoring, private healthcare with Benenden, free lunches in term-time*, tuition fee remission*, free car parking, Employee Assistance Programme, and a variety of discounts and benefit schemes including Cycle to Work, Home & Tech and Octopus Electric Vehicles. We are also a Real Living Wage employer.
*Conditions apply
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Closing date: 9 May 2025, although if a pool of suitable candidates becomes available before that date the College reserves the right to interview and appoint without further notice.
Safeguarding Statement:
Kent College Canterbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Kent College staff and pupils are proud to be part of a welcoming international boarding community. We value diversity and promote equality at all levels, and we are passionate about attracting a diverse pool of applications through an inclusive appointment process. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of this process for any candidate with a disability. We warmly welcome applications from professionals of all backgrounds and communities, regardless of ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion, and we particularly encourage applicants who identify as Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic groups as these groups are currently underrepresented in our community.
Please note that we may prioritise applications from current Kent College redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward
Applications must be made via Kent College's online application system; CVs or details sent directly to the department or via email cannot be considered.
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About Kent College, Canterbury
The pleasant red-brick buildings of Kent College are situated in a semi-rural position overlooking the beautiful cathedral city of Canterbury. The school sits in 80 acres (32 hectares) of land with extensive sports’ fields, a School Farm and a Riding Centre. The centre of Canterbury, with its wide selection of shops and restaurants is a 5-minute journey by car, while the school sports' fields back on to Blean Woods, one of the largest areas of ancient woodland in England. Pupils get the best of both worlds – a healthy, safe environment close to beautiful countryside, but with easy access to Canterbury’s excellent facilities including theatres, cinemas and its world-heritage cathedral.
Since its foundation in 1885, the School has always excelled in the academic, musical and sporting spheres. However, Kent College Canterbury is probably best known for its exceptionally caring atmosphere where students from all faiths, countries and background thrive in a safe, friendly and caring environment. The School has an outstanding reputation for bringing out the best in every pupil and achieving excellent academic results. The sporting facilities are first class and include an all-weather artificial hockey pitch, which is converted for tennis use in the summer. A well-resourced Dyslexia Unit gives specialist teaching to students with this particular need.
Kent College is a happy, caring and successful school in which pupils feel supported and encouraged to aim for high standards of achievement and conduct. The school was inspected by the Independent School Inspectorate in October 2022 and was found to be excellent and compliant in all aspects.
In August 2016 Kent College opened a 3-18 school in Dubai, and in September 2022 the primary stages of Kent College West Cairo accepted its first students.
Summer 2019 brought the opening of a state-of-the-art 600-seater auditorium, The Great Hall. The hall is used by the whole school for worship and as a versatile and practical space for the college’s highly regarded drama and music departments as well as for being available for use by the local community.
The boarding community includes students from over 40 countries, and a particular strength is the International Study Centre, where students whose English language skills need development can receive specialist teaching and be progressively integrated into the mainstream curriculum.
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