Nursery Lead Practitioner

Hours of Work: 32.5 hours per week, term time only plus 1 week8:15am – 3:30pm Monday to Friday We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Nursery Lead Practitioner, with a passion for primary education and child development and the skills, experience and dedication to educate children across our school. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children, we would love to meet you and show you around our fantastic school. The purpose of the Nursery Lead Practitioner role is to provide effective day-to-day leadership and management of the nursery, ensuring the highest standards of early years provision. The post holder will actively support and promote the nursery’s policies, ethos and vision, fostering a culture of high achievement for all children. Working closely with the EYFS Leader and the wider leadership team, the role will contribute to the formulation and promotion of the nursery’s aims and objectives, drive continuous improvement in practice, and support the professional development of staff. Please refer to our child protection and safeguarding policy and our policy on the employment of ex-offenders (included in the Safer Recruitment Policy)https://www.nsat.org.uk/information-policies/item/5/policies How to Apply To apply, please complete your candidate profile via the Every Portal and fully complete and submit the application form before the closing date. If you are using the Every Portal for the first time, you will need to register to create and save your candidate profile before applying. We look forward to receiving your completed application form, which must be accompanied by a supporting letter of no more than one side of A4 emailed torecruitment@nsat.org.uk For further information please download the job pack attached to this advert. If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please telephone the school on 01423 884780 If you have any questions, please email recruitment@nsat.org.uk Safeguarding Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.