Fulham Nursery is part of Fulham School; an independent, co-educational school for children from Reception upwards. Co-education and celebrating diverse abilities across academic, creative and sporting pursuits are at the heart of all we do.
The Nursery invites children from the age of 2 to 4 years old to join us on an exciting adventure of discovery underpinned by student-focused, holistic education. A multi-faceted, child-centred, relationship-based methodology approach is followed.
The Nursery is in the heart of Fulham and well connected to public transport routes. This is a full time role starting in September.
The purpose of this role is to oversee the quality of the early education for the children in the nursery and effectively deliver the group’s high educational standards. This role will focus on promoting teaching and learning to ensure that children progress in their development to achieve their full potential and become ready for school.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To be a highly motivated early years’ practitioner role, modelling excellent practice to children as identified in the Early Years Inspection Handbook.
- To stay abreast of current Early Years initiatives and legislation and ensure that this informs your practice.
- To have consistently high expectations of what children can achieve and support their learning.
- To have a secure understanding of child development of the age group they are working with and have relevant subject knowledge that is detailed and communicated to the children.
- To gather assessment information looking at what children already know, understand, and can do and share this with parents or other professionals.
- To use assessment information to plan appropriate teaching and learning strategies that identify able or talented children or children who are falling behind in their learning and need additional support, enabling children to make good progress.
- To support children, understand how to develop as a result of regular interaction and encouragement from staff, and support parents understand how their children should progress and how they can contribute to this.
- To develop strong working relationships with parents by providing information that helps them to understand how children can progress.
- To be a reflective practitioner using evaluative tools to monitor and improve practice.
- To write accurate reports and document on children’s developmental progress using the Early Years Outcomes document and other relevant documents.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
- Hold a Level 3 qualification in Early Years Education and have strong previous experience of working with young children, particularly 2–5-year-olds.
- Experience of working with children and families, identifying support for developing children’ learning
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Experience of teaching and delivering planned learning experiences
- A good knowledge and understanding of the EYFS, Ofsted Education Inspection Framework and relevant current legislation.
- A good understanding of the developmental needs of young children, particularly 2- to 5-year-olds
- A good understanding of what constitutes a quality early education environment.
- Good observational and assessment skills and the experience of maintaining accurate learning records for children.
- Ability to communicate effectively with parents and colleagues.
Pay: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
