Staff Vacancies

Join the Springmead adventure… Calling all Nursery Practitioners

Springmead School and Nursery is a small, vibrant independent school serving a beautiful village community, near Frome. We are entirely committed to supporting children to be confident, curious learners and offer each child rich extra-curricular experiences – we have been recognised for this in national awards.

Our small, highly successful nursery is a 50 week provision and we are looking for full and part time playdough making qualified Nursery Practitioners to bring their magic to our beautiful ‘Excellent in all areas’ nursery. These position will be at least Level 3 qualified. Shifts will be either 8am to 4pm or 10am to 6pm.

You will be playful, a communicator, a mathematician, a scientist, a thinker and a dreamer who can support our youngest children in their first steps on their learning adventure here at Springmead. You will be inspired and amazed by their interests, their insights, their friendships, feel proud as they develop and learn in a stunning setting where you will be working with a team of inspirational members. You believe in strong parent partnerships and work hard to build these.

You will be part of explosions of learning in the Nursery class, organising, teaching and creating ideas to help children achieve milestones, delighting in the achievements of every single child. You will be part of a supportive network of colleagues who act with one mind: to create a strong team that seeks out new and old ways of working to provide rich experiences for the children in our care.

We can offer you:

· A child-centred, inclusive environment with a supportive ethos

· Vast opportunities for professional development.

· A beautiful working environment and benefits, including lunches and generous bursaries for staff children.

· An exciting opportunity to be part of a vibrant school that has consistently achieved ‘outstanding’ and ‘excellent’ judgements from Ofsted and the ISI.

· A highly competitive salary dependent on qualifications and experience.

Please contact the school and ask to speak to Shirley Offer to discuss the role further, arrange an appointment and request an application pack. Please do not send a CV

Springmead School, Castle Corner, Beckington Somerset BA11 6TA 01373 831555

Closing date: Friday 29th March. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date.  Springmead School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.

‘Springmead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this legal and moral responsibility. The school adopts recruitment and selection procedures that enable it to appoint the best applicant for the role.’

Benefits:

  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Sick pay

Application deadline: 02/02/2024

‘Springmead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this legal and moral responsibility.  The school adopts recruitment and selection procedures that enable it to appoint the best applicant for the role.