Foundation Stage Practitioner (Explorers Nursery)
- Salary Details - Grade D/6: £13.47 per hour (paid pro rata of £25,989 per annum to reflect hours and weeks worked) - pay award pending
- Job Term: Fixed
- Appointment Type: Part Time, Term Time
- Hours: 22.5 hours per week (term time only) 38 weeks per annum
- Closing Date: 22/06/2026
- DBS Check Required: Yes
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Foundation Stage Practitioner (maternity cover) to join our highly successful and well-regarded team in our Explorers Nursery from September.
Alongside our Nursery Teacher and other Foundation Stage Practitioners, you will have keyperson responsibilities for particular children within the nursery, as well as providing and caring for all our children and maintaining a high-quality, stimulating learning environment. You will work closely with colleagues to plan and assess children to ensure they make good progress and are ready for the next stage in their learning journey.
You will be an excellent role model and will use your experience and knowledge of the early years to provide consistently high-quality provision for the children. At Explorers Nursery we believe in inspiring learning together, and therefore, your role will be vital in building strong relationships with parents, carers and other professionals.
You must be a dynamic and reflective practitioner, able to implement new ideas and use a range of strategies to continually improve practice and learning for our children. You will take an active role in sharing all activities with children and contributing to the planning of the programme which caters for their learning and development.
You will need to be qualified to an appropriate and recognised qualification - a minimum of Level 3 in Early Years and Childcare (or relevant equivalent) & have achieved a minimum of GCSE grade C / 4 in English and Maths.
You will have experience of working with 2-4 year olds and be looking for an opportunity to get fully involved with the life of our busy nursery and school.
The working hours in this role will be Mondays to Wednesdays from 10am to 6pm (22.5 hours per week). Term time only.
This is a temporary maternity cover position and is anticipated to run from 7th September 2026 until Easter 2027.
In return we can offer you:
- A supportive working environment
- Focus on staff wellbeing
- Generous employer contribution to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- A cycle to work scheme
- A beautiful, spacious nursery and a school site that we use for sports and outdoor learning;
- A friendly and welcoming staff team & a supportive senior leadership team.
- A commitment to your own professional development
We would welcome requests to visit our provision ahead of your application, please contact Clare Ingleby, HR Manager, by email (below) to arrange this.
You will also find a lot of information about our School and Explorers Nursery on our web pages and you are also welcome to email any questions you may have about the role to cingleby@whiterockprimaryschool.co.uk
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Please use the application form attached below. Your completed application form should be returned to: cingleby@whiterockprimaryschool.co.uk
The closing date for this vacancy is midday on the 22nd June 2026.
Interview Date: To be confirmed.