Southampton City Council
Level 3 Early Years Practitioner
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Nursery Room Early Year's Practitioner
We are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate and qualified childcare level 3 professional with the responsibility for the day-to-day running of their room. They perform an important role caring for children, maintaining a high-quality, stimulating learning environment, supervising staff and imparting their knowledge and skills to others. They are creative and reflective leaders able to implement new ideas and use a range of strategies to continually improve practice and support the management team.
In November 2025, we opened our new Preschool and Nursery at Valentine School, catering to pupils aged from 6 months to 4 years old. The setting has a teacher-in-charge and Nursery lead whose roles are to facilitate high-quality teaching and learning planning and to support the team in delivering our goals and objectives.
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We are a large (three-form-entry) primary school and nursery situated in the city of Southampton, serving a diverse community. We are led by an Executive Headteacher and a large leadership team that incorporates our staff from our 2 sister schools in the city.
Your interview day is a mutual process aligned to helping you decide if this is the school to advance your career in. We aim to make the day as supportive as possible. Any questions pre or post-application can be sent to Vanessa Rattley, our school business manager.
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It would be expected that the post holder can demonstrate strongly the competencies outlined in this post definition to be shortlisted for interview.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory references, health checks, social media checks, and an enhanced DBS clearance.
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