Nursery Teacher and HLTA
| Posting date: | 03 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 October 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 9HH |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7fbf4ee8-d784-4ce6-9622-fecffbe7a8d6 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone who will:
• Be an inspiring, enthusiastic, highly skilled classroom practitioner with high expectations of all pupils.
• Be creative with the children’s learning journeys to inspire and cater for all of our pupils which will ensure their love of learning continues.
• Be experienced in the use of assessments to identify gaps so that children “keep up” rather than having to “catch up”.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to work tirelessly with parents and other agencies to ensure that the children’s experience at school is the very best that it can be.
• Have a sound understanding of primary pedagogy and the rigours of the National Curriculum.
• Enjoy working as part of a team.
What the school offers its staff
• The opportunity to work with enthusiastic and well-motivated pupils and supportive parents within a professional, committed, hardworking and friendly team of staff.
• The support of an experienced and committed governing body.
• An opportunity to play a significant role in the future development of the school, which, in March 2022, was judged by Ofsted to be ‘Good’.
• The opportunity to undertake a range of professional development opportunities.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ballifield Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our children. We expect all our staff/volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose any cautions/convictions prior to interview. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
We are looking for someone who will:
• Be an inspiring, enthusiastic, highly skilled classroom practitioner with high expectations of all pupils.
• Be creative with the children’s learning journeys to inspire and cater for all of our pupils which will ensure their love of learning continues.
• Be experienced in the use of assessments to identify gaps so that children “keep up” rather than having to “catch up”.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills in order to work tirelessly with parents and other agencies to ensure that the children’s experience at school is the very best that it can be.
• Have a sound understanding of primary pedagogy and the rigours of the National Curriculum.
• Enjoy working as part of a team.
What the school offers its staff
• The opportunity to work with enthusiastic and well-motivated pupils and supportive parents within a professional, committed, hardworking and friendly team of staff.
• The support of an experienced and committed governing body.
• An opportunity to play a significant role in the future development of the school, which, in March 2022, was judged by Ofsted to be ‘Good’.
• The opportunity to undertake a range of professional development opportunities.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ballifield Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our children. We expect all our staff/volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose any cautions/convictions prior to interview. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.