Nursery Practitioner Level 2/3
| Posting date: | 27 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.21 to £12.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 December 2025 |
| Location: | Potto, North Yorkshire, DL6 3HP |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Goulton Grange Day Nursery |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The role:
Part and Full time positions available to work as an effective member of an early year’s team delivering a flexible, high quality, education and care centred service that meets the needs of the young children and their families. We are based on a farm and you will need to be able to reliably get here each day.
Duties will include:
• To deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years.
• To ensure that the nursery is a safe environment for children, staff and others.
• Developing partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development.
• To be responsible for any tasks delegated by the Nursery Manager.
• To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
• To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
• To help ensure the nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times.
• To understand and work to nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies.
• To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes.
• To be a key person.
• To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments.
• To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
• To work in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the nursery aims and objectives.
Desired skills:
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good time management
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to relate well to both children and adults
• Good numeracy & literacy skills
Personal qualities:
• Team worker
• Have good practical skills
• Punctual and reliable
• Able to follow instructions
• Enthusiastic and a willingness to learn
• Happy to be involved in nursery life
• Ability to travel to work
Required qualifications:
• Level 2 or Level 3 Childcare
Experience:
• Childcare: 3 years (preferred)
Things to consider:
We are based on a farm, so you will need suitable clothing (Wellies etc.) and will also need to be able to arrange your own transport, as we are not particularly near any public transport.
Expected hours:
• Part and full time positions available
• 20-50 hours per week
Benefits:
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking
Part and Full time positions available to work as an effective member of an early year’s team delivering a flexible, high quality, education and care centred service that meets the needs of the young children and their families. We are based on a farm and you will need to be able to reliably get here each day.
Duties will include:
• To deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years.
• To ensure that the nursery is a safe environment for children, staff and others.
• Developing partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development.
• To be responsible for any tasks delegated by the Nursery Manager.
• To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
• To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
• To help ensure the nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times.
• To understand and work to nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies.
• To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes.
• To be a key person.
• To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments.
• To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
• To work in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the nursery aims and objectives.
Desired skills:
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good time management
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to relate well to both children and adults
• Good numeracy & literacy skills
Personal qualities:
• Team worker
• Have good practical skills
• Punctual and reliable
• Able to follow instructions
• Enthusiastic and a willingness to learn
• Happy to be involved in nursery life
• Ability to travel to work
Required qualifications:
• Level 2 or Level 3 Childcare
Experience:
• Childcare: 3 years (preferred)
Things to consider:
We are based on a farm, so you will need suitable clothing (Wellies etc.) and will also need to be able to arrange your own transport, as we are not particularly near any public transport.
Expected hours:
• Part and full time positions available
• 20-50 hours per week
Benefits:
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking