Nursery Lead
| Posting date: | 18 December 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 January 2026 |
| Location: | Honiton, Devon, EX14 9EF |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 69a31eea-1620-4002-82b0-7c490a069fc0 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
• Has a minimum of a level 3 qualification in children and young people’s workforce or equivalent
• Has a minimum of 2 years’ recent experience, working in a preschool or nursery setting, ideally already in a senior practitioner or leader role.
• Has an excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage and current Ofsted statutory guidance.
• Will be enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated working alongside the preschool and ACE Enhanced Services team to support children across all areas of the EYFS curriculum.
• Will be expected to show a high degree of initiative and be able to react to given solutions with integrity and compassion.
• Can inspire and motivate children and enable them to be the best that they can be.
• Has the ability to encourage every child to learn and achieve and has enthusiasm, skill and desire to make a difference.
• Has a passion to ensure high expectations for all ensuring that they make outstanding progress.
What the school offers its staff
• An exciting and innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential
• Collaborative support within Trust Improvement Groups
• Inspirational leadership with support from a Lead Practitioner and an NLE
• A Trust which cultivates pupils through character development leading to a stimulating and innovative curriculum
• Polite, happy and engaged children with a great enthusiasm for learning
• Working with like-minded professionals across the Trust enabling continuous professional support
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
• Has a minimum of a level 3 qualification in children and young people’s workforce or equivalent
• Has a minimum of 2 years’ recent experience, working in a preschool or nursery setting, ideally already in a senior practitioner or leader role.
• Has an excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage and current Ofsted statutory guidance.
• Will be enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated working alongside the preschool and ACE Enhanced Services team to support children across all areas of the EYFS curriculum.
• Will be expected to show a high degree of initiative and be able to react to given solutions with integrity and compassion.
• Can inspire and motivate children and enable them to be the best that they can be.
• Has the ability to encourage every child to learn and achieve and has enthusiasm, skill and desire to make a difference.
• Has a passion to ensure high expectations for all ensuring that they make outstanding progress.
What the school offers its staff
• An exciting and innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential
• Collaborative support within Trust Improvement Groups
• Inspirational leadership with support from a Lead Practitioner and an NLE
• A Trust which cultivates pupils through character development leading to a stimulating and innovative curriculum
• Polite, happy and engaged children with a great enthusiasm for learning
• Working with like-minded professionals across the Trust enabling continuous professional support
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.