Pre School Assistant - Mursley Church of England School

Overview

At Kingfishers Pre-School our team of highly qualified staff are committed to providing exceptional care and education, in our purpose-built facilities, set in the lovely grounds of Mursley Church of England School. We provide a happy, safe, caring and stimulating environment in which children can express themselves and progress towards their early learning goals. We offer a balance of play and structured learning, to enable each child to flourish and to lay the foundations for their future educational journey.

We are looking to grow our friendly team and are looking for someone to join us as a Pre School Assistant initially on a fixed term contract starting from 1st January 2025 to 31st August 2024.

This will be a term time position working Monday to Friday. The core hours will be from 08:30 to 15:30 however there may be the opportunity to increase these by providing cover for the Before & After School Club for the pre school children. 

Term time only: Yes

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Salary details: Bucks Pay Scale Range 1 Band 6-10 dependent on experience

Contract type: Fixed Term

Hours: Core hours 08:30 - 15:30 plus potential for Before/After School Provision 08:00 - 16:30 Monday - Friday

Closing date: 06/12/2024 17:00

Interviews to be held: Week commencing 9th December 2024

 

About us

Kingfishers Pre School and Mursley Church of England School is at the heart of the village community, providing a happy safe and stimulating environment, rooted in Christian values. Working together with our parents, we nurture each child's potential and promote a lifelong love of learning. We encourage our children to become independent, self-motivated learners to enable them to grow in self-esteem, achieve success and flourish in the rapidly changing world. We strive for excellence and enjoyment in all that we do.

Website: www.threeschools.org

About the role

Kingfishers Preschool is a thriving village preschool based on the grounds of Mursley CofE School in Mursley Village. The preschool is set within beautiful grounds, surrounded by fields in a purpose-built building. We are incredibly fortunate to have a new and amazing outside space just for the Kingfishers children and our own on-site forest school that the children access weekly.

Kingfishers Preschool is led by a fully qualified Early Years teacher along with a highly skilled and qualified team.

This rewarding role will encompass working as part of our friendly team, to provide a safe environment where, high quality education and care is at the forefront of every experience introduced to the children and every decision made.

Along with fulfilling legal and statutory requirements and supporting the implementation of the settings policies and procedures other day to day duties will include:
Encouraging the development of young children’s communication and language skills through high-quality learning activities using programmes such as Little Wandle Pre

Reception Phonics and Helicopter Stories and Poetry Baskets.

Plan and execute exciting and appealing invitations to play following the curriculum planning as well as children’s interests to ensure that children get a well-rounded and diverse experience. This will include nurturing exploration of the natural world in our onsite Forest School facilities, inspiring creative and active outside play in our newly enhanced all weather outside play area, supporting weekly themed cooking activities based around the term’s topic, and developing mark marking and mathematical awareness through free exploration as well as planned themes and activities.

As a key worker you will be responsible for liaising closely with parents/carers, being their point of contact and informing them of relevant information regarding the pre-school and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.

About you

We will require a minimum of a full and relevant Level 2 Early years Education and Childcare qualification or equivalent.

Our ideal candidate will be someone who has a genuine love of working with children, who can interact with children and adults alike and who is approachable and empathetic to the needs of others at all times.

They will have the ability to work with colleagues as part of a team both within the Pre School and across the wider school community, demonstrating that they are being able to take the initiative and respond proactively to changing situations.

A commitment to regular and on-going professional development and training will be expected.

Flexibility, a sense of humour, enthusiasm and a ‘can do’ attitude will all be desirable qualities.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Tel No: 01296 720305

Email: [email protected]

At The Three Schools, the health, safety and well-being of children is of paramount concern to us. We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us. Our aim is for children to enjoy their time as pupils in this school. We want to work in partnership with you to help your child achieve their full potential and make a positive contribution to the world they will be part of in the future.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).