Nursery Practitioner

## Nursery Practitioner### We are searching for the best education professionals
* Nursery Practitioner

NEWFast Apply# Nursery Practitioner Employer Location :
Wellington, Somerset Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours:

Full Time Salary:
Grade 14

Posted:
30th January 2026

Start Date:

As Soon As Possible Expires:
27th February 2026 11:59 PM Contract Type:
Permanent

Start Date:

As Soon As Possible Job :
1532223

Job Reference:
NURP
0126

Start Date:

As Soon As Possible
* Contract Type  :

Permanent
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** Wellesley Park Primary School
** in Wellington is home to 300 children, including Wellesley Park Explorers Nursery.

Our nursery is expanding and due to demand we are seeking to appoint an outstanding Nursery Practitioner who is compassionate, dynamic, and resourceful to join our dedicated and hardworking team.  
** This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing provision that now caters for
**** children aged 9 months to 4 years,
** offering high-quality care and education all year round.

We are committed to offering professional development opportunities.
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** Level 3 childcare qualification is essential
** Our Nursery shares the fantastic grounds and facilities with our primary school and is open five days a week, all year round. As part of the Blackdown Education Partnership, we believe our schools should sit at the heart of our communities; that there are no limits to what our children and young people can achieve and that they should be great places to work and learn.
** We are looking for:*
* • A dedicated, hardworking Early Years Practitioner who can raise and sustain high standards
• Someone with excellent interpersonal skills with children, staff, and parents
• A practitioner who can enthuse and inspire children across the 9 months to 4 years age  range
• Someone who is able to work as part of a team, sharing excellent practice and learning from others
** We can offer you:*
* • A dedicated and supportive working environment
• Excellent professional development opportunities
• A modern, inspiring setting designed to support exceptional early years learning
** Hours & Salary:
** The post is for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:30am and 6pm, All-Year round.  Salary:
Grade 14 on the School Support Staff Pay Scale – £25,185 to £25,989 perannum. Employer pension contribution: 24.4%.Visits to the setting are welcome, please phone the school office to make an appointment. A full job description and application pack is available on the school website.

Please note, applications by CV or incomplete forms will not be considered.

We are currently welcoming
** ongoing applications
** for the role of qualified
** Nursery Practitioner
** to join our dedicated and friendly team. This is an open advert, and we will be reviewing applications andcontacting suitable candidates as they are received—so don’t wait to apply!

Please note that early applications will be reviewed and candidates may be invited to interview before the deadline.

As a school we are committed to the safeguarding of our community, we follow full safer recruitment procedures including relevant references and Enhanced DBS checks### Attachments### Safeguarding Statement:

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website  Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available…