Early Years Practitioner (EYP) All Year Round
Job Description
Responsible to the Nursery Manager and Head of EYFS
The role of an Early Years Practitioner (EYP) is to provide high quality care and education to children in our nursery and to collaborate the Early Years team to create a safe and engaging environment. We are a unique setting with a highly qualified team and pride ourselves on the close relationships we form with our parents.
Responsibilities
Teaching:
- Provide high-quality care and education to children in our setting.
- Collaborate with the Early Years team to create a safe and engaging environment.
- To be part of a team that plans an appropriate Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
- To plan and prepare learning activities.
- To teach all children according to their educational needs.
- To assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of pupils, in collaboration with the Nursery Manager.
- To work with specialist teachers e.g. PE and Music.
- To help ensure the Early Years meets ISI requirements at all times.
- To engage with Early Years policies and procedures, including how to deal with safeguarding issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies.
- To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily attendance registers, accident and incident logs and risk assessments.
Pupils:
- To be a key person.
- To promote the general progress and well-being of individual pupils.
- To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
- To keep relevant records and reports, including Tapestry and CPOMS.
- To work with other professionals in the local area for the benefit of children and families.
- To participate in meetings for purposes at the discretion of the Nursery Manager.
Parents:
- 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 provide and enable open communication with parents daily and deal with parental concerns, first seeking advice from the Nursery Manager/Head of EYFS as appropriate.
- To record on the MIS (iSAMS) and CPOMS details of any contact with parents.
- To liaise with relevant outside agencies.
- To market the nursery to ensure occupancy targets are met and to maintain a highly positive profile and reputation locally.
- Be involved in and promote parent partnerships, including organising events for parents.
To undertake any further reasonable duties as requested by the Head of Prep School or the Headmistress.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £27,993.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person