Senior Early Years Practitioner

  • My Little Kingdom Day Nursery
  • Ashington, Northumberland
  • Dec 13, 2025
Full time Education

Job Description

Pay: From£12.87 per hour

Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our amazing team.

We are currently recruiting an experienced Room Leader.

My Little Kingdom Day Nursery focus on Learning Through Nature and practice various pedagogy, including the Montessori approach and Reggio Emilia.

The room leader performs an important role caring for children, maintaining a high-quality, stimulating learning environment, supervising staff and imparting their knowledge and skills to others. They are creative and reflective leaders able to implement new ideas and use a range of strategies to continually improve practice and support the management team.

Main Responsibilities include:

  • To work in partnership with and supporting the Manager and Deputy Manager to ensure high standards in the day to day running of My Little Kingdom Day Nursery
  • Effective delegation and mentoring of staff
  • Supervising nursery practitioners, nursery assistants, apprentices and students
  • Leading team meetings
  • Providing a good role model for the team
  • To contribute a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery
  • To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
  • To give support to other team members throughout the nursery

Applicants must hold a Level 3 Childcare qualification or above, have at least two years experience working within a Day Nursery setting and experience working in a leadership role.
You must be available to work between the hours of 7.15am - 6pm Monday to Friday all year round.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract, Permanent

Pay: £12.87 per hour

Expected hours: per week

Benefits:

  • Company pension

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Experience:

  • Childcare: 1 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • Level 3 (required)

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Employee discount

Education:

  • A-Level or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

  • Senior: 1 year (preferred)
  • Nursery: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person


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