Nursery Nurse

We have an exciting new opportunity for you to join Marshbrook First School as a Nursery Nurse. Our school is a happy, caring and nurturing place where each child is known individually and encouraged to achieve and thrive into confident, caring citizens. We have a dedicated, highly qualified team of staff who always go the extra mile, who promote a warm and friendly ethos, so that all children can flourish. We work hard to put children’s welfare and happiness at the heart of everything we do. 

Candidates would need to be adaptable with a friendly, helpful approach and have lots of enthusiasm with a warm, caring nature. You would need to be fast thinking and willing to learn and most importantly enjoy working with children. You would need to be confident at leading activities to groups of children and have some fantastic ideas that can be implemented into our already wide range of activities on offer.

The ideal candidate will have a Level 3 qualification or be working towards/prepared to work towards a Level 3 qualification.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 24th July. However, we reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient applications are received. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

The working hours are: Monday-Friday, working times to be in between 8.30am-5.15pm (dependent on staff rota).

Responsibilities include: Effectively:

• Liaise with nursery staff to support children in the nursery environment
• Motivate and encourage engagement and participation in activities
• Safeguard the children 
• Liaise with parents and the community
• Promote good behaviour within the nursery

Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact the school office via email office@marshbrook.staffs.sch.uk or by telephone on 01785 712780 to arrange a call or visit.

Being part of Penk Valley Academy Trust:

Penk Valley Academy Trust is the local academy Trust for the following schools: Marshbrook First School, Princefield First School, St John’s First School, St Mary & St Chad CE First School, Penkridge Middle School, Wolgarston High School and The Rural Enterprise Academy.

The Trust’s vision and ethos is encapsulated in our motto ‘Learning Together’. Our main aim is to work collaboratively and take collective responsibility for ensuring that every child and young person in our Trust receives an excellent education, achieves high outcomes and realises their potential. All members of staff work incredibly hard to provide the very best education for every child in our care.

Employee benefits

• Access to first class CPD opportunities
• Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 7 schools within the academy
• Professional assistance - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension - automatic enrolment into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free will writing service

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and responsibility. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All staff working in the School during the school day will have contact with children and will therefore be in regulated activity. 

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.