The Glasgow Academy is seeking a qualified Early Years Practitioner to work 8.00am – 5.00pm, Wednesday to Friday, year-round, at our Newlands site.
The School
The Glasgow Academy is an ambitious, warm, welcoming, thriving and forward-thinking co-educational HMC independent day school of around 1600 pupils aged 3-18. It is highly popular, growing in a planned way over the last 14 years. It consists of the Senior School, of around 800 pupils of 11-18 years of age, and a Preparatory School (which has three sites and also around 800 children, counting all those in Nursery/Kindergarten). The school gains excellent SQA exam results, and raising academic results further is the central target of its School Improvement Plan. Our performance in SQA exams is consistently amongst the best at independent schools. For example, in August 2023, 80% of Highers in S5 were awarded a grade A, and 99% of the Highers sat were passed. Beyond academic achievement, we want all of our pupils to thrive and contribute to a rapidly developing modern world, ensuring they leave The Academy with a socially conscious, innovative and global outlook. Our aim is to provide our pupils with rich learning experiences that best prepare them for life after The Academy and to place value on the importance of sustainable education for future generations. Through further development of our local, national and global partnerships, our aim is to have a greater impact on lives within and out with The Academy community.
The school's latest £15 million new building won Best Building in Scotland 2016, the UK's richest architectural prize. The school has invested around £27 million in its facilities over the last decade or so and continues to invest heavily and strategically.
The Role
The Post
* To contribute a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children placed in the setting.
* To offer a stimulating, safe and nurturing environment for all children.
* To work as part of the early years team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.
* To build and maintain strong partnerships, working with parents/carers.
* To operate within multi-agency networks to ensure the correct support is in place for individual children.
* To keep up to date with childcare developments through reading relevant resources, attending training events and planning meetings, and keeping appropriate records of progress for Continual Professional Development.
* To contribute to an early years curriculum which ensures that the individual needs and interests of children in the setting are met. Working in conjunction with other staff to enable all children to reach their full potential, in accordance with national and local standards and guidelines.
* To organise learning materials and make imaginative use of resources.
* To support all staff and engage in good team working.
* To be involved in the ongoing self-evaluation and development process.
* To complete observations, assessments, individual learning journeys and any other relevant documents for the children attending the setting. Ensure these are shared with parents/carers and other key adults in the child's life regularly.
* To support children in acquiring self-help skills including dressing, feeding, toileting and an awareness of personal hygiene.
* To ensure that everyone is treated as individuals with respect and full consideration, in line with the school Equal Opportunity Policy.
* To promote the philosophies of learning through play and active learning.
* To develop and maintain regular communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.
* To provide support to parents in a timely manner when needed.
* To provide encouragement and praise, giving help when needed and showing appreciation of children's efforts.
* To work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the Glasgow Academy ethos is fulfilled.
* To develop your own professional role within the wider team.
* To embrace outdoor learning and ensure the outdoor area is available to children daily and in all weathers.
* To carry out any other reasonable duty for The Glasgow Academy.
* To work within any of the three school sites to meet the needs of the service.
The Person
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, motivational, reliable, and able to work as part of an established team to create a welcoming, fun-filled environment for the children in our care. It is essential that the candidate is also enthusiastic about outdoor learning.
The Appointment
Remuneration and Hours of Work
The hours of work are from 8.00am - 5.00pm, Wednesday to Friday, year-round. The salary will be £18,508 per annum; payment will be made in 12 equal monthly instalments.
For further information and an application form, please go to The Glasgow Academy website:
Completed applications should be sent, preferably electronically, to applications@tga.org.uk or by post to Alison Clark, The Glasgow Academy, Colebrooke Street, Glasgow, G12 8HE. The closing date for applications is 4pm on Monday 6 May 2024.
The Glasgow Academy is committed to providing equality of opportunity and ensuring that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender and transgender status, race and ethnicity, religion and belief, marriage or civil partnership status or sexual orientation.
It is a legal requirement that all employees must demonstrate that they are entitled to live and work in the UK. You will be required to produce documentary proof e.g. passport and work permit, where applicable, to demonstrate your eligibility to work if selected for interview.
The Glasgow Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and all appointments are subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.
The Glasgow Academy is a War Memorial School with a long history of employing ex-serving personnel, reservists and spouses of serving personnel. We look favourably on applications from those mentioned above; we understand the extra burdens placed on these individuals and as an organisation are fully committed to supporting them and their families.
The Glasgow Academicals' War Memorial Trust is an educational charity registered in Scotland, Charity No SCO15638.
The Glasgow Academy has a no smoking policy. This includes e-cigarettes.
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