What skills and experience we're looking for
Start date: January 2025 -36.25 hours per week - Term time plus INSET days
Our friendly schools are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated Early Years Practitioner to assist teaching staff in the classroom at each school.
We have a lovely, hardworking team of staff and delightful pupils who deserve the best people working with them.
Katesgrove and Southcote are both Schools Direct Training Schools and are very supportive of staff wishing to develop future Teaching careers through this programme
The successful candidate will:
• Have a good working knowledge of the EYFS curriculum / practices and supporting children’s learning and development
• Contribute to assessment, planning and behaviour management
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills with team members and parents
• Be qualified to at least NVQ Level 3 with previous experience of working with young children and parents
• Be able to work as a key worker for a group of children
If any further information is required, please contact the school on the details above.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.
What the school offers its staff
Application packs can be downloaded from the school website - or email admin@southcote.reading.sch.uk or call 0118 937 5533
Applications considered on receipt.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check, appropriate references and health clearance.
The Kennet Federation aspires to be an actively anti-racist organisation. We recognise our aspiration as ongoing, involving collective commitment and accountability. We welcome employees who are committed to and will actively contribute to our efforts to celebrate our cultural diversity and be resolute in advancing inclusion and equity. We encourage candidates who share our ambition to apply, and we welcome applications from those with protected characteristics
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.