About the job

Key information

Contract: Part Time, Permanent, Term Time Only (TTO)

Hours: 32.5

Salary: CLF Grade D (£30,963 – £33,779)

Actual Starting Salary (based on TTO): £26,513 per annum

Advert Closing Date: 7 October 2024

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a passionate and inspiring Nursery Manager to join our supportive and talented team at Castle Primary School. Our village school, set at the foot of Ham Hill, offers our children an excellent educational experience and we understand the importance of our nursery setting as part of the educational foundations. We are a diverse multi-academy trust, looking for professional and ambitious people, with a passion for transforming our students’ learning.

In this role, you will support the aims and objectives of the nursery and assist in the organisation of a high-quality establishment for children from age 2 to starting school. You will provide high standards of childcare and education including the monitoring and review of provision, providing a safe, caring environment to enable the emotional, social, and educational development of children, through individual attention and group activities. You will also be expected to support, coach or manage other colleagues to develop their practice.

About the Cabot Learning Federation:

The Cabot Learning Federation is a diverse Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) in the South West. We are proud to serve 18,000+ pupils who all attend ten secondary academies, seventeen primary academies, an all through provision, a studio school, a discrete Post 16 provision, two alternative provision schools and three SEMH special schools.

CLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The trust is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

We are proud to be part of diverse communities in the region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupil’s needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds.

Cabot Learning Federation Benefits: Click here to access a full list of Cabot Learning Federation benefits.

How to Apply

Please download the Candidate Information Pack below, which includes wider details on the role and the job description and person specification.

Please submit your application form via the CLF recruitment portal by clicking ‘Apply’ on this page and then logging into your account/registering for an account. CV’s will not be accepted and any submitted will not be considered alongside your application.

Please note updates regarding an application, which could include an invite to interview, will be sent to the email address used when registering an account. Copies of all correspondence will also appear under the ‘messages’ section, in the event that emails are being directed to a ‘junk’ or ‘trash’ folder please make regular checks on the status of an application.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have a query on any aspect of the application process, or need additional support with the submission of your application, please email recruitment@clf.uk

Safeguarding and pre-employment checks:

The Cabot Learning Federation are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role has significant responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice within the academy. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.

The successful applicant will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK and a child disqualification check. The checks will also include an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

Apply on the Castle Primary School website