Level 3 Early Years Practitioner or Early Years Room Leader - William Harding School
Location: Aylesbury
Salary: Bucks Pay Range 1b (6-10) £24,836 to £25,823 pro rata. Actual starting salary £18,046, Plus an additional honorarium payment of £2,000 per annum for the role of Room Leader.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 38 weeks per year (term time only) 32.5 hours per week
Interviews: will be scheduled according to applications that are received.
About us
We are a welcoming, inclusive community with a diverse mix of pupils which includes an Additional Resourced Provision for pupils with Speech and Language needs and Physical Disabilities. Even though, we are a large school we pride ourselves onour sense of belonging and strong relationships in our school community.
William Harding has a clear vision led by an experienced and ambitious leadership team. Staff are committed to raising standards and there is a strong emphasis on staff wellbeing and teamwork. We have well behaved and responsive children who enjoy learning based in our well-resourced and stimulating environment.
We pride ourselves on our wellbeing offer at William Harding and it is our mission to support the workload and wellbeing of all staff.
Some of the things we offer include;
* Workload and wellbeing committee to raise wellbeing ideas
* Workload and wellbeing trials to test ideas before rolling out across the school
* Open door policy with line managers, ELT and SLT
* External support including EAP
* Wellbeing focus and opportunities in training and staff meetings
* Wellbeing focus as part of staff appraisals
* Wellbeing afternoons each term
* A team of Mental Health First Aiders to support and signpost staff members as needed
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
Successful applicants must:
* Be passionate about EYFS, with a clear vision and understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage
* Be full of positive drive, energy and initiative
* Contribute to stimulating, interactive, child-centered indoor and outdoor environments that enrich and enhance provision and enable independence
* Use observations and any other relevant information to identify any children in the setting who are underachieving and ensure this is shared with practice leaders
* Communicate effectively with pupils, staff, parents, governors and wider community
* Be a positive role model for all pupils
* Have a relevant Level 3 qualification
Other information
Visits to the school or website are welcomed. To arrange a visit, find out more or submit an application, please contact us via email on recruitment@williamharding.school .
William Harding School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level. Any offer of employment, or agreement to volunteer, is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and DBS checks.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. The search is not part of the shortlisting processitself, and candidates will have a chance to address any issues of concern that come up during the search at interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
* All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
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