Moor Park School
Shropshire
£18,000 - £19,437 per month
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
27 October 2025
Apply by:
22 October 2025
Job overview
JOB DESCRIPTION
Nursery Nurse, Level 2 or 3 or equivalent
Safeguarding
Moor Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS and other appropriate checks. Moor Park School is an equal opportunities employer.
Background
Moor Park is an IAPS, co-educational, boarding and day school of Catholic foundation accepting pupils from 3 months to 13 years of age. Children from 3 months to rising three are catered for in our Tick Tock nursery/child care setting which runs for 50 weeks in the year. Thereafter, children enter Pre-prep until the end of Year 2. The Prep School completes a Moor Park education before the children leave to the full range of senior schools both locally and nationally. Being a boarding school for the 8- to 13-year-olds, the school operates on a 24/7 basis during term-time.
The school is built around a magnificent 18th century country mansion in approximately 85 acres of stunning grounds which include playing fields, woodland and a lake. It is situated just outside the market town of Ludlow in the beautiful Shropshire countryside.
Moor Park is renowned for its happiness, atmosphere and pastoral care. Relations between pupils and staff are relatively informal, but mutually respectful; children are encouraged to voice their views and opinions. Recent years have seen more than average numbers of leavers gaining scholarships to a variety of senior schools. The diversity of awards gained, which include academic, music, sport, art and all-round, testifies to the breadth of education on offer. Emphasis is on the individual, finding and encouraging aptitude and talent.
Purpose
The role of Early Year Practitioner is to support the Room Leader and Manager in providing children with a satisfying and comprehensive care, play and learning environment, meeting individual needs of all children (birth to 5 years) in your care.
Please note the Tick Tock Child Care facility is open 50 weeks of the year. We have both full time and part time permanent positions available.
Duties
Outlined below in no order of priority are the responsibilities of you, the Nursery Nurse. From time to time to accommodate sufficient manpower you may be required to change rooms. You may also request to change to another room to accommodate a learning/development opportunity. You must liaise with the Manager to discuss your specific requirements.
* In conjunction with your Room Leader help plan sessions on approximately a monthly basis.
* You will have your own key children that you will carry out observations on and plan for the next stage of their development by using the Early Years Foundations Stage Practice Guidance.
* You will be responsible for meeting their individual needs. You need to make sure that your key children's diaries are wrote out daily and are complete for when parents collect their children.
* You should have a practical understanding of the needs and behaviour of children and be able to create a warm, caring and relaxed atmosphere.
* Ensure the safety and well-being of all children in your care, never leaving them unattended.
* Be prepared to attend any such training as is required to meet the demands of the setting.
* You should encourage and motivate other members of your team and support volunteers and students, in their development at all times.
* You should support the Manager and Deputy in preparation for Ofsted inspections and social services visits.
* You should attend staff meetings, where possible, (which will be unpaid) appraisals, attend an open day once a year, and other fund-raising events.
* In the event of an injury to a child or member of staff ensure that the event is recorded on an accident form; treatment is carried out as needed by a First Aider. Ensure that the parent is informed of the accident and the form signed by the parent/guardian.
* You are to keep in close contact with parent/guardian of the children in the setting ensuring you know how to contact parents/guardians in the event of an emergency, although this would normally be done through the Manager whom you should inform of the facts. You must ensure you know who is to collect the child from Tick Tock and ask for the child's individual code. You must ensure that parents sign their children in and out of the setting.
* You are to be fully conversant with the fire procedures of Tick Tock and to ensure the safe and timely evacuation of children in the event of a fire etc.
* You are to be fully conversant with any special needs of children in the setting eg food allergies. You are to observe strict hygiene procedures during food preparation, and nappy changing time, as detailed in the policy documents.
* You are encouraged to closely liaise with parents/guardians of children at Tick Tock - update them with the progress of their child/ran. You should encourage feedback from parents and make them aware of any discipline problems/learning difficulties as appropriate, only after first discussing this with the Manager.
* You should be aware of confidentiality regarding children's needs, or incidents, which occur within the setting and follow all policies of the setting.
* You are to ensure the completion of all jobs required of you before the end of each session.
From time to time, you may be required to carry out duties that may not be outlined in this job description. This job description will be subject to periodic amendments. The list of duties is not intended to be exhaustive, and you may, at any time, be required to undertake additional or other duties as are reasonably necessary to meet the needs of the school. It is understood that you will not be required to perform duties which are not reasonably within your capabilities.
PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS
Essential Skills and Attributes
* NVQ Level 2 or 3 or equivalent.
* Ability to commute or willingness to relocate to Ludlow SY8 or surrounding area.
* Be able to work as part of a professional Childcare team
* Have an understanding of equal opportunities
* Understand the need to provide a stimulating, caring and consistent environment for young children
* An understanding of children's needs and behaviour
* Ability to communicate confidently with a wide range of people
* Good organisational skills
* To be able to feedback information in the form of written reports
* Demonstrate creative ability
* To be able to understand and meet the needs of individual children and families
* Encourage children to respect others
* Have a professional approach
* A clear understanding of the importance of confidentiality
* The ability to set appropriate limits for children
* To help children respect people of different race, ability, gender, religion and culture
* Willing to develop imaginative ideas
* To be flexible with regards to working hours
* To be motivated and able to motivate children and staff
* To engender trust in the children and colleagues
* The ability to form caring and trusting relationships with the children and their families
The ability to behave consistently in a caring and relaxed manner with the children
Desirable Skills & Qualities
* Paediatric First Aid qualification
* Experience of dealing with children aged 3 months to 3 years
How to Apply
Applications can only be accepted on the School's Application Form -
Moor Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS and other appropriate checks. Moor Park School is an equal opportunities employer.
TERMS
* Start date: as soon as possible
* Full time; 30 hours per week across 3 days Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm
* Annual salary £12.46 per hour or £19,437 per annum for 3 days a week
* Discounted or free food
* On-site parking
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About Moor Park School
Moor Park School
Moor Park, Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 4DZ
United Kingdom
About Moor Park School
Situated two miles out of Ludlow in South Shropshire, in 85 stunning acres, Moor Park is a thriving co-educational school of 220 children from 2-13 years. It also has Tick Tock, which the Independent Schools Inspectorate deemed an 'Outstanding' day care provider in 2016, where children can go from as young as 3 months.
Founded in 1964 by Derek Henderson and Hugh Watts, it retains its strong Christian values. The ethos is that children feel valued and cared for, so as to develop as individuals, as well as stimulated and inspired. The result is happy, rounded and grounded children. Family values abound and each child is treated as an individual.
Full and flexi boarding is offered, as well as day school. The Boarding team has been nominated for several Awards at the annual Independent School Awards in recent years. One such nomination was for our so-called Big Weekends; themed weekends designed to be huge fun and give children a flavour of boarding life.
Themes have included Bollywood, Nerf, World Records, Master Chef, Making Movies, Wild West and an 'Armed Forces' themed weekend complete with helicopter. Children from 8-13 spend Saturday afternoons and evenings 'in theme' and the experience is topped off by a big full English Breakfast on Sunday morning prior to departure. The boarding house is normally completely full for these events.
Academic
In the last seven years, every child that has left Moor Park has successfully passed into their chosen senior school. Destinations vary but really are nationwide and have included Eton, Harrow, Radley, Winchester, Oundle Uppingham, Shrewsbury, Malvern College, Downe House, Marlborough College, Christ College Brecon and Hereford Cathedral School in the last few years. Many leave with an Award to their senior school, be it academic, or music, art, sport, drama or DT. In the last two academic years, 59 Year 8 leavers have won a total of 53 awards, an enviable record.
Moor Park Mindsets
The world is a fast-changing place and we have challenged ourselves to look at the education we provide at Moor Park to ensure that children are given an advantage at secondary school and beyond. Having discussed this as a staff, we decided that children will need to be able to think in particular ways in order to be successful – passing exams, although important, would not be enough. As a result of this we identified six habits of thinking, Moor Park Mindsets: critical thought, curiosity, confidence, creativity, independence and resilience. We then reviewed our entire curriculum and teaching methods through the lens of these Mindsets to ensure that what we teach and how we teach it encourages the right thinking from Nursery to Year 8. This was launched in September 2018. A system is in place to monitor all of this and this enables feedback to be given to children and parents.
Sport
Children start playing team sports from Year 1 and competitive matches from Year 3. Pupils regularly represent the county in various sports, including rugby, cricket, hockey, netball and football and in recent years, the girls Under 13 hockey team have twice been national finalists. Our equestrian team has also already found success in both local and national events.
Music
Music is an integral part of life at Moor Park. A new Performing Arts Centre was opened in September 2018 incorporating an ensemble room, cutting edge music technology in the classroom and a recording studio. Most of the children have music lessons and the school boasts an Orchestra, Jazz Band and Brass Ensemble and a myriad of other groups. There are four choirs, ensuring the every child can take part whilst the more able are pushed on.
Drama
Benefitting from the addition of a dedicated drama studio in the new Performing Arts Centre, drama became a taught subject in the curriculum for Year3 and above from September 2018. There are six school plays every year, including the jaw dropping Year 8 production in the summer.
Art and DT
The inspirational ART and DT departments produce work of the highest quality every year and Moor Park wins more than its fair share of scholarships, particularly in art. The DT facility is larger than many secondary schools.
Facilities
The facilities at the school complement the superb work and commitment of the staff. The astro-turf, purpose built junior boarding house, new Performing Arts Centre, new swimming pool changing rooms and a new library opening in April 2019 are all examples of investment in recent years.
The spectacular setting gives ample opportunity for playing outdoors, be it in the woods, on the assault course or the 9 hole golf course.
An oasis of peace and calm, a little land locked island, it is a school of high achievement. Children leave Moor Park but Moor Park never leaves them.
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