Key Purpose:

• Planning and delivering challenging, engaging and enjoyable activities. Forming relationships with the children, enabling them to be comfortable in their surroundings and providing an environment where they can play and explore. Working as part of a team to deliver a high standard of care and education. To ensure that the Pre-School is a safe environment for children, staff and others. Good understanding of safeguarding issues. Developing partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development. To be responsible for any tasks delegated by the school leadership team.

Main Activities:

• To provide a safe, caring and stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors at all times. • To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress. To work as a key worker for a group of children ensuring their personal needs and learning needs are met, tracked and assessed. To work professionally with colleagues within the setting ensuring all children's needs are met To lead in an area of the curriculum and to become an ‘expert’ in that area To help ensure our setting meets Ofsted requirements at all times To follow the curriculum planning to ensure the children get a broad and balanced curriculum To work with other professionals in the local area for the benefit of children and families