EYFS Practitioner

Location: Leamington Spa

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Contract Type: Monday - Friday 30+ Hours (Shift Patterns)

Start Date: September 2025

Monarch Education is excited to be recruiting a dedicated and passionate Early Years Practitioner to join a supportive and thriving nursery within Central Coventry. This role is a temp to perm opportunity, offering the chance to make a real difference in the lives of young learners. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual, with a strong commitment to creating engaging, inclusive, and supportive learning environments.

Key Responsibilities Of An Early Years Practitioner

• Teaching and Learning: Assist in delivering the EYFS curriculum, help to plan and carry out learning activities, create a safe, stimulating, and inclusive learning environment where all children feel valued and supported to achieve their potential, use a range of teaching strategies, including practical activities, to promote active learning, foster confidence, independence, and social skills in pupils.
• Assessment and Progress: Monitor and support children's emotional and social development.
• Classroom Management: Establish clear and consistent rules for key worker children, promote a positive learning environment, implement effective behaviour management strategies to maintain a productive, respectful, and safe classroom atmosphere, foster positive relationships with students, encouraging their social and emotional development alongside their academic progress.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Participate in nursery meetings, training, and collaborative planning sessions, maintain open lines of communication with parents and carers to keep them informed about student progress and school events.
• Personal Development: Continue to develop professionally by attending training sessions and workshops relevant to your practice, stay up to date with the latest educational trends, strategies, and practices to ensure that teaching methods remain innovative and effective.

Personal Specification

• Qualifications: A recognised Level 3 Early Years Qualification is essential.
• Experience: Experience teaching in EYFS, knowledge and understanding of the EYFS curriculum, experience working with children with a range of learning needs, including SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities).
• Skills and Attributes: Strong classroom management skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, creativity and resourcefulness in assisting with learning activities and supporting children's development.
• Personal Qualities: A patient and nurturing attitude to support children's emotional and social growth, a proactive and self-motivated individual who takes initiative and can work both independently and as part of a team, enthusiastic, positive, and dedicated to ensuring that every child has the best educational experience possible.

Monarch Education are proud to be a leading recruitment specialist in the Education industry. We are passionate about our people and the services we provide to our candidates. Working with Monarch Education will give you access to flexible working opportunities, Affinity Academy - continuous learning and development, a Refer a Friend Scheme giving you a bonus of up to £200, exclusive vacancies within local Schools and Multi Academy Trusts, competitive daily rates.

Monarch Education are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures. Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant's applications will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check. This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK.