Nursery Assistant
- Organisation: St Peter's School York
- Location: Yorkshire
- Tenure: Full-time
- Closing Date: Friday 13 February 2026
St Peter’s School 2 - 8 is seeking to appoint an outstanding Nursery Assistant to work with our Early Years (3–4-year-old) pupils.
Responsible to: Head of St Peter’s School 2-8
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week (52 weeks)
Salary/Scale: Competitive
St Peter’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment by always complying with the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. The successful applicant will be required to undergo statutory pre-employment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Overall purpose of the post:
St Peter’s School 2 - 8 is seeking to appoint an outstanding Nursery Assistant to work with our Early Years (2–3-year-old) pupils.
You will have a strong ethos and passion for Early Years education, as well as a commitment to continuous improvement of your own practice. You will assist the Nursery team to provide high quality care and learning opportunities for the children in Nursery.
Key responsibilities:
To assist in providing high quality, child-centred care and education
- To participate in planning in order to provide a range of activities designed to meet the individual and communal needs and interests of the children
- To assist with the planning and the delivery of a play-based curriculum that responds to the children’s interests, needs and development
- To supervise and encourage positive, safe behaviour for children
- To build positive relationships with children by acting as a role model and providing a warm, caring environment
- To conduct regular observations on children and assist in completing developmental records.
- To enhance the nurseries continuous provision to help create a stimulating, enabling and exciting learning environment
- To assist children with personal, social hygiene and care
- To identify and report concerns in regard to children’s development and progress
- To promote and engage in effective, positive communication with children, colleagues, staff and parents
- To participate in regular staff meetings/events and training
- To adhere to the Nursery’s Policies and Procedures
- To maintain and complete nursery paperwork (medicine checks, accident forms etc)
- To assist in wrap-around school provision and lunch time duties.
General
1. Health & Safety - You have a legal duty to take reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others and you are expected to be familiar with, and adhere to, St Peter’s School’s Health and Safety policy.
2. School values – You have a duty to ensure your work, communication and approach conforms to the school’s core values and mission. You will need to be aware and comply with school rules, policies and procedures at all times including, but not limited to, those relating to safeguarding, conduct, equality and data protection.
St Peter's School strives to be diverse and inclusive. We encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the school. The school is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and pupils. This means that employees are treated fairly, irrespective of sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, gender, marital status or other reason. The post holder is expected to always comply with the provisions set out in law and the St Peter's policies on equality and diversity. The school is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
Note: This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities associated with the post. The post holder will be expected to comply with any reasonable request to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
This job description may be amended at any time.
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St Peter’s School 2 - 8 is seeking to appoint an outstanding Nursery Assistant to work with our Early Years (3–4-year-old) pupils.
Description
Responsible to: Head of St Peter’s School 2-8
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week (52 weeks)
Salary/Scale: Competitive
St Peter’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment by always complying with the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. The successful applicant will be required to undergo statutory pre-employment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Overall purpose of the post:
St Peter’s School 2 - 8 is seeking to appoint an outstanding Nursery Assistant to work with our Early Years (2–3-year-old) pupils.
You will have a strong ethos and passion for Early Years education, as well as a commitment to continuous improvement of your own practice. You will assist the Nursery team to provide high quality care and learning opportunities for the children in Nursery.
Key responsibilities:
To assist in providing high quality, child-centred care and education
- To participate in planning in order to provide a range of activities designed to meet the individual and communal needs and interests of the children
- To assist with the planning and the delivery of a play-based curriculum that responds to the children’s interests, needs and development
- To supervise and encourage positive, safe behaviour for children
- To build positive relationships with children by acting as a role model and providing a warm, caring environment
- To conduct regular observations on children and assist in completing developmental records.
- To enhance the nurseries continuous provision to help create a stimulating, enabling and exciting learning environment
- To assist children with personal, social hygiene and care
- To identify and report concerns in regard to children’s development and progress
- To promote and engage in effective, positive communication with children, colleagues, staff and parents
- To participate in regular staff meetings/events and training
- To adhere to the Nursery’s Policies and Procedures
- To maintain and complete nursery paperwork (medicine checks, accident forms etc)
- To assist in wrap-around school provision and lunch time duties.
General
1. Health & Safety - You have a legal duty to take reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others and you are expected to be familiar with, and adhere to, St Peter’s School’s Health and Safety policy.
2. School values – You have a duty to ensure your work, communication and approach conforms to the school’s core values and mission. You will need to be aware and comply with school rules, policies and procedures at all times including, but not limited to, those relating to safeguarding, conduct, equality and data protection.
St Peter's School strives to be diverse and inclusive. We encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the school. The school is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and pupils. This means that employees are treated fairly, irrespective of sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, gender, marital status or other reason. The post holder is expected to always comply with the provisions set out in law and the St Peter's policies on equality and diversity. The school is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
Note: This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities associated with the post. The post holder will be expected to comply with any reasonable request to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
This job description may be amended at any time.
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