Early Years Lead Practitioner

Now recruiting at new rates of pay!
Early Years Lead Practitioner
We are a large but beautiful in Coombe Dingle, easily accessible from so many places in Bristol. Red Bus has been operating as a company for 11 years. We continually strive to do things better and we just want Red Bus to be the best place ever for children and the best place for staff to work.
If you are an experienced Early Years Practitioner and you are looking for something new, we might be the next step for you. We know that times are hard and a lot of nurseries are struggling, and maybe not able to offer the support and career progression you are looking for at the moment. At Red Bus we are able to do that right now and we have some very exciting positions open in our management teams.
Room Managers and their own management team are part of the overall management team of the nursery. At Red Bus, we have quite sizeable age groups so each one has a Room Manager who in turn has an Assistant Manager and usually two Lead Practitioners. This team get great support, training and career development. As people moving into these positions are often coming from nurseries where they have been at for some time, we offer a smooth as possible transition to Red Bus with great on-boarding and induction planning. We have lovely supporting staff in our teams and we can take the risk out of that move for you. Currently we have a position open in all of our age groups Babies (3m-2 years), Kindergarten (2-3 years) and the Pre-School age group.
Our Lead Practitioners are part of the room management team, and are role models for the rest of the team. They display excellent practice within the room but also have their own management duties under the direction of the Room Manager. They often excel in their own areas of expertise too and we have room 'Champions' for this in area such as SEN, Outdoor Play and others. We also support staff top gain further qualifications.
If you are experienced in this industry with a minimum of a Level 3 qualification in Early Years and would really like to work for a very stable, highly staffed company who really take care of staff and pay well and offer great benefits and training and career opportunity, do consider applying to us. If you would prefer to have a chat or email first then please feel free to contact us directly through our careers website. This might be your first move into a more senior position or you might already have a lot of experience at a senior level, either way, consider speaking to us.
We have beautiful spacious rooms which direct access to amazing outside space, a haven for loveliness. Red Bus has an enviable reputation with the local schools at current settings for Red Bus new starters, we're very proud of that ! We have a very large area with amazing gardens, beautiful resources compliment the environment.
Contact us now for a very responsive reply. We are conducting interviews face to face and we would love to show you around !
What we offer you as an Early Years Lead Practitioner :
a child centric approach, we love the children to have as much fun and possible and to learn in the best environments
a quality and professional environment. We are rated Outstanding with Ofsted
lovely people who work for Red Bus who are very team focused and work together
a management team who listen and support and who importantly value the work our staff do in these important roles
a place in the room management team with excellent opportunities to progress
- amazing environment for you and the children ! Fully resourced, continually changing, very much fun!
significant learning and development opportunities for you to train and achieve your goals;
a growing company with many career opportunities
full time work on a 4.5 day week to give you a half day off
- up to 36 days holiday including 3 days paid time off over Christmas plus 8 bank holidays
summer and winter uniform
easy parking
company & staff events
pension and sick pay scheme
discounted childcare
We also pay an extra GBP1,000 per annum if you hold any of the following : SEND level 3, Forest School approved qualification, or any relevant Early Years qualification above Level 3. Fancy gaining more qualification with us ? We're here to help and support you.