Forest Preschool Assistant

Horning Community Primary and Pre-school
Lower Street
Horning
Norfolk
NR12 8PX

Tel: 01692 630470
Email: [email protected] 
Website: www.coastaltogether.co.uk 

• Salary – Scale D, £12.18 – £12.38 per hour
• Temporary until 19 July 2024
• Part Time
• 13 – 19.5 hours per week (2-3 days)
• Required ASAP

Are you a qualified level 3 early years practitioner, with an interest in Forest Schools? 

Horning Primary currently has 35 children on roll and is located in the heart of the Norfolk Broads in a beautifully quiet and remote site – surrounded by fields on all sides. The grounds of the school are a mix of wooded areas and open grassland – and nestled within it is our Forest Preschool provision.

Typical duties will include preparing play activities, supporting children in their play and learning and maintaining up-to-date learning stories on Tapestry.

You will also be expected to work within the relevant legislation, policies and procedures of the Preschool in order to keep the children safe. 

Coastal Together are a group of schools working towards a common aim to create children who are Global Citizens, able to understand their immediate locality yet be part of a wider world.  We want to support this development with the potential of expanding it to our other schools.

Coastal Together takes your CPD very seriously.  One of our Headteachers is non-school based, and their role as Head of Teaching and Learning, Standards and CPD (HoTL) across the six schools, supports the development of our curriculum alongside our Heads of School and their school teams.  Our HoTL has the time to research into the latest and most effective pedagogies which develop our forward thinking curriculum and staff team.  Working in small schools can sometimes feel isolating but at Coastal Together we plan and learn together across the federation, facilitated by our HoTL. This, amongst other support takes the form of skeleton lesson plans and highly resourced planning packs which help to reduce teacher’s workload and allow them more time to concentrate on innovative teaching.  We also used this joined-up approach to assess and moderate children’s work, allowing us to all learn and improve our practice together.  We also offer personalised CPD for all of our teachers and support staff, no matter what their level of experience.  Our Training Suite used for all off-site training is based at Horning Primary, equidistant between our schools. 

Please contact Sam Wilkinson, the PA to Executive Head at – [email protected]  if you have any queries. 

How to apply

To download an application form, please select the orange ‘Apply for job’ button and enter your details.

Completed applications should be addressed to Mrs Wilkinson at – [email protected] 

Closing date:            1 March 2024
Interview date:           TBC

Applications will be considered upon receipt. We reserve the right to interview suitably qualified candidates before the closing date.

Coastal Together is committed to safeguarding children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.