Early Years Practitioner Assistant


Company:	The Joint Colleges Nursery (Cambridge) Limited
Salary:	£13.69
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Cambridge, CB2 7EB
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Jul 2026
Closing date:	7 Aug 2026

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Summary

Our dedicated team is looking for an enthusiastic practitioner who has a passion to nurture happy children and a strong drive to promote excellent childcare.

Joint Colleges Nursery is a small independent nursery situated in a quiet, tree-lined residential area in the heart of Cambridge. We are within close walking distance from Cambridge City Centre and the train station. Our staff describe JCN as a wonderful and rewarding place of work.

JCN is registered for 57 children aged 0 - 5, most of whom attend full time. Our children and staff enjoy a stable environment throughout the day, and develop quality relationships with one another. Our parents describe JCN as a home from their home.

We work with the key-person system, using online learning journals. As a key-person, you will be assigned a maximum of 6 children. Paperwork time for children's development is allocated within the normal working hours of 37.5 a week.

Every one of our team members is important to us. Taking care of our staff well is what we believe in; we provide a generous benefits package in addition to promoting personal and professional development.

Benefits include, but are not limited to:

# Annual holiday entitlement of 25 days per calendar year increasing by 1 day annually to a maximum of 30 days + bank holidays (total 38 days).

# An extra day off for your birthday

# Free on-site car and bicycle parking

# Free hot meals and refreshments

# Interest free season ticket loan

# Childcare discount amounting to a free place (age dependent)

# Retail discount scheme

# Nice colleagues

Joint Colleges Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will need to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation, undertake an enhanced DBS check and provide two satisfactory references prior to commencing employment.

If you enjoy working together with a strong, supportive team contributing to making a difference in children's early years experiences, then come, join us. Serious applicants only, please.

Salary: From £13.69 per hour (£26,688 per annum for 37.5 hours) depending on qualification and experience

Benefits:

Additional leave

Casual dress

Childcare

Company events

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted or free food

Employee discount

Free parking

On-site parking

Referral programme

Sick pay

Store discount

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