Early Years Practitioner – Little Sparks Pre-School
Part Time, 7.30am to 1pm (27.5 hours per week – 52 weeks per year)
Part Time, 12.30pm to 6pm (27.5 hours per week – 52 weeks per year)
Salary (dependent on experience) £24k to £25.5k (from £35k FTE)
Apply by 9am on Monday 2nd November
Holy Cross Preparatory School is an outstanding independent school for girls aged 4 to 11 years. Alongside the school, Little Sparks Nursery provides high-quality early years education and care. From January 2027, Little Sparks will expand to welcome boys and girls from the age of 2 and offer year-round provision.
Situated just off Kingston Hill, Holy Cross Prep is a welcoming Catholic school renowned for its caring and inclusive community. Our stunning eight-acre campus provides an inspiring environment for children and staff alike, with first-class facilities including a performing arts and sports hall, tennis and netball courts, a sports pavilion, and all-weather pitches.
Our dedicated and committed team work together to pursue excellence on every level. Our well behaved and curious girls not only achieve academic excellence; many excel in sport, music and art while growing as happy, well-rounded, confident, and curious young people. Our employees are extremely hardworking, highly motivated, and fully committed to life in a busy and thriving prep school.
As Little Sparks embarks on an exciting new chapter, we are seeking enthusiastic, dedicated and highly skilled EYFS Practitioners to join our expanding team. These newly created opportunities will offer the chance to play a key role in shaping and developing our growing nursery provision while supporting the learning, development and wellbeing of our youngest children.
We want to hear from you if you are a warm, nurturing and child‑centred practitioner who brings creativity, reliability and a positive, flexible approach to every day. Someone who engages fully in children’s play, builds strong relationships and thrives as part of a collaborative team.
This is a full-year role working across all 52 weeks, with holiday entitlement taken during school terms apart from 1 week at Christmas and 2 weeks during the summer.
Key Requirements:
- Experience working with children aged 2-5 years in an early years setting.
- Knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
- A recognised full and relevant Level 3 qualification in Early Years Education.
- Excellent literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
- Flexible, reliable and able to work effectively as part of a team.
We value our employees and offer competitive salaries, generous holiday entitlement, membership of a pension scheme, life insurance and other wellbeing benefits such as 24/7 GP access. We have car-parking on site and provide a free lunch and refreshments during term time.
If you share our ethos, are passionate about education and would like to join our friendly and supportive team, please submit an application form to recruitment@holycrossprep.com Further details and the application form can be found on the school website vacancies page. Contact Lindsey Banks, Deputy Bursar on 0208 942 0996 if you wish to discuss this exciting opportunity. We encourage early interest and applications and reserve the right to close the advert early.
Holy Cross Prep are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.