Nursery education teaching professionals

Average National Salaries (2022)

What does this career do?

Nursery education teaching professionals care for and teach children up to the age of entry into primary school.

Typical tasks

• prepares and delivers lessons in accordance with early years foundation stages curriculum and encourages and stimulates children's learning teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development supervises and cares for children, provides a secure learning environment and ensures their health and safety is maintained during all activities undertakes pastoral duties supervises teaching assistants and trainees observes and assesses students and discusses their progress with parents and/or other education professionals assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties

Current entry requirements

Entrants will usually possess a relevant degree or postgraduate qualification or relevant experience. Early years teacher status or equivalent is required. A DBS check is mandatory.

Percentage in work

• Employed

• Unemployed

Predicted employment status in 2022

• Part-time

• Full-time

Predicted employment levels in the East Midlands

Career related courses available at West Notts

• Online - Access to Teacher Training - Level 3
• Working with Children in Early Years and Primary Settings (Intermediate) - Level 2
• English Literature A Level - Level 3
• T Level in Education and Early Years - Level 3

About the statistics

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