Level 3 Nursery Practitioner – Full-time, permanent.

We are a friendly, family-run nursery in Cheltenham looking for a Level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioner to join our caring and dedicated team.

If you’re passionate about providing high quality childcare, love seeing children grow and learn, and bring energy and creativity to everything you do we would love to hear from you.

What we’re looking for a Level 3 Early Years qualification (or equivalent). The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, reliable, and have great initiative. They will have excellent communication skills and a warm, caring approach. They will be a strong team player who enjoys collaborating with others to create a positive, supportive environment and have a genuine love for working with young children.

We offer a welcoming, family-focused setting where you’ll feel valued and supported, competitive pay rates and rewards schemes, together with a company pension. You will be provided with ongoing training and development opportunities to help you grow in your career and have a chance to make a real difference in the early years of children’s lives.

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, please contact Rachel Howell on T: 01242 577581 or email: info@littlesmarties.co.uk

Playgroup Bank Staff required - Term Time Only, Part-Time, Temporary Position. Pay: £12.71.

Whiteshill Playgroup has been serving the families of Whiteshill and the wider Stroud area since 1985. We have a fantastic team, all of whom are professional, enthusiastic, and passionate about early years education.

We are seeking experienced early years practitioners to join our bank staff team, mostly covering for illness, busy periods, and other unexpected events. The role is on an ad hoc basis, but it’s likely that at least one successful applicant will be offered one day a week until the end of the academic year.

The playgroup is open daily during term time from 8:30am - 3:00pm, Tuesday to Friday, and welcomes children between 2 and 4 years old.

Applicants should possess an NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Early Years Education & Childcare or equivalent, and be proactive and motivated to assist the existing team in the day-to-day running of the setting. You will help deliver play-based activities for the children that foster a fun and stimulating environment, and support their learning and development in accordance with the EYFS framework.

Please contact chair@whiteshillplaygroup.co.uk for a full job description and application form.

Early Years Educator. Monday to Thursday afternoons, 12:30pm to 6:00pm. Hours can be discussed but would be looking at a minimum of 22 hours a week. We are an open all year round nursery in the Reddings area of Cheltenham. Salary will be discussed during the interview stage and will be based upon qualifications and experience.

Are you confident, enthusiastic and motivated with a large helping of fun, creativity and dedication?

We are looking for an early years educator to join our expanding team in our warm caring nursery. The candidate will need to be kind, caring and have a love for children. They need to be excited to watch children develop and have an ability to make everyday fun. Story times need to be exhilarating and take the children’s imaginations too far off lands. They must be able to plan wonderful activities based on the children they have in the care and challenge them to learn new things on a daily basis. They must be prepared for hard work, keep children safe and have fantastic teamwork and communicative skills. If you are this person, we would love to hear from you.

In return you will be working with a fantastic team who put the children first at all times. Your voice will be heard and you will be valued by everyone.

For an application form please email Ellie or Carys at foxcubsnursery@hotmail.com or telephone 01452 857449.

Pre-School Assistants. Permanent. This role offers flexible hours with opportunities to grow! Base contract between 12 – 17 hours per week. Term Time Only.  In addition, you’ll have the chance to take on extra hours throughout the year — up to 13 hours per week — bringing your total to as much as 25 hours weekly. Hours can be discussed at interview. Grade: Grade 3 (pts 4-6) £25,185 – £25,989 pa pro rata. Start Date: September 2026.

Little Chestnuts Pre-school, based at Woodmancote School, is looking to appoint two outstanding preschool assistants.  This is an exciting opportunity to work within a supportive, energetic, friendly school that prides itself on inclusivity and reflective practice.

The ideal candidate will have a genuine love of working with young children, be an outstanding practitioner with a proven track record in pre-school, have experience working in EYFS and a minimum Level 2 Early Years qualification, or equivalent. You will have an understanding of the assessment and record keeping needs of an early years setting, be warm and approachable in order to work alongside families effectively to ensure children settle into education, make learning fun, challenging and inspiring. You will be proactive in addressing areas of weakness through CPD and have great interpersonal skills in order to contribute to the team spirit at the preschool.

We can offer you a supportive and friendly staff team, purpose built accommodation that enables each practitioner to deliver high quality teaching and learning. A supportive, yet challenging Governing Body that cares about staff welfare, pupil progress and the schools place within the community and parents who support education and are actively engaged with their child’s learning

A job description and person specification can be found on our e-teach platform https://www.eteach.com/careers/woodmancoteschool/. Completed applications should be made through our e-teach platform.

Closing Date: Tuesday 1st September 2026

Would you like the opportunity to work in our popular preschool setting PATA @ Tiny Tots based in Longlevens, Gloucester. 

If so, we are looking for a friendly person to do some light cleaning duties each day from 3:00pm – 4:00pm Monday to Friday (can be slightly fleixble on time if required. Cleaning duties will include daily vacuuming, sweeping and mopping of floors, cleaning the kitchen and toilets, together with additional daily/weekly tasks. Pay rate: £12.71 per hour. Start Date: 1 September 2026.

The successful candidate must enjoy working around children, be DBS checked or obtain a DBS clearance (via PATA) to work at the setting (as children may be on site) and be thorough and efficient.  Please get in touch if this sounds like you!

For a full job description, please click here. To complete our online application form please click here.

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Closing date: Tuesday 7th July 2026.

Early Years Educator Bank staff vacancy. Temporary contract initially. Term time only. Pay Rate: £12.76. Start Date: September 2026.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and experienced practitioner with a Level 3 qualification in childcare to join our small team on a bank staff and temporary contract basis initially.  We expect the hours to increase, becoming regular as our numbers increase.  There may also be an opportunity for the right candidate to take on a fixed term role at the end of the Autumn Term.

We are moving to Greatfield Park Primary school, Cheltenham, GL51 3FZ in September 2026.  We are a term time only setting and our opening hours will be Monday to Friday 8:55am - 2:55pm.  Interviews before September will take place at the following address: The Reddings Playgroup, The Reddings District and community centre, North Road west, Cheltenham, GL51 6RF.

For an application form, please email: info@thereddingsplaygroup.org.uk. CVs and covering letters can be sent to this email address or handed to us in person during any of our opening hours.  If you have any questions about the role, please do get in touch, we would love to hear from you. 

To find out more about us, please visit our website https://www.thereddingsplaygroup.org.uk/

Closing date for applications: Open until the position is filled

Interview date: To be confirmed

Nursery Assistant – fulltime position, working an 8.5 - hour day (8:30am – 5:00pm) during school term times. Working during holiday clubs (2 weeks in April and 3 weeks in August). Plus 5 inset days. Includes 30 mins paid lunch break. Job share considered. Competitive salary.

We are looking for a Nursery Assistant for Puddleducks Nursery, Chalford Hill, caring for children aged between 12 months up to school age.  

As a qualified Early Years Educator, you will be a kind, warm and enthusiastic practitioner, who is passionate and committed to supporting young children to achieve and develop their personal goals and have lots of fun! With your passion for, and good knowledge of, Early Years education, you will work in an established, dedicated, fun and experienced team in our spacious and well equipped indoor and outdoor learning environments.

You will need to hold a recognised Level 2 or 3 Early Years qualification and GCSEs at grade C or above (or equivalent) in English and Maths. We would love you to have a minimum of 1 years’ experience of working with young children and have excellent communication skills. We value our staff and their development and there is potential to undertake further training in skills relating to Early Years education.

As part of the team you will benefit from a great career path and promotion prospects, training opportunities, working as part of an established and happy team. You will be provided with free refreshments and meals for staff, staff uniform and nest pension scheme.

For further information or to request an application, please call Leibe on 01453 883788 or email: puddleducksplaygroup@eygloucestershire.co.uk.

Could you be our next Treasurer? Did you know PATA is a charitable organisation?  Like many community settings, PATA is managed by a group of Committee Members (known as our Board of Trustees). Our Trustees give up their own time and work quietly in the background to keep things running smoothly.  This allows us to concentrate on supporting both our Members and our Managed Groups, whilst working towards our charitable aims. The Board of Trustees are now recruiting for a new Treasurer to join their friendly team: "A special someone who can advise on financial responsibilities and oversee the preparation and scrutiny of our annual accounts"    Could you or someone you know be that person?  We'd love to hear from you! Further details can be found here.    If you'd like to speak to us prior to your application, please email chiefexec@pataglos.org.uk or call 01452 541244.