Outdoor Lead Early Learning Practitioner

The Role

Hutchesons’ Pre-School (pre-schoolers and nursery) spend half their time at the Pre-School facility in the Primary School at Kingarth Street and half at H@PP (on Haggs Road) which is a recently converted facility with a modern, airy feel.  Hutchesons’ at Pollok Park (H@PP) provides 10 acres of green space and woodland. 

The Pre-School sites, both indoors and outdoors, offer the best play-based learning opportunities for children from 3 to 5 years old and provides a safe, secure and nurturing environment in which children flourish.  

We have a full-time opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic Outdoor Lead Early Years Practitioner based at H@PP, our outdoor facility at Pollok Park, and is offered on a permanent, full-time basis, working 35 hours per week between the hours of 7.45 am and 6 pm.

Main Responsibilities

Day to day tasks would include working as part of a team with shared responsibilities for:-

• Creating a stimulating learning environment which fosters creativity, curiosity and challenge
• Promoting positive relationships with parents, children and colleagues
• Safeguarding and promoting the health, safety and welfare of the children
• Making accurate and effective use of assessment reflecting the needs, interests and developmental stage of the individual child 
• Using self-evaluation to identify areas for improvement 
• Demonstrating a commitment to on-going CPD eg training, weekly planning and monthly quality assurance/self-evaluation activities.

When leading the holiday club additional individual responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the effective daily management of the Pre-School holiday provision
• Displaying sound knowledge of all policies, procedures, statutory requirements and Care Inspectorate expectations, ensuring compliance at all times.

In addition, the successful candidate would lead our holiday provision and deputise for the Pre-School Manager during holidays.

The Ideal Candidate

Interested candidates must hold current SSSC registration and a Childcare Management or Leadership qualification in accordance with SSSC regulations (or be willing to undertake the qualification). 

We are looking to develop our outdoor provision and would like to appoint a candidate holding Level 3 Certificate in Forest School Programme Leadership.

About the school/organisation

Hutchesons' Grammar School aims to provide boys and girls with a broad Scottish education, with the emphasis on academic excellence.

Founded in 1641, Hutchesons’ is a famous school which has always been at the forefront of teaching and learning in Scotland.  Nowadays, it is a large and dynamic school of great vitality and diversity, where around 1,250 pupils from Pre-School right through to S6 follow a broad curriculum, blending the traditional and the modern.  Experienced teachers are one of Hutchesons’ greatest strengths, along with the resources they need to do their job to the highest possible standards.

Hutchesons’ pupils excel in a wide variety of sports both nationally and internationally, and the quality of performance in music, drama and the arts is equally high. All pupils can follow a structured programme in and out of the classroom which broadens their outlook and helps them develop their interests and enthusiasms. There are many opportunities for involvement in clubs and societies, community work and charity fund-raising, visits and tours both within the UK and abroad, and for the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.

As individuals, Hutchesons’ pupils are encouraged to develop confidence, self-discipline, integrity, courtesy and consideration for others. They are part of a large community of learners, where every individual is important. They learn to be thoughtful, articulate and well-read and to have a clear idea about how they want to live their lives beyond school and university.

Scots have always valued education very highly, and for nearly four centuries Hutchesons’ has sent young men and women out into the world secure in the knowledge that they are part of that tradition.

Hutchesons’ prides itself on being an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. If you have what it takes, we really want to hear from you.