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Nursery Education Teaching Professionals

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

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£13,661
£30,471
£45,222

New workers start around £13,661. Normal pay is £30,471 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,222.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 22,022 vacancies for this type of job

1.91%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.

  • Observes and assesses students and discusses their progress with parents and/or other education professionals.

  • Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.

  • Undertakes pastoral duties.

  • Supervises and cares for children, provides a secure learning environment and ensures their health and safety is maintained during all activities.

  • Teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development.

  • Prepares and delivers lessons in accordance with early years foundation stages curriculum and encourages and stimulates children's learning.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

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  • Child Protection

  • Reading Instruction

  • Network Interface Device

  • Due Diligence

  • Information Privacy

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Teaching

  • Communication

  • Enthusiasm

  • Leadership

  • English Language

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Management

  • Self-Motivation

  • Planning

  • Literacy

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Applied Education Studies

Nottingham College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Primary Education with QTS

Bishop Grosseteste University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lincoln · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Physical Education

Southampton, Solent University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Education Studies

Bradford College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bradford · 09/2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Primary Teaching (QTS)

University of Chichester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bognor Regis · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Education Studies

Canterbury Christ Church University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Canterbury · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Studies in Primary Education

Birmingham Newman University

BA (Hons) · 5 Years · Part-time · Birmingham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Education

University of Warwick

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education Studies (Online)

University of East London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Distance learning (full-time) · Stratford · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Primary Education

University of Aberdeen

MA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Aberdeen · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education

Keele University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Keele · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

PGDE Primary (Graduates only)

University of the West of Scotland

PGDES · 1 Year · Full-time · Hamilton · 08/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Primary Education with QTS

Manchester Metropolitan University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Childhood Studies

Trafford & Stockport College Group

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Stockport · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Primary

Stranmillis University College

BEd (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Belfast · 09/2025

Tariff points: 136/136

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