Early Years Practitioner jobs in Leeds

Live early years practitioner roles in Leeds, with Yorkshire salary benchmarks.

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165 live roles in Leeds

Area Manager - Early Years

Leeds

£50,000–£60,000

Are you an experienced Early Years Area Manager looking for the autonomy and influence to help shape a growing nursery group?

Management & Consultancy Permanent
12 hours ago Apply on WhatJobs

Area Manager - Early Years

Leeds

£50,000 - £60,000 DOE

Are you an experienced Early Years Area Manager looking for the autonomy and influence to help shape a growing nursery group? xwwtmva Would you…

Education
3 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Early Years Assistants

Leeds

£12.17 - £14.25/hour

Are you an enthusiastic Early Years Assistant with previous experience supporting young children? Are you currently studying Childhood Studies…

Education Permanent
19 hours ago Apply now

Nursery Practitioner Level 2

Guiseley, Leeds

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As an Early Years Educator, you will play a leading role in fostering the intellectual, social, and emotional development of children at Busy Bees.

Education
2 weeks ago View job

Early Years Practitioner hiring in Leeds: the numbers

  • 165 live early years practitioner roles in Leeds right now.
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC. (8), Busy Bees (7), Partou UK Limited (6), TeacherActive (6), Busy Bees Nurseries (5).
  • Newest advert posted 12 October 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Early Years Practitioner salary in Yorkshire

£26,904 – £27,100 (median £26,904 · 25th–75th pct)

How this figure was built. Based on 16 live advertised salaries for this role and region.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification is the full-and-relevant benchmark that room-leader and ratio-counting roles require; Level 2 sits below it. Room leaders, SENCo responsibility and forest-school specialisms carry the premiums, and an enhanced DBS is universal.
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