Early Years Practitioner jobs in Leicester

Live early years practitioner roles in Leicester, with Midlands salary benchmarks.

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18 live roles in Leicester

Level 3 Nursery Practitioner

Leicester

£27040/annum

Level 3 Nursery Practitioner - Leicester Location: Leicester, LE3 Contract: Permanent | Full-Time Hours: 40 hours per week | All year round Shift…

Education Full-time Permanent
1 week ago Apply now

Nursery Assistant

Leicester

£14.25 - £15.50/hour

Are you an enthusiastic Level 3 qualified Nursery Practitioner with experience working within a private day nursery? Do you hold a valid Paediatric…

Education Full-time
2 weeks ago Apply now

Qualified Nursery Practitioner

Leicester, Leicestershire

£90 - £105/day

NOW RECRUITING: Level 2 or Level 3 Qualified EYFS Nursery Practitioners Agency Opportunities | Long-Term & Day-to-Day Work | Full-Time & Part-Time…

Education Full-time Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Early Years Practitioner hiring in Leicester: the numbers

  • 18 live early years practitioner roles in Leicester right now.
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Leicester City Council (3), Golearnleicestershire (2), JEM Childcare Solutions Limited (2), Brighton College Prep (1), Completely Care Recruitment Consultants (1).
  • Newest advert posted 6 November 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 Midlands

£22,000 – £27,000 (indicative · midpoint £24,500)

How this figure was built. No live advertised salaries back this figure yet. It is the midpoint of our curated 2026 baseline range for the 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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