Early Years Leader
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
Salary information: MPR, per annum (dependent upon experience) + TLR2b
Start date: September 2025
Longfield Primary School is looking for an Early Years Leader.
Are you an experienced or aspiring EYFS Leader, with experience, looking for an exciting challenge? The community of Longfield Primary School in Harrow are seeking an EYFS Leader to lead an ambitious professional team in the pursuit of excellent learning in our happy, vibrant, highly motivated, inspiring school.
We are passionate about our school.
Longfield Primary School is at the heart of a diverse community. We are very proud of these links and are a well-established school with a sense of pride, community spirit and strong values.
We are a school that offers excellent facilities, a very supportive staff and leadership team. Our diverse curriculum helps prepare children to become lifelong learners through the development of the 5Rs, Resilience, responsibility, reasoning, reflectiveness and resourcefulness which underpins our school values- safety, mutual respect, a positive attitude, independence and growth.
We are extremely passionate about providing our children with the best possible start to their education and ensuring they are the best that they can be and have the privilege of helping to shape our children’s view of education at the very beginning of their school life. We’re looking to continuously improve as a school and we want to bring in someone who has the drive and ambition to lead change motivate, inspire and lead in our Early Years. We have a Nursery class and three Reception classes.
We are looking for someone who:
- Will be an exemplar of consistent good practice as a Class Teacher, who consistently demonstrates all aspects of the Teacher Standards to a high standard.
- Will effectively lead whole school phonics by developing systems & policies, monitoring pupil progress, and leading on data analysis.
- Will demonstrate skill in using data analysis to identify groups and trends and drive improvement through the implementation of effective strategies to ensure strong phonic and EYFS outcomes for all pupils.
- Is able to lead high-quality continuous professional development (CPD) to ensure that the teaching and learning of Phonics is of good to outstanding quality, thereby promoting effective learning for all pupils.
- Is able to coordinate the day-to-day management of the EYFS Team and be responsible for communication within the team.
- Will coordinate opportunities for working collaboratively across the EYFS Team, for example, to support transition and organise learning during themed weeks/days.
- Will maintain a regular overview of the progress children in your team are making, ensuring all children are being supported and challenged appropriately.
- Will lead a staff team – training, supporting and coaching staff and appraising performance.
- Will be an effective member of the middle leadership team assisting the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher in implementing positive changes for the benefit of the whole school.
What we offer in return:
- Wonderful children who are just beginning their educational journey, who have enquiring minds and are developing a creative love of learning.
- A supportive community, including the staff team who thrive on challenge and all have the children’s best interests at heart.
- Our school motto, working together, achieving forever, promoting lifelong learning.
- An environment that has embedded strong values that are understood by everyone.
- Dedicated colleagues who will support and challenge you to continue to grow as a leader.
- A commitment to self improvement with an aspiring attititude to professional development.
The successful candidate will have a class responsibility with regular time out of class to effectively lead the EYFS and Phonics.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school to book an appointment.
Closing date: Thursday 24th April 2025 at Noon
Interviews: Friday 2nd May 2025
Longfield Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. A copy of the school’s CP Policy is available on the school website.
