Early Years Lead
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Location: | Croydon, Surrey, CR0 3JT |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 52e90333-ae5d-4000-830c-91e462836cca |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Inspire our little learners! We are currently looking to appoint an Early Years Foundation Stage Leader to join our dedicated and supportive team at Harris Primary Academy Croydon. This role is well suited to an individual with teaching experience in a primary school environment looking to develop in a thriving academy environment.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
• Qualified Teacher Status
• A proven track record of recent and successful class teaching in mixed ability classes of primary age
• Successful experience of teaching the primary curriculum
• Goodunderstanding of current theory and best practice in teaching and learning, particularly as it relates toachieving high rates of progress of children of primary age
• Good subject knowledge of core National Curriculum
• EYFS experience
• The ability to teach second language.
• Some knowledge ofEnglishas a specialist subject
What the school offers its staff
Harris Primary Academy Croydon joined the Harris Federation in 2020 and is part of a family of primary, secondary and all-through academies in and around London. We have many successful Harris academies nearby in the borough and, as part of a thriving community of schools, we benefit from the ability to share, learn, support and challenge each other.
At Harris, we have curated professional development pathways that will guide you towards achieving your career ambitions. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. With a strong network of passionate educators, expert development initiatives and a multitude of opportunities for career progression, your journey with Harris could be the most rewarding one yet.
We offer a wide range of high quality teacher professional development programmes via the Harris Institute of Teaching and Leadership.
Benefits
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance (usually £2,000 for Inner London and £1,500 for Outer London), a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Further details about the role
As EYFS Leader, your role will be to act as the lead professional for Early Years, ensuring outstanding provision is developed and that all staff in the Foundation Stage are outstanding practitioners. Your responsibilities include:
• Coordinating and monitoring the weekly and medium term planning of staff within the foundation stage and in consultation with the headship team take action as appropriate
• Coordinating the resources for teaching and learning within the foundation stage in conjunction with the school's planning and resourcing policy
• Daily rotas and changes within the foundation stage
• Taking assemblies
• Monitoring discipline and behaviour within the foundation stage
• Ensuring the availability of advice to all members of the foundation stage for consistency with the whole school behaviour policy
• Attending management meetings and chair staff meetings as appropriate
• Acting as team leader for performance management
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Inspire our little learners! We are currently looking to appoint an Early Years Foundation Stage Leader to join our dedicated and supportive team at Harris Primary Academy Croydon. This role is well suited to an individual with teaching experience in a primary school environment looking to develop in a thriving academy environment.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
• Qualified Teacher Status
• A proven track record of recent and successful class teaching in mixed ability classes of primary age
• Successful experience of teaching the primary curriculum
• Goodunderstanding of current theory and best practice in teaching and learning, particularly as it relates toachieving high rates of progress of children of primary age
• Good subject knowledge of core National Curriculum
• EYFS experience
• The ability to teach second language.
• Some knowledge ofEnglishas a specialist subject
What the school offers its staff
Harris Primary Academy Croydon joined the Harris Federation in 2020 and is part of a family of primary, secondary and all-through academies in and around London. We have many successful Harris academies nearby in the borough and, as part of a thriving community of schools, we benefit from the ability to share, learn, support and challenge each other.
At Harris, we have curated professional development pathways that will guide you towards achieving your career ambitions. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. With a strong network of passionate educators, expert development initiatives and a multitude of opportunities for career progression, your journey with Harris could be the most rewarding one yet.
We offer a wide range of high quality teacher professional development programmes via the Harris Institute of Teaching and Leadership.
Benefits
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance (usually £2,000 for Inner London and £1,500 for Outer London), a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Further details about the role
As EYFS Leader, your role will be to act as the lead professional for Early Years, ensuring outstanding provision is developed and that all staff in the Foundation Stage are outstanding practitioners. Your responsibilities include:
• Coordinating and monitoring the weekly and medium term planning of staff within the foundation stage and in consultation with the headship team take action as appropriate
• Coordinating the resources for teaching and learning within the foundation stage in conjunction with the school's planning and resourcing policy
• Daily rotas and changes within the foundation stage
• Taking assemblies
• Monitoring discipline and behaviour within the foundation stage
• Ensuring the availability of advice to all members of the foundation stage for consistency with the whole school behaviour policy
• Attending management meetings and chair staff meetings as appropriate
• Acting as team leader for performance management
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.