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Early Years Lead

Job details
Posting date: 02 August 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 31 August 2025
Location: Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 4QP
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 893b7414-530f-40bc-ac72-a7a10747ade5

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

• have proven experience of delivering high-quality Early Years education.
• demonstrate outstanding classroom practice with a deep understanding of child development.
• be passionate about early learning and committed to giving children the best possible start to their education.
• show strong leadership qualities, including the ability to inspire, support and develop others.
• work collaboratively as part of a dedicated team and contribute positively to our whole school ethos.
• support the Christian values and inclusive vision of our Church school.

What the school offers its staff

• enthusiastic, friendly and well-behaved children who love to learn.
• a supportive, experienced and caring team of staff and governors.
• a vibrant, well-resourced learning environment where children are nurtured and challenged.
• opportunities for continued professional development and leadership growth.
• a school community where kindness, diversity and inclusion are celebrated.
• A well-established Early Years consisting of two reception classes, a nursery and preschool.

Further details about the role

The Governors, staff and children of St Mary’s CE Primary School are seeking to appoint a passionate and experienced Early Years Lead to join our friendly, inclusive and committed team.

Our pupils are welcoming, diverse and eager to learn. They require an Early Years Leader who will nurture their potential, champion high standards and bring out the best in every child.

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled professional to lead our Early Years Foundation Stage with vision, creativity and commitment. This is an exciting opportunity for a practitioner who wants to make a lasting impact at a key stage of our children’s education

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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