Pre-school Manager
| Posting date: | 02 October 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2025 |
| Location: | Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2BB |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6d129097-c85b-43cd-a3b7-399b304703f4 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Description: Pre- School Manager
Job title: Pre-School Manager – Level 3
Responsible for: All Pre-school pupils
Accountable to: Acting Head of School, Culworth Primary Academy & Boddington Governing Body – Part of Evolve Church Academy Trust
Job Purpose: To provide safe, high quality education and care for children in Pre-School
To fulfil legal and statutory requirements
To contribute to and to implement school and trust policies
To ensure that all statutory, legal and setting obligations are followed and met.
Safeguarding requirement: Culworth Pre-school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and their families. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policy and procedures to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.
Main duties:
1. To take responsibility for drawing up long-term, medium-term and sessional curriculum plans which take into account the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), and to monitor the effectiveness of the setting’s curriculum; this may include working with external professionals.
2. To ensure the weekly planning of activities and events is shared on a weekly basis by all staff, led & facilitated by the manager
3. To be responsible for providing a high quality of education and learning, ensuring that staff are properly deployed, and to offer appropriate stimulation and support to the children attending the setting.
4. To assist with maintaining registers, staffing ratios, organising staff rotas, pupil records in communication with CFO of the Trust, including staff absence, sickness and annual leave. This will be supported from the Acting Head of School and CFO.
5. To have an appropriate action plan in place which enables the setting to achieve and maintain a minimum good Ofsted rating at the next inspection as an EY setting with support from the EY teacher and Acting Head of School.
6. To ensure that pre-school staff are appropriately supported to carry out their role effectively, including any activities involving SEND
7. To organise and be responsible for key person groups and share with families
8. To be responsible for implementing Culworth’s system of observation and record keeping so that children’s progress and achievements are effectively and regularly assessed and to monitor the effectiveness of the assessment procedures (currently Tapestry).
9. To effectively supervise staff on a daily basis; to help with monitoring the quality of teaching. To identify in-service training needs including the manager
10. To ensure that the welfare and safety of children is promoted within the setting and that any child protection concerns are always acted upon appropriately and immediately.
11. To be responsible for Health & Safety in Pre-School including writing risk assessments and making daily checks
12. Administer first aid when required and maintain appropriate records of first aid are kept and shared with families
13. To ensure records are properly maintained and updated, e.g. the daily attendance register, accident and incident records, toileting etc
14. To work with the Early Years Teacher & Acting Head of School/SLT in all aspects of the overall running of the Pre-school.
16. To continue a good working relationship between Culworth Pre-School & Culworth Primary Academy.
17. To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the setting and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
18. To ensure that Culworth Pre-School is a safe environment for children, staff and others, that equipment is safe, standards of hygiene are high, safety procedures are implemented at all times and fire drills are regularly practised.
19. To liaise with Peterborough Diocese, The Local Authority, Ofsted services and other professionals as necessary and ensure that all legal and statutory requirements are implemented, and to provide reports as required with help and assistance from the EY Teacher and Acting Head of School
20. To implement any recommendations made following regulatory inspections.
21. To contribute to and to implement all early years’ policies and procedures, e.g. register and signing out procedures, child protection, health and safety, confidentiality, food safety, setting hygiene, safeguarding & child protection, whistleblowing, storage & administration of medicines… (see staff handbook of policies)
22. To monitor the pre-school budget in liaison with the, Acting Head of School & Central Finance Team and to ensure that any systems for income collection or invoicing are followed.
23. To organise and maintain all resources, equipment and consumables to a high standard, including ordering equipment and maintaining consumable stock levels using school systems.
24. To attend any conferences, training events or meetings deemed necessary for CPD and to keep up to-date with current good practice.
25. To ensure that accurate and up-to-date record keeping systems are in place e.g. children’s records of progress and any behavioural and development reports, any safeguarding issues, health and safety issues, notes taken at staff supervision meetings, details of targets set and of any performance concerns discussed.
26. To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the in accordance with the setting’s business plan/objectives.
This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the Head of School. The post holder is also expected to be flexible and adaptable in their approach to fulfilling their duties.
All candidates are expected to satisfy the requirements of a full DBS check before commencing employment
What the school offers its staff
Local Government pension schemeWellbeing support
CPD professional development
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 trustees 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.
Job Description: Pre- School Manager
Job title: Pre-School Manager – Level 3
Responsible for: All Pre-school pupils
Accountable to: Acting Head of School, Culworth Primary Academy & Boddington Governing Body – Part of Evolve Church Academy Trust
Job Purpose: To provide safe, high quality education and care for children in Pre-School
To fulfil legal and statutory requirements
To contribute to and to implement school and trust policies
To ensure that all statutory, legal and setting obligations are followed and met.
Safeguarding requirement: Culworth Pre-school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and their families. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policy and procedures to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.
Main duties:
1. To take responsibility for drawing up long-term, medium-term and sessional curriculum plans which take into account the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), and to monitor the effectiveness of the setting’s curriculum; this may include working with external professionals.
2. To ensure the weekly planning of activities and events is shared on a weekly basis by all staff, led & facilitated by the manager
3. To be responsible for providing a high quality of education and learning, ensuring that staff are properly deployed, and to offer appropriate stimulation and support to the children attending the setting.
4. To assist with maintaining registers, staffing ratios, organising staff rotas, pupil records in communication with CFO of the Trust, including staff absence, sickness and annual leave. This will be supported from the Acting Head of School and CFO.
5. To have an appropriate action plan in place which enables the setting to achieve and maintain a minimum good Ofsted rating at the next inspection as an EY setting with support from the EY teacher and Acting Head of School.
6. To ensure that pre-school staff are appropriately supported to carry out their role effectively, including any activities involving SEND
7. To organise and be responsible for key person groups and share with families
8. To be responsible for implementing Culworth’s system of observation and record keeping so that children’s progress and achievements are effectively and regularly assessed and to monitor the effectiveness of the assessment procedures (currently Tapestry).
9. To effectively supervise staff on a daily basis; to help with monitoring the quality of teaching. To identify in-service training needs including the manager
10. To ensure that the welfare and safety of children is promoted within the setting and that any child protection concerns are always acted upon appropriately and immediately.
11. To be responsible for Health & Safety in Pre-School including writing risk assessments and making daily checks
12. Administer first aid when required and maintain appropriate records of first aid are kept and shared with families
13. To ensure records are properly maintained and updated, e.g. the daily attendance register, accident and incident records, toileting etc
14. To work with the Early Years Teacher & Acting Head of School/SLT in all aspects of the overall running of the Pre-school.
16. To continue a good working relationship between Culworth Pre-School & Culworth Primary Academy.
17. To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the setting and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
18. To ensure that Culworth Pre-School is a safe environment for children, staff and others, that equipment is safe, standards of hygiene are high, safety procedures are implemented at all times and fire drills are regularly practised.
19. To liaise with Peterborough Diocese, The Local Authority, Ofsted services and other professionals as necessary and ensure that all legal and statutory requirements are implemented, and to provide reports as required with help and assistance from the EY Teacher and Acting Head of School
20. To implement any recommendations made following regulatory inspections.
21. To contribute to and to implement all early years’ policies and procedures, e.g. register and signing out procedures, child protection, health and safety, confidentiality, food safety, setting hygiene, safeguarding & child protection, whistleblowing, storage & administration of medicines… (see staff handbook of policies)
22. To monitor the pre-school budget in liaison with the, Acting Head of School & Central Finance Team and to ensure that any systems for income collection or invoicing are followed.
23. To organise and maintain all resources, equipment and consumables to a high standard, including ordering equipment and maintaining consumable stock levels using school systems.
24. To attend any conferences, training events or meetings deemed necessary for CPD and to keep up to-date with current good practice.
25. To ensure that accurate and up-to-date record keeping systems are in place e.g. children’s records of progress and any behavioural and development reports, any safeguarding issues, health and safety issues, notes taken at staff supervision meetings, details of targets set and of any performance concerns discussed.
26. To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the in accordance with the setting’s business plan/objectives.
This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the Head of School. The post holder is also expected to be flexible and adaptable in their approach to fulfilling their duties.
All candidates are expected to satisfy the requirements of a full DBS check before commencing employment
What the school offers its staff
Local Government pension schemeWellbeing support
CPD professional development
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 trustees 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.