Early Years Playgroup Manager (term time only)
| Posting date: | 06 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £14.29 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 October 2025 |
| Location: | RG27 0EZ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Happy Faces Playgroup |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Job title: Playgroup Manager
Responsible to: Chair of Management Committee
Responsible for: Deputy Manager & Early Years Practitioners
Purpose of the job: To provide safe, high quality education and care for early years children. To fulfil legal and statutory requirements. To lead and manage staff on a day-to-day basis. To contribute to, update, implement and ensure adherence to early years policies and procedures. To ensure that all statutory, legal and setting obligations are followed and met.
Safeguarding requirement: Happy Faces Playgroup is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policies and procedures to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.
Main duties:
1. To act as designated safeguarding leads for Happy Faces Playgroup
2. 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.
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 have an appropriate action plan in place which enables the setting to achieve and maintain a minimum ‘Good’ Ofsted rating at the next inspection.
5. To take responsibility for ensuring that performance management systems are in place and followed, e.g. induction, probation, supervision, training, team meetings, appraisals and objective setting.
6. To ensure that staff are appropriately supported to carry out their role effectively, including the Early Years SENCO.
7. To draw up, set up and to supervise the daily program of activities and events.
8. To be responsible for implementing systems of observation and record keeping so that children’s progress and achievements are effectively and regularly assessed; to monitor the effectiveness of assessment procedures.
9. To organise the key person system and to effectively supervise staff; to be responsible for monitoring the quality of teaching; to participate in staff appraisals and to identify in-service training needs.
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 ensure records are properly maintained and updated, e.g. the daily attendance register, accident and incident records.
12. To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the setting and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
13. To ensure that Happy Faces Playgroup is a safe environment for children, staff and others, that equipment is safe, standards of hygiene are high, safety procedures are always implemented and fire drills are regularly practiced.
14. To liaise with the Management Committee, Ofsted services and other professionals as necessary and ensure that all legal and statutory requirements are implemented, and to provide reports as required.
15. To implement any recommendations made following regulatory inspections.
16. To contribute to, update, implement and ensure adherence to all the setting’s policies and procedures
17. To ensure that children attending the setting receive a balanced and healthy diet.
18. To attend any conferences, training events or meetings, as identified by the Management Committee and to keep up to date with current good practice.
19. To ensure that accurate and up to date record keeping systems are in place, e.g. children’s records of progress and any behavioral 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.
20. To ensure that the setting complies with the General Data Protection Regulation and that staff receive appropriate training and guidance.
21. To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Management Committee in accordance with the setting’s business plan/objectives.
22. Understanding of the Prevent Duty in the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, as it relates to early years settings.
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 line manager. The post holder is also expected to be flexible and adaptable in their approach to fulfilling their duties.
Responsible to: Chair of Management Committee
Responsible for: Deputy Manager & Early Years Practitioners
Purpose of the job: To provide safe, high quality education and care for early years children. To fulfil legal and statutory requirements. To lead and manage staff on a day-to-day basis. To contribute to, update, implement and ensure adherence to early years policies and procedures. To ensure that all statutory, legal and setting obligations are followed and met.
Safeguarding requirement: Happy Faces Playgroup is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policies and procedures to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.
Main duties:
1. To act as designated safeguarding leads for Happy Faces Playgroup
2. 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.
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 have an appropriate action plan in place which enables the setting to achieve and maintain a minimum ‘Good’ Ofsted rating at the next inspection.
5. To take responsibility for ensuring that performance management systems are in place and followed, e.g. induction, probation, supervision, training, team meetings, appraisals and objective setting.
6. To ensure that staff are appropriately supported to carry out their role effectively, including the Early Years SENCO.
7. To draw up, set up and to supervise the daily program of activities and events.
8. To be responsible for implementing systems of observation and record keeping so that children’s progress and achievements are effectively and regularly assessed; to monitor the effectiveness of assessment procedures.
9. To organise the key person system and to effectively supervise staff; to be responsible for monitoring the quality of teaching; to participate in staff appraisals and to identify in-service training needs.
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 ensure records are properly maintained and updated, e.g. the daily attendance register, accident and incident records.
12. To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the setting and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
13. To ensure that Happy Faces Playgroup is a safe environment for children, staff and others, that equipment is safe, standards of hygiene are high, safety procedures are always implemented and fire drills are regularly practiced.
14. To liaise with the Management Committee, Ofsted services and other professionals as necessary and ensure that all legal and statutory requirements are implemented, and to provide reports as required.
15. To implement any recommendations made following regulatory inspections.
16. To contribute to, update, implement and ensure adherence to all the setting’s policies and procedures
17. To ensure that children attending the setting receive a balanced and healthy diet.
18. To attend any conferences, training events or meetings, as identified by the Management Committee and to keep up to date with current good practice.
19. To ensure that accurate and up to date record keeping systems are in place, e.g. children’s records of progress and any behavioral 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.
20. To ensure that the setting complies with the General Data Protection Regulation and that staff receive appropriate training and guidance.
21. To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Management Committee in accordance with the setting’s business plan/objectives.
22. Understanding of the Prevent Duty in the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, as it relates to early years settings.
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 line manager. The post holder is also expected to be flexible and adaptable in their approach to fulfilling their duties.