Centre Lead - Term Time Only
| Posting date: | 11 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2025 |
| Location: | PE30 2LB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Mr Bee's Family Centre |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
APPLICANT MUST HAVE A LEVEL 3+ CHILDCARE QUALIFICATION RECOGNISED BY DFE AND AT LEAST TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE IN A LEADING ROLE
About us
We are professional, rewarding and supportive.
Our work environment includes:
Safe work environment
On-the-job training
Growth opportunities
We are looking for an Early Years Centre Lead will be able to professionally lead and manage a team of early year’s practitioners, trainees and volunteers in the day-to-day running of the childcare centre. They will be able to offer a safe, caring, stimulating and inclusive environment for children to develop and learn; use strong leadership skills to support the team in recognising areas for development in order to create a highly knowledgeable and skilled workforce; continually reflect on practice and develop the centre in line with organisational and government initiatives; create an atmosphere where parents/carers, staff and other professionals work in partnership to ensure the best possible outcomes for the children; and ensure the sustainability of the setting is maintained.
Leadership Responsibilities:
• Responsible for day to day running of the designated Early Years and Play-work centre creating a safe, caring, stimulating and inclusive environment that promotes learning through play.
• Ensure all team members are working with children in line with Mr Bee’s ethos, pedagogy and curriculum.
• Maintain a team spirit and promote team well being, ensuring each member of the team is shown care and respect regardless of personal differences.
• Ensure families are made aware of the Mr Bee’s ethos during induction and put in effective systems of communication by preparing and distributing information to parents on a regular basis.
• Establish and promote a learning environment in which the emotional, social, psychological, physical, developmental and educational well-being of children is paramount and in which a supportive, empathetic and non-judgemental approach is used in all interactions with children and their families, particularly during the introduction and settling in processes.
• Ensure the physical environment, both inside and out, is safe, stimulating, clean, in good condition and accessible ensuring all team members endorse an environment which has high quality continuous and enhanced provision which lead to high levels of involvement and well-being.
• Promote inclusive attitudes and practices to accommodate and support the diversity of the local community.
• Promote, encourage and support the active involvement of parents/carers as a child’s first educator and experts on their child, including childminders as partners.
• Ensure that all team members are fully aware and where appropriate trained in the Family Support Process and that families and team members are fully informed about their local children centre.
• Ensure the safe delivery and collection of children to local schools.
• Ensure access to the children by unsuitable people is not permitted by maintaining building security procedures at all times children are present.
• Ensure safety of children and team members during walks and outings outside of the centre, ensuring only vehicles which have been approved to transport are used.
• Lead regular team meetings as appropriate to reflect on provision, provide in-house training and update members on both government and organisational policy and procedures.
• Ensure all health and safety records are completed in line with policy and procedure.
A full job description and personal specification is available on application.
About us
We are professional, rewarding and supportive.
Our work environment includes:
Safe work environment
On-the-job training
Growth opportunities
We are looking for an Early Years Centre Lead will be able to professionally lead and manage a team of early year’s practitioners, trainees and volunteers in the day-to-day running of the childcare centre. They will be able to offer a safe, caring, stimulating and inclusive environment for children to develop and learn; use strong leadership skills to support the team in recognising areas for development in order to create a highly knowledgeable and skilled workforce; continually reflect on practice and develop the centre in line with organisational and government initiatives; create an atmosphere where parents/carers, staff and other professionals work in partnership to ensure the best possible outcomes for the children; and ensure the sustainability of the setting is maintained.
Leadership Responsibilities:
• Responsible for day to day running of the designated Early Years and Play-work centre creating a safe, caring, stimulating and inclusive environment that promotes learning through play.
• Ensure all team members are working with children in line with Mr Bee’s ethos, pedagogy and curriculum.
• Maintain a team spirit and promote team well being, ensuring each member of the team is shown care and respect regardless of personal differences.
• Ensure families are made aware of the Mr Bee’s ethos during induction and put in effective systems of communication by preparing and distributing information to parents on a regular basis.
• Establish and promote a learning environment in which the emotional, social, psychological, physical, developmental and educational well-being of children is paramount and in which a supportive, empathetic and non-judgemental approach is used in all interactions with children and their families, particularly during the introduction and settling in processes.
• Ensure the physical environment, both inside and out, is safe, stimulating, clean, in good condition and accessible ensuring all team members endorse an environment which has high quality continuous and enhanced provision which lead to high levels of involvement and well-being.
• Promote inclusive attitudes and practices to accommodate and support the diversity of the local community.
• Promote, encourage and support the active involvement of parents/carers as a child’s first educator and experts on their child, including childminders as partners.
• Ensure that all team members are fully aware and where appropriate trained in the Family Support Process and that families and team members are fully informed about their local children centre.
• Ensure the safe delivery and collection of children to local schools.
• Ensure access to the children by unsuitable people is not permitted by maintaining building security procedures at all times children are present.
• Ensure safety of children and team members during walks and outings outside of the centre, ensuring only vehicles which have been approved to transport are used.
• Lead regular team meetings as appropriate to reflect on provision, provide in-house training and update members on both government and organisational policy and procedures.
• Ensure all health and safety records are completed in line with policy and procedure.
A full job description and personal specification is available on application.