Preschool Lead

Experienced Early Years Practitioner required as Pre-school Lead

Part time, 21 hours, 3 days per week, term time only. To be paid NJC Grade D Scale Point 8 £14.36ph

Permanent Post to commence October 2026

Are you passionate about developing our very youngest children to be the very best they can be? Do you want the chance to make a real difference to the children in our care? If the answer is yes then read on as we would love you to join our team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and talented Early Years Worker to join our wonderful supportive staff at Hennock Primary School. This position is an exciting opportunity to continue to enhance our popular and well supported pre-school setting.

This post will involve leading the Pre-school including planning and preparation throughout the week. It involves creating a fun, nurturing, stimulating and safe environment for the children that meets individual’s needs; preparing and resourcing activities and provision linked to the EYFS curriculum; assessing children’s progress and determining next steps in their learning and working collaboratively with other members of our EYFS team as well as parents and carers.

We are looking for someone who puts children at the heart of everything they do and wants the very best outcomes for all children in their care. You will need to be able to spot opportunities to develop learning in the moment. You will also need to show a high degree of initiative and be solution focussed. The successful candidate will have robust knowledge of EYFS, an awareness of the new Framework and have the excellent communication and organisational skills to lead the pre-school team and work closely with other leaders across the school. The individual must be highly motivated and have a positive attitude to making a difference.

For this role, you must hold a Level 3 Early Years qualification or a similar/higher/equivalent qualification;

Ideally, you will also:

• Have experience of working within and leading an early years setting;

• Have a robust and thorough knowledge of the EYFS curriculum;

• Have excellent literacy and numeracy skills;

• Be able to build positive relationships with children, staff and parents and work as part of a team;

• Be energetic, positive and enthusiastic;

• Be able to use your own initiative;

• Be warm, friendly and have a good sense of humour

What we can offer you:

• Salary Sacrifice offers, including Bike2Work, Tech Scheme and Gym Membership
• Substantial workplace pension
• Term time ‘Give Back Day’ to take for personal reasons
• Staff Wellbeing support
• CPD opportunities for all staff

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and Social Media online check.