Deputy Manager (Maternity Cover)
Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery, WELLINGBOROUGH, Northamptonshire, NN8 2AX17 days remaining to apply
Closing date
9 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,624.00 - £31,586.00 Annually (FTE) 37 hours per week, 52-week contract
Deputy Manager (Maternity Cover) job summary
Our friendly and busy, expanding nursery school is looking to appoint an efficient and effective Deputy Manager to join our team and cover maternity leave from December 2024.
Foundations for Children Nursery Schools Federation comprises of four maintained nursery schools: Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families and Parklands Nursery School in Northampton; and Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery and Highfield Nursery School in Wellingborough. We have over 80 years' experience providing high quality early education for children aged 0-5, in some of the most disadvantaged areas in our towns.
We offer you:
- A friendly, collaborative community of children and their families, staff and governors
- A caring and supportive working environment that prioritises wellbeing
- Opportunity for progression and CPD within the Federation and the wider maintained nursery school network
- Competitive salary and generous annual leave entitlement
- A generous Local Government pension scheme
- Discounted nursery sessions for your children
- Free onsite parking
Purpose
- To assist the Deputy Headteacher and the management team with leadership, management and daily operation of the nursery provision
- To fully implement curriculum policy within the nursery provision in terms of the image of the child being visual to all decisions, planning, practices and reviews
- To deputise the nursery team, who are responsible for and assist with planning the learning and teaching environment as well as keeping records of progress for groups of children
Main duties
- To support the SMT in ensuring the effective day-to-day operation of the education, care and services offered
- To contribute to the enhancement of early education and childcare for children aged 0-3 through effective planning, evaluation and assessment of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum
- In conjunction with the management team, to develop and implement weekly and daily plans which ensure the highest quality learning and teaching environment, for your area of responsibility within the nursery provision
- To be a named Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) for the nursery school, to implement policies, and to ensure that procedures and practice to safeguard children's health, safety, inclusion and wellbeing are being followed by the staff team
- To assist with recruiting, selection and retention of nursery staff
- To assist the SENDCo with observations, assessments and school action plans for children with special educational needs
- In conjunction with the Deputy Headteacher, to ensure professional development plans are in place for all practitioners and that a range of training and professional development opportunities are provided with evidence of impact
- To plan and deliver a range of interventions for children, with evidence of impact of learning outcomes
- To provide reports and updates to governors and SMT on the children's progress and quality of the education, care and services
- To oversee the observation, assessment, planning and reports process, to share with parents/carers and the SMT
This job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the postholder, and identifies the level of responsibility at which they will be required to work. When required and where feasible, they may be asked to work at other schools within the Federation.
To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form,including a personal statement describing how your experience, skills,and knowledge meet the criteria for this post as laid out in the jobdescription/person specification. You will also be required to completeand return a self-disclosure declaration with your application. Submitboth through MyNewTerm.
To learn more about our schools and/or working for Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery, please visit https://www.ffcnschools.com, email Sophie Prior at SPrior@ffcnschools.com, or phone 01933 279 681 between 08:00-18:00 on weekdays.
Foundationsfor Children Nursery Schools Federation is strongly committed tosafeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.References will be sought for all short-listed candidates prior tointerviewing, and the successful candidate will be required to undertakean enhanced DBS check and a pre-employment medical assessment.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 0 to 4
- Education phase
- Nursery
- School size
- 113 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- Not given
- Ofsted report
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