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Early Years & Childcare Manager

Gunthorpe Primary School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7YP

This job expired on 9 March 2026

• Job start date

  13 April 2026

• Closing date

  9 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,061.00 - £35,412.00 Annually (FTE) £26751 to £29547 - pro rata (Term time only working pattern)

Early Years & Childcare Manager job summary

Are you passionate about early years education and ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Early Years & Childcare Manager to join our friendly team at Gunthorpe Primary School. As Preschool Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in leading our preschool and wraparound care provision, ensuring exceptional standards of care, learning and safeguarding for all our children. You will manage and inspire a dedicated team, support curriculum quality, drive continuous improvement and be the first point of contact for parents and the local community.

Within this role you will work 37 hours per week on a term time only basis, working 08:15 to 16:15 Monday to Thursday and 08:15 to 16:00 on a Friday, over 38 weeks of the academic year.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Operational management of the preschool and wraparound care

Leading on safeguarding as Deputy DSL

Working with the Headteacher to ensure the EYFS curriculum is of a high quality provision

Managing staff, budgets and business operations

Building strong relationships with parents and the community

Why work with us:

We believe that we will only recruit and retain the best colleagues if we are committed to investing in your career. As a partner school of Soke Education Trust, you will have access to support from within the trust and from external partners and be part of our Safeguarding Network team . We are committed to supporting your continuous professional development, your wellbeing and work life balance. You will have access to our EAP scheme, our Wider Wallet benefit package and a local government pension scheme.

Next Steps:

To find out more about the role and to view the school, please contact our HR team email: hr@sokeeducationtrust.co.uk. Our Trust and School website provide more information, visit gunthorpeprimary.org.uk

We reserve the right to close the applications early if a suitable candidate is found

We look forward to welcoming you to Gunthorpe Primary School.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and medical questionnaire.

Soke Education Trust is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

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About Gunthorpe Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 341 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gunthorpe Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gunthorpe-primary-school-peterborough

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