Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Lead
Sunnyside Primary Academy, Northampton, NN2 8QSThis job expired on 20 January 2020
Closing date
20 January 2020 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
3 January 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 1 to Lead Practitioners range 5, £41,065 to £45,319
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Lead job summary
Are you an outstanding Early Years practitioner? Do you want to take the next step in your career and move into a leadership position? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We have an exciting new leadership role to take our EYFS into the next stage of development. We are looking for a good or outstanding EYFS practitioner who may already have some leadership experience.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, Phase Leaders will participate in the strategic leadership and management of the academy and will be responsible for the quality of teaching and learning across the phase they lead, as well as overseeing the effective management of academy resources within the phase.
The position will oversee a team of people within the phase and be responsible for performance appraisal and standards across the board. Phase Leaders will also be responsible for a whole-school core subject area (Reading, Writing, Mathematics or Science) and work across the school to lead this specific subject.
A large part of the Phase Leader role will include coaching and mentoring staff within the phase to ensure that teaching and learning is at least good or outstanding.
We’re looking for someone who has:
• The motivation to achieve the very best for the children in our care and be relentless in the pursuit of excellence
• Excellent inter-personal, communication and leadership skills, as well as the ability to inspire and challenge colleagues
• Proven experience as an effective classroom teacher and of working with children of different ages within an EYFS setting
• The ability to lead aspects of school improvement and ensure that all children are given opportunities to excel
About us
The Sunnyside Primary is located in the Kingsthorpe area of Northampton. Our friendly, supportive and enthusiastic staff aims to ensure that children grow into happy, confident individuals with a passion for learning and are dedicated to making every child feel valued, encouraging them to do their best. We believe every child should feel valued and encouraged to achieve their very best in all aspects of academy life.
We can offer a firm commitment to you and your professional development and encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference.
In Return
Working for the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), you can be assured that you will be contributing to helping support our mission to enable every child to do their best. All our academies work collaboratively together to share best practice and are supported by the expertise within the central team to enable them to focus on teaching and learning. As a GAT employee, you will receive excellent opportunities for career progression and access to bespoke CPD from the Learning Alliance to enhance your professional growth.
Visits to our academy are warmly welcomed; please call 01604 842958 or email admin@sunnysideprimaryacademy.org to arrange this.
If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks, therefore, all posts within the Trust are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
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.
About Sunnyside Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 364 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Sunnyside Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancies@greenwoodacademies.org
About us:
The Sunnyside Primary is located in the Kingsthorpe area of Northampton. All our staff aims to ensure that children grow into happy, confident individuals with a passion for learning and are dedicated to making every child feel valued, encouraging them to do their best. At the Sunnyside Primary Academy we want our children to be happy, confident individuals with a passion for learning. We believe every child should feel valued and encouraged to achieve their very best in all aspects of academy life.
You will deliver our broad curriculum, mixing academic achievement and progress with the life skills and compassion that pupils need to thrive in the modern world.
Visits are warmly welcomed, contact the academy office to discuss further.
In Return:
You can be assured that you will be joining a successful Multi Academy Trust that has a great track record in helping children to succeed no matter what their background. The Trust is dedicated to valuing and developing the workforce whether that be through ensuring a fair workload or offering access to bespoke CPD from the Learning Alliance to enhance professional growth.
We believe in looking after the people who make a huge difference to our children, their families and the communities we serve. That’s why we give everyone who joins a Perkbox account – with 24/7 access to perks and discounts, plus curated wellbeing tools to look after your physical and mental health. It’s part of our commitment to look after you.
Here’s what you can look forward to:
- Hundreds of global and local perks, available online 24/7
- Shopping discounts from the biggest brands, all year round
- Save money on everything from the supermarket shop to summer holidays
- A free Employee Assistance Programme from Health Assured
If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks, therefore, all posts within the Trust are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. It is an offence to apply for a role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
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