Early Years Lead
Castlechurch Primary School, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9SY19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
28 April 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 February 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
Additional allowances
TLR2
What skills and experience we're looking for
Start Date: April 2025
Location: Castlechurch Primary School, Tennyson Road, Stafford, ST17 9SY
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational Early Years Lead who will oversee the leadership and development of our EYFS unit and the leadership of phonics across our school. In return we will offer the successful candidate access to a wide range of resources and professional development offered from both within our school and the across the Children First Learning Partnership Trust that we are a member school of.
We are looking for someone with:
- A passion for EYFS teaching and learning and an outstanding knowledge of the EYFS curriculum and child development that can be utilised, motivate, inspire and stimulate curiosity, interest and enjoyment of learning in all of our pupils
- Experience of leadership and making a clear impact on pupil outcomes.
- A secure knowledge of the teaching and learning of phonics and strategies to encourage rich language acquisition.
- An excellent understanding of the importance of the development of early reading and writing and able to take on the responsibility of Early Reading Lead.
- High aspirations for all children rooted in the belief that every child has the potential to succeed.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work as part of a supportive and enthusiastic team, leading and inspiring others with a clear vision of what Early Years education looks like.
- High expectations of pupils in terms of learning, achievement and behaviour.
What the school offers its staff
Dear Candidate,
Castlechurch Primary School is part of the Children First Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust, the motto of our MAT is Inspiring Excellence Together. It promotes high aspirations and excellence for all as we believe every child really does matter. Our aim is to develop a strong partnership between the schools, pupils, and the wider community to secure an outstanding learning experience for everyone. We have high expectations and strive to create independent and happy learners fit for life in modern Britain. Our school is a good school and are an important part of the local community.
Trust Vision:
The Children First Learning Partnership is a community of schools in which our children come first; we are proud of each and every one of them and want them to thrive, flourish and achieve their full potential within a supportive and caring environment.
Our vision is to be one of the highest performing and constantly improving Trusts in the country with capacity and capability to support others for the benefit of all children
Our Trust Values
We will achieve this:
- through excellent teaching that challenges and inspires and through providing enrichment opportunities that support each child’s development.
- by building a strong and collegiate identity for our Trust whilst recognising that each school within the Children First Learning Partnership has its own unique characteristics.
- through collaboration and joint working, we will develop a culture in which we trust each other to ensure that all our schools share in, and benefit from, each other’s strengths.
- by recruiting, retaining and developing the highest quality staff who nurture and inspire in order to deliver the best educational outcomes – and be the employer of choice.
- by ensuring Members and Directors are accountable for the educational outcomes of every child in every school in the Trust, and the overall combined success of the MAT, including its financial viability, sustainability and integrity as we develop and grow.
- by ensuring that our Trust’s sense of responsibility and accountability for every child’s success permeates through all our schools, every Local Advisory Board (LAB) and every member of staff.
- ensuring leadership development is focused on empowerment, accountability and improvement at every level
- by working in partnership with other schools, MAT’s and agencies to ensure that each school is at the heart of its community;
Mrs E Goodyear
Headteacher
Our School and the Post
We are a one and a half form first school with 300 on roll which includes our Nursery pupils. We are a very close and effective team of staff who work hard to provide the very best experiences for our children. Our senior leaders are highly skilled and lead Maths & English, SEN and EYFS provision, 1 of which is also our Assistant Head. We have about 35% of our pupils who are in receipt of pupil premium funding. The school is currently judged to be good by Ofsted. Details of our latest report can be found here - https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50235711
School Structure (45 PAN)
EYFS
- 1x Nursery & 1x Reception Class
- Smiling Sunshines and Little Raindrops
Key Stage One
- 3 x mixed Year 1 and 2 classes
- Maple, Willow & Hazel
Lower Key Stage Two
- 3 x mixed Year 4 and 5 classes
- Pine, Rowan, Beech
Upper Key Stage Two
- 3 x mixed Year 5 and 6 classes
- Oak. Elm, Cedar
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office.cas@cflptrust.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Castlechurch Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 265 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Castlechurch Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office.cas@cflptrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01785 334955
Arranging a visit to Castlechurch Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office.cas@cflptrust.co.uk.
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