Early Years Lead Teacher

Bird In Bush School, Peckham, SE15 1QP

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  6 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Main or Upper Pay Scale
• Additional allowances:

  Teaching and Learning Responsibility Points reflective of experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

ESSENTIAL

Training and Qualifications

• Qualified teacher status

• Undertaken recent training on whole school curriculum and other teaching and learning issues

Abilities and Skills

• Excellent teaching and class management skills, exemplary in using planning, organisation, assessment, behaviour management and interpersonal skills to secure outstanding pupil attainment and pupil progress

• Ability to set an example to others; to inspire, motivate and support pupils, staff and governors

• Commitment to excellence and ability to significantly raise the academic and personal achievement of all pupils

• High level of written and spoken communication skill, appropriate for different situations

• High level of organisational and time management skill

• Ability to promote and maintain high levels of behaviour in pupil

Knowledge

A thorough knowledge of:

• the new National Curriculum and the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum

• what contributes an exceptional curriculum entitlement for primary school pupils/children

• Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

• the relationship between curriculum planning, pupil assessment, monitoring and target setting

• the commitment needed to develop and maintain positive relationships with the school’s governing body, external agencies, the local authority and other schools

Experience

• Has successful class teaching experience across the relevant phase age range

DESIRABLE

• A strong sense of determination and lots of energy

• Effective ICT skills

• The skills to summarise and articulate complicated information to a wide audience including parents, governors, children and staff

• Knowledge of new guidance on best practice in Early Years Education (assessed at interview) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beststart-in-life-a-research-review-for-early-years/best-start-in-life

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stron g-foundations-in-the-first-years-of-school/strong-foundations-in-the-first-years-of-school

• Has been involved in whole-school development planning

• Has worked effectively with parents and the wider community

• Has worked or willing to demonstrate the desire to work in a vibrant, multi ethnic, urban environment

What the school offers its staff

We are a multicultural inner-city Southwark primary school with a friendly supportive team, whose diversity is an asset. The school offers exceptional levels of support and excellent opportunities for professional development to all its teachers. We are extremely proud of our diverse pupil intake (with over 60% of pupils from families receiving FSM or NRPF support) as well immensely proud of the diversity of our staff team (over 50% of our staff team are from a BAME background).

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@birdinbush.southwark.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Early Years Lead Teacher Advert Spring 2025.pdf - 125 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 289 KB (opens in new tab)

About Bird In Bush School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 484 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bird In Bush School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@birdinbush.southwark.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/camelot-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Bird In Bush School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@birdinbush.southwark.sch.uk.

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