Early Years Leader
Longfield Primary School, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 7NZThis job expired on 24 April 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £42430 to £48532
Pay scale
- M4 to M6
Additional allowances
TLR2b
What skills and experience we're looking for
Longfield Primary School is looking for an Early Years Leader
Are you an experienced or aspiring EYFS Leader, with experience, looking for an exciting challenge?The community of Longfield Primary School in Harrow are seeking an EYFS Leader to lead an ambitious professional team in the pursuit of excellent learning in our happy, vibrant, highly motivated, inspiring school.
We are passionate about our school
Longfield Primary School is at the heart of a diverse community. We are very proud of these links and are a well-established school with a sense of pride, community spirit and strong values.
We are a school that offers excellent facilities, a very supportive staff and leadership team. Our diverse curriculum helps prepare children to become lifelong learners through the development of the 5Rs, Resilience, responsibility, reasoning, reflectiveness and resourcefulness which underpins our school values- safety, mutual respect, a positive attitude, independence and growth.
We are extremely passionate about providing our children with the best possible start to their education and ensuring they are the best that they can be and have the privilege of helping to shape our children’s view of education at the very beginning of their school life. We’re looking to continuously improve as a school and we want to bring in someone who has the drive and ambition to lead change motivate, inspire and lead in our Early Years. We have a Nursery class and three Reception classes.
We are looking for someone who:
- Will be an exemplar of consistent good practice as a Class Teacher, who consistently demonstrates all aspects of the Teacher Standards to a high standard.
- Will effectively lead whole school phonics by developing systems & policies, monitoring pupil progress, and leading on data analysis.
- Will demonstrate skill in using data analysis to identify groups and trends and drive improvement through the implementation of effective strategies to ensure strong phonic and EYFS outcomes for all pupils.
- Is able to lead high-quality continuous professional development (CPD) to ensure that the teaching and learning of Phonics is of good to outstanding quality, thereby promoting effective learning for all pupils.
- Is able to coordinate the day-to-day management of the EYFS Team and be responsible for communication within the team.
- Will coordinate opportunities for working collaboratively across the EYFS Team, for example, to support transition and organise learning during themed weeks/days.
- Will maintain a regular overview of the progress children in your team are making, ensuring all children are being supported and challenged appropriately
- Will lead a staff team – training, supporting and coaching staff and appraising performance
- Will be an effective member of the middle leadership team assisting the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher in implementing positive changes for the benefit of the whole school.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer in return:
- Wonderful children who are just beginning their educational journey, who have enquiring minds and are developing a creative love of learning
- A supportive community, including the staff team who thrive on challenge and all have the children’s best interests at heart
- Our school motto, working together, achieving forever, promoting lifelong learning
- An environment that has embedded strong values that are understood by everyone
- Dedicated colleagues who will support and challenge you to continue to grow as a leader
- A commitment to self improvement with an aspiring attititude to professional development
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Longfield Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 727 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Longfield Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@longfieldprimary.co.uk
- Phone number
- 02088667331
Longfield Primary is a four-form entry primary school situated in the heart of a vibrant multi-cultural community in Harrow.
Arranging a visit to Longfield Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@longfieldprimary.co.uk.
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