Early Years Strategic Lead

Learn Academies Trust, Market Harborough, LE16 9TW

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  12 November 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  29 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £51,773.00 Annually (FTE) The position will be paid on the Teachers Leadership Scale dependent on experience, and pro rata for hours worked.

Early Years Strategic Lead job summary

The postholder will work collaboratively with school leaders and practitioners to embed best practice, drive innovation, and support continuous improvement. The post is part-time for 0.2FTE (1 day per week). The key responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a trust-wide Early Years strategy aligned with the Trust’s vision and values.
• Lead on the rollout of the strategy across all schools, ensuring consistency and excellence in EYFS provision.
• Provide expert guidance and support to EYFS leads and practitioners across the Trust.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of Early Years provision, using data and evidence to inform improvements.
• Facilitate professional development opportunities and communities of practice for EYFS staff.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to ensure Early Years priorities are reflected in school development plans.
• Stay abreast of national developments in Early Years education and ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of national and local initiatives which may affect the Trust’s policy and practice.
• Use own learning to develop new and effective approaches to teaching and learning across the trust;
• Support Teaching and Learning to ensure EYFS pupils make good progress and that staff are equipped with effective strategies to best support pupils, including:

➢ Modelling effective teaching, to coach and train colleagues

➢ Identifying and disseminating the most effective teaching approaches for pupils in EYFS

➢ Work with staff to develop effective ways of bridging barriers to learning through assessment of needs

➢ Working with pupils, class teachers and phase leaders to ensure realistic and challenging expectations of pupils

Please find attached the job description, which gives further details on the person specification. If you have the experience we are looking for we would love to hear from you.

The job holder will be required to travel across the Trust schools as part of this role. Flexibility is available as to when the 0.2 FTE is worked during the school week.

Why join us?

• A welcoming, inclusive workplace
• Opportunities for growth and career progression in a Trust that invests in its people
• A supportive environment for your professional development
• Staff Wellbeing Offering
• Bike to work scheme

Safeguarding and Recruitment:

Our Schools/Trust and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. For all short-listed candidates, references will be requested in advance of the interview, and an online search will be carried out. The successful applicant will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure, proof of ID, social media checks, medical clearance, and checks regarding the right to work in the UK.

Learn Academies Trust is committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity and creating a truly inclusive Trust. We are determined to ensure all our stakeholders flourish and thrive. We aim to foster a culture where all are valued and respected. We acknowledge and celebrate all protected characteristics. We endeavour to remove all barriers to learning and participation. Our ED&I Policy and objectives are integral to all that we do.

Our vision for ED&I is simple: we aim to create an environment where everyone has a seat at the table, where everyone has a voice and where everyone belongs. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references (these will be requested if you are shortlisted) and successful completion of vetting.

Learn Academies Trust is a Disability Confident employer and is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Learn Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/learn-academies-trust

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