Early Years Stronger Practice Adviser for Childminder Provision
Neat Academy Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 4NU18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 6 days per term (4 days working directly with childminder clusters; 2 days for planning/hub collaboration)
Contract type
- Fixed term - This is a fixed term secondment opportunity until March 2028.
Actual salary
- Your setting receives £400 per day (inclusive of travel associated with training and delivery)
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Full and relevant Level 3 qualification
- Thorough, up-to-date knowledge of the EYFS, including prime/specific learning areas, safeguarding, and assessment expectations
- Minimum 3 years' experience as a childminder or in a childminder setting (or recent childminder experience if currently in a group-based setting or Local Authority role)
- Currently working in an early years setting rated Ofsted 'Good' or 'Outstanding' (or expected standard under new framework) with children aged 0–4
- Leadership experience within early years provision
- Experience mentoring or coaching childminders, assistants, or educators and modelling best practice
- Able to communicate effectively across both face-to-face and virtual settings to suit different learning styles.
- Able to partner closely with the EYSPA Lead, local authorities, and peer childminders to raise standards across the sector
What the school offers its staff
Taking on an EYSPA role is an incredible opportunity to develop professionally while remaining rooted in early years practice:
- Your setting receives £400 per day (via a Section 14 grant) to cover release time and expenses.
- Attend mandatory, fully funded face-to-face training delivered by White Rose Education, along with ongoing virtual CPD opportunities.
- Deepen your expertise in adult mentoring, diagnostic-led action planning, and setting-to-setting guidance.
- Work closely with your local EYSPH Lead, Local Authorities, Family Hubs, and a wider network of early years professionals.
- Directly contribute to narrowing the disadvantage gap and boosting children's communication, language, and emotional wellbeing across your region.
Further information about the job
This is a fixed term opportunity until March 2028.
Are you an experienced childminder looking to share your expertise, coach fellow practitioners, and drive up quality across the early years sector?
Tyneside Early Years Hub are looking to recruit a Early Years Stronger Practice Adviser (EYSPA) for Childminder Provision to help make a real difference to young children's development and wellbeing across our region. Delivered via the Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs (EYSPH) as part of the Department for Education's Best Start in Life Strategy, this role empowers you to provide peer-to-peer coaching, build professional confidence, and support childminders who need targeted guidance to thrive. Every child deserves the best start in life.Building on the proven impact of the DfE’s previous Experts and Mentors programme, the Early Years Stronger Practice Adviser (EYSPA) programme offers targeted peer coaching to eligible childminders and settings. As a Childminder EYSPA, you will support a dedicated cluster of four childminders per term, building trusting relationships and helping them embed evidence-informed, sustainable improvements.
Looking for more information? Please contact Sarah Stock, EYSPH Lead to arrange an informal chat ons.stock@neatat.org.uk
Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying Person Specification and Job Description and complete an application form which can be located in the 'supporting documents' section. All application forms should be submitted toHR@neatat.org.ukno later than midnight on Sunday 6th September 2026.
Expected Interview Dates - 14th and 15th September 2026.
Specific training for this role will be delivered on Friday 16th October and Wednesday 4th November 2026.
Please speak to your current employer before applying to ensure they support this arrangement.
NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Neat Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Website
- Neat Academy Trust website
- Email address
- s.stock@neatat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 228 4090
Arranging a visit to Neat Academy Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s.stock@neatat.org.uk.
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