Early Years Subject Leads

St Pauls Nursery School & Children's Centre, Bristol, BS2 9JF

21 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £51,773.00 - £55,747.00 Annually (FTE)

Early Years Subject Leads job summary

Are you an experienced Early Years Leader or Setting Manager eager for your next professional challenge? The Bristol & Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, covering the north of the SW region, is recruiting for three Subject Leads. These three rewarding Early Years Learning Lead roles, will each specialise in a distinct area: Maths, Communication and Language, and Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED).

As an Early Years Learning Lead, you will facilitate high-quality DfE-approved CPD for practitioners, provide specialist subject support to Early Years settings, and engage in regional and national networking with fellow professionals. Your expertise and passion will be instrumental in driving excellence and innovation across the sector.

Maths Lead (3 days per week or 114 days per year): Champion mathematical learning and development, supporting practitioners to embed numeracy and spatial reasoning in everyday practice.

Please see the attached Expression of Interest (EOI) for more information and to apply for the Early Years Maths Lead role. Your completed forms should be e-mailed to: sph@beyth.co.uk

Communication and Language Lead (4 days per week or 152 days per year): Promote language-rich environments, develop practitioner knowledge and support communication development for all children.

Please see the attached Expression of Interest (EOI) for more information and to apply for the Early Years Language Lead role. Your completed forms should be e-mailed to: sph@beyth.co.uk

PSED Lead (2 days per week or 76 days per year): Lead initiatives which support practitioners to foster children’s emotional wellbeing, social skills and resilience within Early Years settings.

Please see the attached Expression of Interest (EOI) for more information and to apply for the Early Years PSED Lead role. Your completed forms should be e-mailed to: sph@beyth.co.uk

If you are committed to continuous professional development and keen to make a wider impact, we would love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the future of Early Years education!

These roles will be contracted by the SPH on an L1 - L4 pay rate, or equivalent daily rate, to be confirmed. They are funded up until March 2028 in the first instance, with the possibility of contracts being extended dependent on funding. These roles can be term time only with some holiday working, or all year round, however the number of days per year is fixed. We will consider job shares.

Roles can be undertaken in one of three ways:

Being paid directly as a self-employed contractor / consultant

By agreed release from your existing role, with payment be made to your setting for your release

Possible fixed term contract up to March 2028

Closing date: Wednesday 17th June at 9am.

Interviews will be held on:

PSED Subject lead: Monday 22nd June

Maths Subject Lead: Tuesday 23rd June

Language Subject Lead: Thursday 25th June

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.

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

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 St Pauls Nursery School & Children's Centre

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 3 to 5
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 132 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 5
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Pauls Nursery School & Children's Centre website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-pauls-nursery-school-children-s-centre

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified or experienced practitioner to join our outstanding, vibrant inner city Nursery School & Children’s Centre.
Come and join our exceptional, reflective, creative, sensitive and supportive staff team and be part of our happy setting.
At St Pauls we strive to ensure all our children, families and staff teams feel valued, are inspired by learning and thrive in our learning community.
We hope this sounds like the sort of place you want to work in.
St Pauls is also a National Teaching School, so offers high quality professional learning and development, plays host to many visitors and is involved in developing and sharing research. All staff have opportunities to get involved in deeper level thinking.

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