EYFS Lead and Class Teacher

Willingham Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5LE

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  20 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,101.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Main Scale/Upper PayScale + TLR 2.1

EYFS Lead and Class Teacher job summary

EYFS Lead and Class teacher

Willingham Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All appointments are conditional, and subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Post: Full time Class Teacher and EYFS Lead from September 2026

Salary: Dependent on experience Main Scale or Upper Pay Scale +TLR 2.1 (£3526)

Want to challenge and extend your understanding of what good teaching is? Want to use what we know from Cognitive Psychology about how the brain works to drive your practice and that of your team? Want to be part of improving the outcomes for a fabulous group of motivated pupils?

We are looking for someone to join our supportive and motivated Early Years Team to lead and inspire the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) at Willingham Primary School and Honeypot Pre-School. The EYFS lead will work closely with the Pre-School Lead and the Assistant Headteacher for EYFS and KS1 to thrive improvement to ensure all children have the best start in life at Willingham.

You will be looking to take on a new challenge and will strive to develop a deeper understanding of cognitive psychology and how we can develop classroom practice to reflect this. You will not be afraid to research and voice your ideas/opinions, even if they may be deemed ‘radical’, ensuring that there is always sound scientific theory behind them.

Why choose Willingham Primary School?

• We focus on what works, not on what has always been done
• Our warm/strict behaviour curriculum enables teachers to teach and pupils to learn
• We have a traditional, subject-based curriculum in Y1-Y6 and teach to the seven areas of the EYFS Framework in Reception
• Our Leadership Team work as a team to ensure that the school’s strategic direction is maintained and accelerated
• You will receive highly focused, high-quality Professional Development during which you will have a chance to read and discuss academic research; hear from experts in their field and practise techniques and theories within a supportive and caring team.
• You can be part of refining an incredible, knowledge-based curriculum, ensuring knowledge is built upon each year and that pupils remember, long-term, what they’ve been taught
• We value staff wellbeing and offer a Wellbeing Day to all staff each academic year
• Access to the Cycle2work scheme helps to promote the health and wellbeing of our staff.

The right candidate will align totally with our values of hard work, integrity and kindness and will support us in achieving our mission statement: to provide pupils with the knowledge, experiences and confidence they need to excel at secondary school and so that they can make the choices, now and in the future, to have a happy, fulfilling life.

This post could suit a professional with Early Years experience, who is looking to progress in their career. However; we want the right people, not just people with the right experience.

Visits to the school or a phone call with the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher or Assistant Headteacher are strongly encouraged. Please contact the School Office on 01954 283030, to arrange a meeting.

This appointment is subject to Enhanced DBS Check, Barred List Checks and two positive references.

Closing date for applications: Monday 20th April 9am
Short Listing: Monday 20th April 2026
Interviews: Thursday 24th April

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 Willingham Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 341 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Willingham Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/willingham-primary-school-cambridge

At Willingham Primary School, we have created a welcoming atmosphere where all are respected, valued and we work hard to get better every day, from whatever our starting point.

Whether it’s in the way that the staff deliver their lessons; the content that is being taught; the attitudes of children with each other and towards their learning; or the effort that they put into their work, the expectation is that we improve together. We work so that each day builds upon the last and leads towards the next.

We offer teaching, founded in sound principles of cognitive psychology, to support each child to achieve their potential within a happy, friendly, caring community. We are committed to working towards providing children with an aspirational, knowledge-rich curriculum and to provide equality of opportunity, which will allow equitable success.

The discipline that we engender, in and out of the classroom, is evident in all areas of school-life and we support the children to become the best versions of themselves. We aim to foster strong relationships with parents and the wider village. We see ourselves as a cohesive part of the community and endeavour to make the community proud of us.

Willingham Primary School (WPS) is at the heart of the community. We are a medium sized school with currently 351 children on roll. Our purpose-built school includes classrooms, two halls, a library area, ICT suite, sensory room, on-site catering, and staffroom. Our spacious grounds include playgrounds, a playing field, wild-life area with pond, quiet outdoor learning spaces, and an outdoor swimming pool. We also have our own pre-school on site – Honeypot Pre-School.

Willingham Primary School is a Local Authority controlled, community school.

Our Mission Statement:
The WPS mission is "to provide pupils with the knowledge, experiences and confidence they need to excel at secondary school and so that they can make the choices, now and in the future, to have a happy, fulfilling life."

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