EYFS Lead
Betty Layward Primary School, London, N16 9EX8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary
- Inner London MPS/UPS + TLR
What skills and experience we're looking for
EYFS Phase Lead | Who We're Looking For
- A qualified EYFS Teacher with UK QTS and a track record of delivering high-quality early years education.
- Be a proven strong EYFS teacher who has a clear understanding of high-quality teaching, learning and curriculum.
- Previous leadership experience or the ambition to take on a leadership role.
- A strong understanding of the EYFS framework and child development.
- A proactive and inspiring leader who can support and develop the EYFS team.
- A commitment to creating a nurturing, inclusive, and engaging learning environment.
- A commitment to developing an engaging and exciting curriculum based on practical and first-hand learning experiences set within a very strong learning environment.
What the school offers its staff
At Betty Layward, we are extremely lucky to work with a wonderful community, with brilliant children, with talented staff and with supportive parents and carers.
We are a thriving popular two form primary school with a nursery.
We currently have 447 children on role, representing diverse cultural backgrounds and heritages. Our children speak more than 30 different languages and our families originate from more than 30 different countries. Our community is our greatest asset.
Betty Layward Primary School is a dynamic school, full of creativity, where children are fully immersed in their learning. The children are kind, thoughtful and demonstrate excellent behaviour. They enjoy responsibility and form lovely relationships with each other.
At Betty Layward we want our children to feel confident, to enjoy learning, to see themselves as successful lifelong learners and to have responsible attitudes towards themselves and others. We have an ethos of high aspirations, high achievement and continuous improvement. Our aim is to create better societies and for our children to be great citizens of our world.
We can offer you:
- A calm, respectful, welcoming and friendly environment
- A passionate, driven and successful school where you will feel well supported in your role
- A very well resourced and attractive environment
- A robust induction process
- A school that is committed to ensuring that every child succeeds
- The support of an experienced leadership team.
- A chance to work in a diverse, inclusive and vibrant community
- A truly professional, committed and creative staff
- Active and supportive parents and governors
- Inspirational, friendly and talented children
In particular we are looking for someone who:
- Is self-reflective and seeking to be the best at their profession.
- Has a passion for teaching and is ambitious for children and making a
difference.
- Enjoys working with other people and being part of a team
- Experience of working with SEND,
- A passion for children’s learning and development
- A willingness to try new things and to help develop new strategies in curriculum and assessment
- A person who has high aspirations for themselves and a commitment to further development.
Our commitment to EDI
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Applicants who meet the criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age or veteran status.
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.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin@bettylayward.org
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Betty Layward Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 442 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Betty Layward Primary School website
- Email address
- admin@bettylayward.org
- Phone number
- 020 7249 7111
Betty Layward is a unique and welcoming two form entry school where we believe that every child has the right to reach their potential. We understand that as the world is ever-changing potential will blossom if children are prepared for life with the skills to advance, adapt and grow. Our duty as a school is to inspire, develop and nurture every child to have the confidence to learn. We believe that no child should be left behind. At Betty Layward we know that children learn best when they feel valued, cared for and are given a variety of opportunities to express themselves creatively.
At Betty Layward we believe that potential is not just limited to academic success. We actively promote an environment where each child achieves their full potential through a creative, broad and enriched curriculum that promotes a love of learning. Art, Sport, Music and Drama are core elements of our curriculum and we strive to ensure that they continue to be valued.
At Betty Layward we:
Keep children at the centre of all we do
Have high expectations of ourselves and all our learners
Recognise the contribution that everyone can make to children’s learning
Encourage everyone to be a problem solver with a ‘can do’ attitude
Build self confidence by supporting risk taking
Provide challenging active learning that gives choice and independence
and encourages thinking
Ensure our school is an inclusive, stimulating environment that reflects
and celebrates our creative learning
Make use of our location so that pupils experience and feel part of
London
Enable our pupils to understand they are citizens of a wider global
community.
We believe that the education of our children is a shared responsibility between home and school. We work in close partnership with families to ensure that our children have a positive and rewarding journey throughout their time at Betty Layward. We actively encourage parental and family involvement in our school through volunteering, school trips and our active PTFA. We also run various workshops for parents throughout the academic year. This helps to create an environment where the children feel happy, confident and secure.
Being part of the Betty Layward community is a pleasure and a privilege. We are a friendly, inspiring and thoroughly inclusive place to learn.
Arranging a visit to Betty Layward Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@bettylayward.org.
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