EYFS Leader

St Fidelis Catholic Primary School, Erith, Kent, DA8 3HQ

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Full time - Monday-Friday 32.5 hours pw Part time considered
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS or UPS dependent on Experience with TLR2
• Additional allowances:

  TLR2

What skills and experience we're looking for

Education and Training

• Qualified Teacher Status.

• Degree or Equivalent.

• Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies.

• A commitment to further professional development.

Experience

• Evidence of being an excellent classroom practitioner.

• Experience teaching in Early Years.

• Experience of working in a Catholic School.

• Experience of leading or assisting beyond the individual classroom.

• Experience in managing and supporting staff.

• Experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating EYFS practices.

Faith Commitment

• Practising Catholic or demonstrates an understanding and commitment to the ethos and distinctive nature of a Catholic school.

• Commitment to participate in the faith life of the community.

Knowledge and Understanding

A working knowledge and understanding of:

• Current practices and strategic developments in primary education.

• A working knowledge of the requirements of the National Curriculum.

• Strategies to promote effective Learning and Teaching.

• Strategies to develop children’s phonic and reading skills.

• Understand and use assessment and record keeping as a means of planning for differentiated Teaching and Learning.

• The statutory requirements of legislation concerning Child Protection/Safeguarding requirements and the Teacher Standards.

• A working knowledge and understanding of how Religious Education is taught in a Catholic School.

• A broad range of interests and a commitment to providing a rich curriculum experience for the children.

• Strong understanding of the EYFS framework.

Skills and Abilities

Will:

• Have high expectations of attainment and behaviour.

• Be an excellent communicator with good organisational and interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

• Be confident in the use of ICT to support learning.

• Have an ability to provide a clear vision and direction for effective EYFS practice.

• Have the ability to create a safe, positive, and stimulating Early Years learning environments.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Ability to liaise with all stakeholders, including education and other professionals, governors, and parents.

Personal Attributes

Will be:

• Willing to share ideas, energy and initiative.

• Enthusiastic and excited about teaching children.

• Committed to school improvement and raising pupil achievement.

• Committed to an inclusive education.

• A team player, keen to engage in all aspects of the life of our school.

• Committed to working with parents and the wider community.

• Evidence of ongoing professional development, particularly in relation to EYFS.

What the school offers its staff

St Fidelis is seeking to appoint a new EYFS Leader to determine the strategic development and ensure the delivery of the school’s provision with its nursery and two Reception classes in the London Borough of Bexley.

The school’s new EYFS Leader will work across the EYFS settings in the school to support the professional development of both teachers and support staff, ensuring that all children have access to great learning opportunities across the settings.

You will be dedicated to ensuring that all our children receive the very best early years education possible, both within and beyond their classrooms.

You will have a good understanding of how early childhood development occurs and what role an EYFS setting can play in that development. You will have detailed knowledge of the EYFS statutory framework and handbook.

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 mhannon1.303@st-fidelis.bexley.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

EYFS Leader Job Description (1).pdf - 67.5 KB (opens in new tab)

EYFS Person Specification (1).pdf - 61.1 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Fidelis Catholic Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 458 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Fidelis Catholic Primary School website
• Email address: scrumley.303@st-fidelis.bexley.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01322 337752
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-fidelis-catholic-primary-school

St Fidelis is a successful and popular school. Integral to the school’s success is a determination to only recruit staff of the highest calibre. There is an expectation that our children only deserve our very best.

St Fidelis is a highly rewarding place to work. Staff are developed and supported in order to be the very best that they can be. Over the last three and a half years teachers within our school have been developed to take on senior leadership roles both within and beyond the school. There has been one appointed to headship, four to deputy headship and three to assistant headship. This is as a consequence of the career opportunities the school offers and the high regard that staff from St Fidelis are held in by colleagues from other schools.

Arranging a visit to St Fidelis Catholic Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email scrumley.303@st-fidelis.bexley.sch.uk.

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