Pre-School Leader
Hunsbury Park Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 9RR23 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
28 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,824.00 Annually (FTE) Band G (point 8-12)
Pre-School Leader job summary
The Role
Hunsbury Park Pre-School is looking for an outstanding individual to join us on our journey in continuing to develop a pre-school for the children and families of the community, providing the care and education they deserve.
We are a safe, happy and inspiring environment that help to support children to thrive and achieve their true potential in an environment that is best suited to their needs. You will become an integral part of a team of passionate staff who work tirelessly to create an enjoyable learning experience for our children. The team is newly formed and will therefore provide an opportunity for you as the lead to create a special provision for the children and staff.
As a school-run nursery, we have an Early Years Lead who oversees and supports Nursery and Reception. She plans the curriculum and skill progression maps and ensures we are Ofsted-ready. We also have a dedicated admin team who take on all the funding and registering side of a nursery. This leaves you free, as the Pre-School Leader, to concentrate on the children. You will have dedicated planning (PPA) time each week to enable you to focus on the needs and interests of the children and making the provision engaging. We encourage a play-based learning approach and a creative curriculum.
A further benefit of a school-run nursery is having access to a range of professionals to support you, such as the school SENDCo, Educational Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists as well as Forest School and music teachers who lead sessions in Nursery.
This is an exciting role and brings with it an opportunity to work closely with senior leaders in the school to continue to shape the direction of the Nursery provision.
What Hunsbury Park Offers its Staff:
At Hunsbury Park Primary School, we believe in fostering an environment that not only supports our pupils but also our dedicated staff.
We offer:
- Wellbeing days to enable you to have a paid day off for yourself.
- Golden Tickets for toil days (time off in lieu) to acknowledge and reward those who go above and beyond.
- Half-termly shout outs and rewards to celebrate individual contributions.
- Happy, well-behaved and confident children.
- Termly whole staff treats as a token of appreciation for your hard work and commitment.
- Access to Westfield Health with money towards eye care, dental and more. As well as 24/7 phone access to a GP. This also gives access to an employee benefits’ portal, which includes discounts at 100s of online high street stores, turning points into cash.
- A friendly, welcoming and supporting staff culture that champions collaboration.
- A beautiful school and nursery environment that is well-cared for and continually improved.
- The chance to be part of a school that is passionate about inspiring our children and enabling them to reach their full potential.
- A commitment to Continued Professional Development (CPD) to enhance your professional growth. This includes 5-7 INSET days a year for dedicated staff development as well as access to the National College for further self-guided learning.
- Free on-site parking.
- Term-time position - enjoy your 13 weeks holidays!
- Cycle to work and electric car scheme.
- Trust socials as we are part of the Orbis Education Trust.
If you are an inspiring pre-school leader with a drive and passion to help shape the futures of our children, then we would love to hear from you. We welcome and encourage visits to our school so you can see our provision; please contact the school office to arrange, either by email office@hunsburypark.org or by phone 01604 761566.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Hunsbury Park Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 285 pupils
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hunsbury Park Primary School website
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