Pre-School Leader

Great Bookham School, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT23 4JJ

42 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  24 March 2026

• Closing date

  5 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,029 (£27,789 FTE)

Pre-School Leader job summary

Great Bookham School is looking to appoint a Pre-School Leader for our nursery provision.

NVQ in Childcare & Education Level 3 Essential.

The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic, team player with experience of working within a nursery setting. The position requires good interpersonal skills and a strong desire to develop and support children in all areas of school life.

The role will be:

1. To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children in the setting.

2. To give support to their staff within the setting.

3. To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.

4. To build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met.

Contract: Monday - Friday, term time only. 32.5hrs a week

Start Date: September 2026

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged; please contact the school office for an appointment and/or further information about this exciting opportunity!

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible and you are welcome to arrange a visit to meet the team.

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 Great Bookham School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 259 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Great Bookham School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/great-bookham-school

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