Pre-School Room Lead

Brimsdown Primary School, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7NA

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  25 January 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  16 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,030.00 - £27,855.00 Annually (Actual)

Pre-School Room Lead job summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title: Pre-School Room Lead

Present Grade: SCALE 5

Report to: Line Manager (Nursery/Preschool Lead), SLT, Headteacher

Purpose of the job

Alongside the nursery/preschool lead, to assist in the education process by working directly with children in particular:

• Ensure a warm, welcoming and safe environment is maintained and a high quality of physical, emotional, social and intellectual provision is made for children in the setting.
• Ensure that a high quality learning environment is maintained.
• Plan and facilitate appropriate learning experiences for children based on their developmental needs and interests in relation to ‘The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage’.
• To establish and maintain appropriate contact with parents, specialist support staff, and other adults involved in the education of children.
• To follow, maintain and promote the school core values of respect, responsibility, care, honesty, and determination

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Assist the nursery/preschool lead in the education process, by participating in the planning and development of the curriculum.

2. Agree and establish programmes of complementary activities and promote pupil development, both individually and collectively.

3. Observe and monitor pupil progress, adapting an agreed approach to meet particular needs, and assisting with maintaining records of the children’s development and attainments.

4. Assist in the provision of a full range of stimulating activities for children and encourage their physical, intellectual, emotional and social development.

5. Promote the development of numeracy, language and speech, PSE and physical development including providing additional support to children with special needs or to bilingual learners, by working alongside the teacher.

6. Under the guidance of the line manager, lead and contribute to the assessment of pupils’ progress and the maintenance of appropriate written records.

7. Maintain secure relationships with pupils, ensuring the care, health and welfare of the children at all times.

8. As directed, provide additional care for pupils with particular needs as part of a planned programme and help maintain formal records.

9. Share the school commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people referring safeguarding concerns to the appropriate designated person for further action.

10. Assist with maintaining good discipline of pupils throughout the nursery/preschool at all times. When directed, escort and supervise pupil(s) on planned visits.

11. Maintain supportive relationships with parents referring any difficult or sensitive matters concerning pupils to nursery/preschool lead.

12. Lead the sessions by collaborating directly with professional or specialist support staff involved in the children’s education. These may include social workers, health visitors, language support staff, speech therapists, educational psychologists, and physiotherapists.

13. Any other duties required by the nursery/preschool lead/SLT or Headteacher within the scope of this post.

14. The postholder shall ensure that the duties of the post are undertaken with due regard of the School’s Health & Safety Policy and to their personal responsibilities under the provision of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and all other relevant subordinate legislation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

All schools and services in Enfield are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Therefore, all workers and employees within Enfield are expected to share this commitment.

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.

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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 Brimsdown Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 494 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brimsdown Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brimsdown-primary-school

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