13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    4 October 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    21 September 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher or lecturer

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Early years

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Non-qualified teacher £30,549; qualified teacher £34,239 to £45,987 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

You are a dedicated and skilled early years professional with the ability to confidently deliver CACHE qualifications up to Level 3, supported by strong interpersonal skills that enable you to build meaningful relationships with learners, colleagues and stakeholders. Your experience in the early years sector gives you a deep understanding of child development and high‑quality practice, and you are committed to ongoing professional development to keep your knowledge current. Ideally, you also have experience planning and facilitating learning in a post‑16 environment, supporting both groups and individual students to meet targets, develop their confidence and achieve success. You either hold, or are willing to work towards, a teaching qualification such as a Certificate in Education, PGCE or Professional Diploma in Teaching, alongside a minimum Level 3 Early Years qualification .

What the college offers its staff

  • 49 days holiday (inclusive of 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days where these occur)
  • Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme with a 28.68% employer contribution
  • Development and progression opportunities e.g. fully funded teaching qualification
  • Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery
  • TOTUM discount card (aka NUS/Student Discount Card) / discounted Tastecard
  • Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets
  • Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage
  • Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse
  • Flint Bishop Solicitors – free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme

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.

This Early Years Teacher role offers the opportunity to lead a vibrant environment where high‑quality teaching is at the heart of every day. The role is key in driving strong levels of progress, ensuring students are consistently challenged, motivated and supported to achieve their best. With a focus on excellence, creativity and personalised learning, this position plays a vital part in promoting positive outcomes, strengthening retention and building a foundation for lifelong learning. You will be responsible for the planning of teaching and learning, student development and engagement, creating and marking assessments, supporting to develop and succeed, and managing student learning plans and other course and student records systems.

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

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About Derby College

Organisation type
FE College, ages 16 to 99
Education phase
Sixth form or FE college
Size
No information available
Age range
16 to 99
Ofsted report
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Website
Derby College website
Email address
hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk
Phone number
0800 028 0289
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