EYFS Leader

Outwood Primary School
Outwood Road                                                                                        
Heald Green
Stockport
SK8 3ND

Tel: 0161 4371715

E-mail: admin@outwood.stockport.sch.uk

Job Title:  EYFS leader

Salary: Salary Grade: Teachers pay and conditions document plus the appropriate TLR2 payment

Working Pattern: Full Time

Working Hours: 32.50 100% FTE

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date: Friday 10th May 2024 12pm

Interview Date: Friday 17th May 2024 (revised date)

Start date: 1st September 2024

Are you an excellent classroom practitioner, committed to raising standards and enabling all pupils to achieve well?

Are you excited by learning and desire to grow professionally?

Can you initiate change, inspire, motivate and lead colleagues?

If the answer to all of these questions is yes, then Outwood Primary School is interested in finding out more about you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional and motivated candidate to join our caring and forward thinking school on its exciting journey. Outwood Primary School is looking to appoint an excellent EYFS practitioner to join our team. This is a unique time to join our school and play an instrumental role in the strategic development of a new vision for EYFS provision helping to ensure that educational journey for the pupils of Outwood gets off to a flying start!

This role also comes with a TLR with a strategic focus on the continual improvement of teaching and learning in the EYFS and across the school. As such, the successful candidate will work as part of the senior leadership team to drive whole school improvement, ensuring standards are raised through the development of high quality teaching and learning and innovative practice, ensuring that the foundations built within EYFS continue throughout the school.

The successful applicant will need to be able to show evidence that they possess the skills and attributes to inspire all pupils and ensure outstanding outcomes, continually improving their own practice in order to enable every child to be the best that they can be. The successful person will also need to demonstrate that they are committed to their own professional learning and seek to continually improve and grow as a practitioner, learning from local and national partners.

As a strategic leader, the successful candidate will be able to lead by example in the classroom, modelling best practice and playing a key role in developing research-informed pedagogy so that our EYFS provision is continually improving. The successful person will have an excellent understanding of how to lead others and is deeply driven about the business of learning for both pupils and adults.

We are looking for a committed, talented and inspirational teacher and leader who:

·         has a proven record of excellent classroom practice within EYFS, including the ability to critically reflect and evaluate their own teaching

·         has high expectations for all pupils in their care as well as a strong understanding of formative assessment and how this is used to adapt teaching

·         understands how children learn effectively

·         is able to monitor, evaluate and further develop the quality of teaching and learning across the school based on principles of effective learning in EYFS

·         has a strong understanding of the importance of environment and provision in enabling learning

·         can actively contribute to the strategic development of the school

·         is able to inspire, motivate and engage all members of the school community

·         is excited by research and innovation and committed to the ongoing professional development of both themselves and others

·         is a strong communicator who desires to build excellent relationships with all stakeholders

·         is supportive of the ethos of the school

In return, we can offer you:

·         a caring and forward thinking community that is committed to ensuring that every pupil receives the best possible educational experience each and every day

·         a school with a strong track record of pastoral care and support for all children and families

·         confident, happy pupils keen to learn and challenge themselves

·         supportive and reflective colleagues who are keen to learn and develop their own practice

·         a school committed to ongoing professional growth and development

Outwood Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and all appointments will be subject to appropriate vetting, including an enhanced DBS disclosure check.

This post is not appropriate for ECTs

Key Dates:

Tour of school: TBC (please call the school to arrange)

Closing date: Friday 10th May 2024 12pm

Shortlisting: Friday 10th May 2024 (pm)

Interviews: Friday 17th May 2024 (revised date)

Application forms and further details can be downloaded from this website and should be returned to admin@outwood.stockport.sch.uk 

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