Closing date
02/12/2024
Start date
Negotiable
Contract type
Teaching (Permanent)
Employment type
Full-Time
Actual salary
£40,766-£52,288 + TLR
London weighting
Inner
Harris allowance
£2,000
Additional responsibilities
TLR Available
Job number
HF06038-HPAPP
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park
Early Years Lead
MPS (Inner London) + £2,000 Harris Allowance + TLR + Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
Summary
Inspire our little learners! We are currently looking to appoint an Early Years Foundation Stage Leader to join our dedicated and supportive team at Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park. This role is well suited to an individual with teaching experience in a primary school environment looking to develop in a thriving academy environment.
About Us
At Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park, we are proud to celebrate the wide range of backgrounds, abilities, faiths and cultures within our school. Our success lies in our drive to ensure every pupil takes pride in their skills, abilities, and talents and uses these to help them attain the highest possible level of education.
We work together to ensure that our children have a bright, safe, secure and happy place to learn. We celebrate their achievements and encourage mutual respect for one another. We feel that by working together with our children, parents, carers, staff, governors and the wider community we can encourage our pupils to show respect, take responsibility and show resilience as they grow with us.
Main Areas of Responsibility
As EYFS Leader, your role will be to act as the lead professional for Early Years, ensuring outstanding provision is developed and that all staff in the Foundation Stage are outstanding practitioners. Your responsibilities include:
- Coordinating and monitoring the weekly and medium term planning of staff within the foundation stage and in consultation with the headship team take action as appropriate
- Coordinating the resources for teaching and learning within the foundation stage in conjunction with the school's planning and resourcing policy
- Daily rotas and changes within the foundation stage
- Taking assemblies
- Monitoring discipline and behaviour within the foundation stage
- Ensuring the availability of advice to all members of the foundation stage for consistency with the whole school behaviour policy
- Attending management meetings and chair staff meetings as appropriate
- Acting as team leader for performance management
Qualifications & Experience
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- A proven track record of recent and successful class teaching in mixed ability classes of primary age
- Successful experience of teaching the primary curriculum
- Good understanding of current theory and best practice in teaching and learning, particularly as it relates to achieving high rates of progress of children of primary age
- Good subject knowledge of core National Curriculum
- EYFS experience
- The ability to teach second language.
- Some knowledge of English as a specialist subject
Next Steps
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.
Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.
Professional Development & Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Safeguarding Notice
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Equal Opportunities
The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.
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