We are looking to appoint an Early Years Foundation Stage Leader to join our dedicated and supportive team at Hammond Academy.  This role is well suited to an individual with experience leading Early Years.

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:

• Being part of the school’s Senior Leadership Team
• 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
• Running assemblies
• Monitoring behaviour within the foundation stage
• Tracking progress and attainment of learners; co-ordinating interventions
• Ensuring the availability of advice to all members of the foundation stage for consistency
• Attending  meetings and lead staff CPD as appropriate
• Acting as line manager for performance management

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• EYFS experience
• 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
• Experience supporting pupils who speak English as an additional language
• A strong knowledge of the teaching of Early Reading

Why join us?

We can offer you:

• An excellent environment in which to successfully develop your career
• A school with a very positive learning environment where children enjoy learning and strive to achieve their best
• The guidance and support of the Principal, Assistant Principals and staff teams
• The benefits of working collaboratively with colleagues
• An investment in your CPD and opportunities across the Aspire Academy Trust

Aspire offers:

• The opportunity to be part of an expanding organisation with high aspirations, one that is committed to the professional development of all staff
• Cross Trust networking, partnerships and collaboration of good practice and shared resources to drive the learning environment in all its schools’ forwards towards future excellence 
• A truly supportive working environment where employee wellbeing is at the forefront.  The Trust offers a range of support, including menopause support plans and flexible working opportunities
• The ability to follow career pathways and progress within the Trust
• A wide range of employee benefits such as; local government and teacher pension schemes, an employee assistance programme, free cooked meal daily, occupational health 

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. 

Safeguarding statement:

The Aspire Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to child protection and/or safeguarding. A satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children’s Barred List Check is required as a condition of employment. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted on shortlisted candidates to identify anything that may need further exploration with candidates. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Equal Opportunities:

At Aspire Academies Trust, we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this vacancy.