Eyfs Lead

**Hillcrest Primary School**
**Hillcrest**
**Downham Market**
**Norfolk**
**PE38 9ND**

**Tel: 01366 388191**

**Headteacher: Mr Matthew Try**
- ** Salary - MPS/UPS + fixed-term TLR3 (£3028) for 4 terms **- please see below
- ** Permanent**:

- ** Full Time**:

- ** Required to start September 2023**

This unique opportunity has arisen for a talented and ambitious professional to join our team here at Hillcrest Primary School

We are looking for an inspirational and enthusiastic EYFS Lead who will initially join our Management Team on a fixed term of 4 terms (until July 2024) on a TLR3 with a view to extending that TLR and membership of the SLT if the first 4 terms are a success.

**A TLR3 of £3028 for a fixed period of 4 terms (until July 2024) will be offered with a view to extending this TLR beyond that end point if the Early Years leadership has proven successful during that time**
- Have an excellent understanding of the importance of the development of early reading and writing;
- Have a secure knowledge of the teaching and learning of phonics and strategies to encourage rich language acquisition;
- Demonstrate innovative approaches to making the transition between Reception and Year 1 a success;
- Support the EYFS team to make sound judgements about their pupil’s learning;
- Have a range of ideas for engaging parents with the life of the school and their children’s learning;
- Be keen to develop and grow leadership skills through the role;
- Be an inspirational and creative teacher with the ability to motivate all children to achieve their best;
- Have high aspirations for all children rooted in the belief that every child has the potential to succeed;
- Have energy, enthusiasm and a sense of humour;
- Be committed to collaborative working, leading and motivating a team;
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be able to work as part of a supportive and enthusiastic team.

**We can offer**:

- Enthusiastic, confident and happy children, staff and parents who love learning and their school;
- An excellent learning environment with high quality resources;
- Opportunities for high quality professional development;
- A friendly supportive and dedicated team of staff who help and motivate one another.

Hillcrest Primary School is a three-form entry Primary School, currently rated as Good by Ofsted (January 2018), on the outskirts of Downham Market. With less than a 5-minute drive to Downham Market Train Station, you find yourselves on a direct line to either Kings Lynn or London.

Hillcrest is in an exciting place, continually developing new ways of energising and motivating the next generation of pupils through the following means...
- Our bespoke Text-Linked Curriculum is designed to raise the profile of Reading and ensure the children see the links between all of their learning;
- Our Independent Learning programme encourages the children to take responsibility for their own learning and to make sensible choices that improve their outcomes;
- From September 2021 we have introduced an Outdoor Learning Curriculum which will take advantage of the wealth of outdoor space at our disposal, including a Forest School, to further engage the children with their learning

Visits to the school are encouraged. Please make an appointment with the Headteacher, Mr Matthew Try, through the School Office at Hillcrest Primary School.

**How to apply**

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.
- Please do not send CVs._

**Closing date: 10 March 2023, 12noon**
**Interview date: 17 March 2023**
- This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualifications) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations._