
EYFS Teacher
- Sheffield
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Fostering Development: Planning and delivering rich, stimulating learning activities that ensure excellent progression across all areas of development, building on each child's unique starting points.
- Creating Enchanting Environments: Designing vibrant indoor and outdoor spaces that capture attention, spark excitement, and encourage independent exploration and child-initiated learning.
- Building Connections: Guiding children and parents through smooth transitions into our school, building strong, trusting partnerships with families to ensure the best outcomes for every child.
- Nurturing Well-being: Supporting children in developing emotional security, self-belief, and mature social skills, ensuring a safe, clean, and secure learning environment always.
- Assessment & Insights: Thoughtfully assessing progress, maintaining insightful learning journals for each child, and effectively communicating achievements and next steps to parents.
- Leading & Collaborating: Taking a proactive role in leading our dedicated EYFS team, ensuring every member contributes fully, and collaborating with colleagues, including the Inclusion Coordinator, to meet diverse learning needs.
- Championing Safeguarding: Taking full responsibility for safeguarding the welfare of all children within the school, adhering to the highest standards of conduct and professional behaviour.
- Promoting a Love for Learning: Instilling a deep love of learning and an infectious excitement about coming to school each day, fostering spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development.
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Enhanced DBS (or willingness to apply)
- Exceptional Communication & Interpersonal Skills: The ability to connect deeply with young children, build strong relationships with parents, and collaborate seamlessly with colleagues. This includes excellent spoken English.
- Boundless Creativity & Adaptability: A talent for inventing engaging lessons and activities that captivate young minds, coupled with the flexibility to adapt plans as needed in a dynamic classroom.
- Profound Patience & Dedication: An understanding heart, incredible patience, and unwavering dedication to nurturing the emotional security and self-belief of every child.
- Strong Organisational Acumen: Excellent planning, organisation, and time-management skills to ensure a smooth, well-resourced learning environment.
- Robust Classroom Management: The skills to establish clear expectations for behaviour through positive relationships, promoting a respectful and harmonious setting.
- SEN Awareness: An understanding of how to identify and support children with Special Educational Needs, working in partnership with our Inclusion Coordinator.
- A Commitment to Safeguarding: An unshakeable commitment to the safety and welfare of all children.
- A competitive salary and benefits package.
- Outstanding Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities tailored to early years best practice, supporting your ongoing learning and career progression.
- A genuinely supportive and collaborative working environment where your innovative contributions are highly valued and celebrated.
- The profound and lasting chance to make a genuine difference to the lives of our youngest students, shaping their foundational experiences.
- A rewarding "Refer a Friend" scheme (£300 Love2shop vouchers, subject to conditions).
- Potential for flexibility in certain aspects of the role to support work-life balance.