Head of Early Years
Westminster Under School
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary plus benefits (There is also an associated responsibility allowance with this role)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 25 October 2024
Job overview
Westminster Under School is looking for a founding Head of Early Years to assist with the establishment of our new Early Years Department.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an exceptional candidate to positively impact the future of the School, leading on all aspects of the Early Years department, including curriculum design, curation of resources, planning and assessment.
The successful candidate will have the 2025 – 2026 academic year to establish these practices and assist with staff and pupil recruitment, ahead of our new Co-Ed Pre-Prep opening in September 2026. The successful candidate will also play a key role in designing the curriculum and resources for Year 1 and Year 2 and will also be responsible for EYFS safeguarding.
The successful candidate will possess EYFS teaching experience, as well as previous team leadership experience. They will be capable of working across EYFS and KS1 and will be able to create programmes and policies relating to EYFS. Utilising their strong communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills, they will also be able to formulate key ideas and present them clearly to the Master, SMT and Governing Body.
The Early Years Department
Our new Early Years Department will cultivate a love of learning, both through formal and child-initiated activities, and there will be plenty of time for opportunities to explore the outdoors, both on our new play balcony and on Vincent Square, our 13-acre private playing field. High quality adult interactions will prepare our children for a stimulating and world-class education in Year 1 and beyond.
About Westminster Under School
Westminster Under School is a great environment for happy and purposeful pupils, and for all the staff who support them. Our aim is to produce well-rounded individuals with a love of learning and an enthusiasm for life, and who relish coming into School each day. All members of staff play an important role in ensuring that day-to-day processes at the School run smoothly, and in turn helping each and every pupil to enjoy and benefit from all that the School has to offer.
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The deadline for applications is midday on Friday 25th October 2024.
Longlist interviews will take place the week commencing 11th November 2024.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
Westminster Under School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The school is a Registered Charity (no 312728).
About Westminster Under School
Westminster Under School is a happy, ambitious, nurturing and inspiring world-class preparatory education for seven to 13 year olds. Pupils who love to learn are offered a supportive, dynamic and inspirational environment to fuel their curiosity.
Located in the heart of London, the School overlooks the beautiful school playing fields in Vincent Square and is just a few moments’ walk from Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. It is closely connected to Westminster School; in 1943, Westminster expanded its educational scope by forming the Under School, and the two schools share the same Governing Body and the same ethos of a liberal education.
Westminster Under School's curriculum is broad and diverse, aiming to foster a sense of wonder and inquisitiveness in children and encourage independent thought. The teaching programme goes above and beyond the National Curriculum and teachers are not tightly bound by syllabus. Pupils are taught a wide range of subjects by expert teachers who embrace opportunities for growth and promote diverse thinking, and who encourage them to ask questions about the world around them.
While the School's standard of our education is of the highest quality, the School’s focus is not only on academic achievement. Westminster pupils receive a full and rounded education that includes sport, the arts and many opportunities to engage in community outreach; pupils frequently take part in concerts, plays and in both internal and external competitions, and the School hosts festivals and events throughout the year. Like its older counterpart, Westminster Under School is fully committed to each pupil’s spiritual, moral, emotional and physical development and wellbeing – with a particular emphasis on drawing out individual talent wherever it lies – and to prepare young people for fulfilled private and public lives.
From September 2026, Westminster Under School will have opened its brand new pre-prep for girls and boys at 4+ and girls will have joined boys in Years 3 and 7, at the 7+ and 11+ entry points. By 2030, with the introduction of girls into Year 9 at Westminster School in 2028, all year groups across the two schools, from ages four to 18, will be fully co-educational, reflecting the School’s dedication to inclusivity and excellence.
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