Lead Early Years Teacher

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
Chelmsford
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£32,802 / year
CATEGORY
Education
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Early Years QTS Child Development EYFS framework Teamwork Communication

FULL DESCRIPTION

Nursery :Little Faces, Pontlands Park, West Hanningfield Rd, Great Baddow, Chelmsford CM2 8HR
Hours:
Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday Salary: up to £32,802 annual salary (depend on Experience) Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much

*** ***£500 Welcome bonus ***

*Remarkable future starts here*

About the role:

As an Early Years Teacher you will be a key part of keep our children safe, loved and inspired to learn. Key activities include:

  • Applying the [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] curriculum & our pedagogy principles to our children daily
  • Seeking out learning opportunities in everyday routines such as mealtimes & transitions
  • Bond with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moments

About you:

  • A true love for child development and care
  • Able and willing to work in a team
  • Ability to communicate effectively with management, your peers and parents
  • High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity
  • Knowledge of the EYFS framework

Must haves:

  • Early Years qualification at Level 3 and above
  • QTS
  • Experience working with all age groups within Early Years

Why work for us:

Benefits at a glance

For you -We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain

Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)

Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more

Development - Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & [Employer hidden] Support Fund

Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team app & [Employer hidden] Awards gathering.

We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge

We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

And much much more

We care about our people.

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Little Faces so special.

[Employer hidden] is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.

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