Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Lead

Inspiring Futures Through Learning; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced family leave

Employee Assistance program

Bespoke CPD

LGPS/Teacher pension enrolment

Benefits platform with discounts (gym,

Cinema tickets

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) is seeking an exceptional EYFS Lead for Heronshaw School, part of a two-site partnership with Heronshill Primary School and Nursery. This full-time permanent role offers MPS/UPS plus TLR 2a and accommodates part-time consideration.

You will lead EYFS provision across two sites, shaping practice, curriculum and staff development to ensure outstanding outcomes. You will drive play-based learning, mentor colleagues and work within a supportive multi-academy

Job description

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Lead at Heronshaw School

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Job Reference: EDV/2026/HS/27244

Location: Lichfield Down, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 7PG

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Term: Full-Time

Salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR 2a

Closing Date: Midday, Fri 16th Oct, 2026

Start Date: January 2027

Positions Available: 1

Interview Date(s): tbc

About this Role

Heronshaw School and Heronshill Primary School and Nursery

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Lead

Full time, Permanent

(part-time considered)

MPS/UPS plus TLR 2a

Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) is a respected and growing multi-academy trust, dedicated to delivering outstanding education and lifelong learning opportunities across our family of schools.

We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our team. This is a special role for a special person, offering the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of our children and families.

As an Infant School Partnership, Early Years pedagogy sits at the very heart of everything we do. We know that the foundations laid in the earliest years of a child's education have the greatest impact, and we are looking for an exceptional leader who shares our passion for giving every child the very best start.

This is a unique opportunity to lead and shape EYFS provision across two school sites, working alongside dedicated staff to ensure outstanding practice, high expectations and a consistently nurturing learning experience for all children. The successful candidate will be an inspirational practitioner with a deep understanding of child development, a commitment to play-based learning and the ability to support and develop others to achieve excellence.

You will play a pivotal role in driving our vision, ensuring that our Early Years environments, curriculum and teaching practices reflect the very best in EYFS education. In return, you will join a collaborative and ambitious partnership where Early Years is valued, celebrated and recognised as the cornerstone of children's future success.

If you are an innovative and passionate EYFS leader who believes that every child deserves an exceptional beginning, we would love to hear from you.

Please see the job description for further details.

For more information, please contact Kirsty Outtram (Headteacher of Herons' Partnership Schools) on [email protected]

We can offer:

• As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning, successful candidates have access to enhanced family leave, Employee Assistance program, bespoke CPD and auto enrolment in LGPS/Teacher pension.
• All IFtL employees have access to a benefits platform which offers discount on gym membership, cinema tickets, cycle to work scheme and much more.

Our commitment to diversity and safeguarding

Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together.

Inspiring Futures through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow IFtL's safeguarding policies and procedures, and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.

All school-based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Criminal Records Bureau check.

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This is a unique opportunity to lead and shape EYFS provision across two school sites, working alongside dedicated staff to ensure outstanding practice, high expectations and a consistently nurturing learning experience for all children.

The successful candidate will be an inspirational practitioner with a deep understanding of child development, a commitment to play-based learning and the ability to support and develop others to achieve excellence.

You will play a pivotal role in driving our vision, ensuring that our Early Years environments, curriculum and teaching practices reflect the very best in EYFS education. In return, you will join a collaborative and ambitious partnership where Early Years is valued, celebrated and recognised as the cornerstone of children's future success.

If you are an innovative and passionate EYFS leader who believes that every child deserves an exceptional beginning, we would love to hear from you.

As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning, successful candidates have access to enhanced family leave, Employee Assistance program, bespoke CPD and auto enrolment in LGPS/Teacher pension. All IFtL employees have access to a benefits platform which offers discount on gym membership, cinema tickets, cycle to work scheme and much more.

Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together.

Inspiring Futures through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow IFtL's safeguarding policies and procedures, and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.

All school-based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Criminal Records Bureau check

#WelcomeToIFtL #BelongingInIFtL #IFtLFamily

Full time, Permanent

(part-time considered)

MPS/UPS plus TLR 2a

Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) is a respected and growing multi-academy trust, dedicated to delivering outstanding education and lifelong learning opportunities across our family of schools.

We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our team. This is a special role for a special person, offering the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of our children and families.

As an Infant School Partnership, Early Years pedagogy sits at the very heart of everything we do. We know that the foundations laid in the earliest years of a child's education have the greatest impact, and we are looking for an exceptional leader who shares our passion for giving every child the very best start.