Early Years Phase Leader

Doncaster City Council; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Willow Primary School in Doncaster, part of Exceed Learning Partnership, invites applications for an inspirational Early Years Phase Leader to join our dedicated team. The post offers a permanent role from 1 January 2027 with 32.5 hours per week and a TLR 2.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled early years leader with a strong track record of leadership and a passion for developing young children within a vibrant two-form entry primary academy.

Job description

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location_on Location Willow Primary School

credit_card Salary MPS1 to MPS6 £32,916 to £45,352 plus TLR 2

work_outline Basis Full time

Job profile for Early Years Phase Leader

Early Years Phase Leader

location_on Willow Primary School 20/09/2026

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary MPS1 to MPS6 £32,916 to £45,352 plus TLR 2 Contractual hours 32.5 Basis Full time Region Doncaster Job category/type Education - Non-Teaching Date posted 24/08/2026 Job reference REQ23706

Job description

Willow Primary School

Alston Road

Doncaster

DN4 7EZ

Contract Type: Permanent from 1 st January 2027

Contracted hours: 32.5 hours per week

Responsible to: Head of School and Leadership Team

The Directors of Exceed Learning Partnership and Governors of Willow Primary School are looking to appoint an inspirational Early Years Phase Leader to join our amazing team.

Willow Primary School is part of Exceed Learning Partnership, a Multi Academy Trust that currently comprises of 10 Academies, Bentley High Street Primary School, Carr Lodge Academy, Edlington Victoria Academy, Hall Cross Academy, Hill Top Academy, Rosedale Primary School, Sandringham Primary School, Sheep Dip Lane Academy, The Mallard Academy and Willow Primary School

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This is a great opportunity for an exceptional individual to join a highly successful and rapidly- expanding Trust. There will be scope to have significant impact and develop your career with the organisation

Why work for Exceed Learning Partnership and at Willow Primary School?

We are a friendly, vibrant two form entry primary academy in Bessacarr with 420 children aged 4 to 11. At Willow Primary School, our aim is to foster a love of learning and develop enquiring minds, enabling all our children to overcome barriers and reach their full potential.

We strive to ensure that our children value themselves as unique individuals, celebrating diversity and respecting differences. We work together as a community to enable all our children to grow to be responsible citizens and successful learners with high aspirations who know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the wider society.

Our ASPIRE Values permeate through everything we do and we expect our pupils to be ambitious to achieve their very best through being positive, self-motivated, engaged in their learning and independent in their decisions. There is a high focus on developing children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding.

At Willow we expect our children to ASPIRE to be:

• Ambitious to achieve
• Self-motivated
• Positive
• Independent
• Respectful
• Engaged

Education is a partnership between home and school ...

Working in Exceed Learning Partnership will offer:

• Excellent career development working alongside a National Leader of Education
• Talented and hard-working professional colleagues who are committed to children’s success across the curriculum
• The support of being part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
• The most up-to-date research and opportunities to influence national policy
• Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all its aspirations
• A highly committed and supportive Governing Body
• An inclusive ethos in which everyone is valued and respected
• An ethos where we promote and support the importance of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing
• Access to our exclusive employee support package in partnership with Schools Advisory Service which includes access to GP appointments for you and your family and a wide range of other employee health and wellbeing services
• Free annual flu jabs

At Exceed Learning Partnership, we have a strong culture of school improvement, ...

As a Trust, we are passionate about meeting the needs of all our learners, ...

Informal Communication and visits ...

If you have the qualities, ...

Appointment Process

Closing date for applications: 20 th September 2026

Interview process: 30 th September 2026

Exceed Learning Partnership is an inclusive, diverse, supportive organisation. ...

The Directors and Governors ...

If you have not heard from us within five days of the closing date, ...

Address
Civic Office
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU