Early Years Phase Leader

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Willow Primary School in Doncaster is seeking an inspirational Early Years Phase Leader to join our team within Exceed Learning Partnership. You will be an experienced phase leader or ready to take the next step into leadership, with a clear vision to improve pupils’ progress and personal development.

We are a two-form entry primary academy, with a strong trust and a commitment to high standards, inclusion and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with pupils in Early Years.
• Leadership experience or readiness to progress to leadership.
• Ability to enhance educational experience and pupil progress.

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

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled early years teacher who is an experienced phase leader or who is ready to take the next stage in their career into Leadership. You will play a pivotal role in enhancing the educational experience of our Pupils. Our successful candidate will have experience of working with pupils in Early Years and will have a significant impact on their academic progress and their personal development.

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 childrens 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 and we place a great deal of emphasis on our partnership with parents and the community. We believe that children learn best when home and school work together and in our most recent Ofsted inspection, we were GOOD in all areas.

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 childrens 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, and professional development is at the heart of the Trust and all its academies. We offer the opportunity for you to gain additional qualifications and a range of professional development and learning opportunities. Our leaders have a wealth of knowledge and are highly experienced in improving outcomes for pupils.

As a Trust, we are passionate about meeting the needs of all our learners, ensuring their happiness and making the most of their individual talents. The focus on developing a lifelong love of learning is underpinned by rigorous attention to the development of essential skills and tools. We are committed to providing the very best educational opportunities for the pupils of Willow Primary School, it is an exciting opportunity for you to join this team and make a difference.

Informal Communication and visits to the school are strongly advised. To arrange a visit to the school, please contact Diane Morley Academy Business Manager on 01302 539249 or [e-mail]

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. We care deeply about inclusive working practice and diverse teams. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suitable to the job and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief and disability.

The Directors and Governors of Exceed Learning Partnership are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a childrens barred list check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure

If you have not heard from us within five days of the closing date, then unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.