Room leader - Montessori Preschool

Lpe; London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A private bilingual nursery in London seeks a Room Leader for their Montessori preschool. The ideal candidate will have a Montessori diploma and a passion for early childhood education, ensuring the well-being and development of children aged 2 to 4. The role offers 38 hours per week, competitive salary, and numerous benefits including free homemade lunches and high-quality training.

Benefits

Sick pay

High-quality training

Termly prizes

Free lunches

Well-being program

Free independent counselling service

Help for bike purchase

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-year experience as a room leader.
• Experience in early childhood education with a Montessori approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preschool room with children aged 2 to 4 years.
• Ensure high-quality education following EYFS standards.

Skills

Leadership skills

Thorough knowledge of the EYFS

Effective communication with parents

Good level of spoken and written English

Competent IT skills

Education

Montessori diploma

Minimum Level 3 – UK qualifications

Job description

Les Petites Etoiles – Angel

Room leader - MontessoriPreschool

Salary: 28,900-32,085 (depending on experience and qualification)

Hours: 38 hours per week

Holiday: 7 weeks of paid holiday

We are already rated Good with Outstanding features, and we are aiming higher. This position could be suitable for an experienced practitioner or even a former manager who would prefer to be classroom-based.

Les Petites Etoiles Angel is a private bilingual nursery with 26 children from 1,5 to 4 years old. The Nursery offers excellent teacher ratios and care.

We provide a morning snack, lunch and afternoon tea which are all balanced, nutritious, and prepared using fully organic ingredients. We are pleased to offer free lunches to our staff as well.

The quality of our nurseries depends on the quality of our staff. We strive for our nurseries to achieve the highest quality and professionalism. Our staff and their well-being are hugely important to us.

Our staff and their well-being are hugely important to us.

Who are we looking for

We are looking for experienced room leaders with Montessori diploma to work in our preschool room (2 to 4 years old)

Required Qualifications:
Minimum Level 3 – UK qualifications

Montessori diploma is mandatory

Required Experience:

Minimum 1-year experience as a room leader.

Required Skills:

• Leadership skills
• Thorough knowledge of the EYFS
• Relationship with staff
• Effective communication with parents
• Modelling best practice
• Good level of spoken and written English. This is an absolutely required skill. With good spoken and written English, we are able to give you the responsibility to write reports, ILPs and talk to parents. Our nurseries specialise in language skills, and ability here is an absolute “must”. All applicants will have a written English test.
• Competent IT skills (Word, simple Excel)

What we offer you (Our benefits):

• Sick pay
• High-quality training, including 8 paid inset days per year. During the year we invite some of the UK’s best trainers to deliver training to the team, and we are keen to pay for longer courses our staff are interested in.
• Termly prizes
• Trip after 10 years
• Events
• Help for bike purchase
• Well-being program
• Free independent counselling service
• Free lunches (our food is homemade, organic and delicious!)

Safeguarding

• Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind

• We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.

All references will be thoroughly checked, and we will apply for a DBS update service and a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in prior to the UK and within the last 5 years.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.