Early Childhood Manager
Role Details:
- Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, plus weekly faculty meetings. The role also includes occasional evening and Saturday commitments for school events and may require participation in school trips.
- Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
- Holiday: School holidays
- Salary: £37,575 – £40,279 (Dependent on experience)
- Start Date: 05 January 2026
- Probationary Period: 12 months
Required Behaviours and Responsibilities
Behaviours
The business professional holding this role needs to demonstrate the following essential personal behaviours in order to undertake their role:
Agile and Resourceful: Communicates with impact, and makes complex issues clear, to enable a way forward.
Leads: Challenges constructively and confidently.
Collaborative: Proactively develops and sustains relationships with key stakeholders.
Decisive: Takes responsibility for mistakes that sit within their remit, encouraging learning and demonstrating ownership for the actions to make things right.
Emotionally Intelligent: Tailors their influencing style and selects appropriate communication channels to engage and influence others effectively.
Personal and Professional Conduct
In line with the National Steiner Waldorf Teacher' Standards (July 2020), the teaching professional holding this role is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct. The following statements define the behaviour and attitudes which set the required standard for conduct:
Teachers uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by:
Treating pupils with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times
Having regard for the need to safeguard pupils' well-being, in accordance with statutory provisions
Showing appreciation of and respect for the rights of others
Not undermining fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and appreciation for those with different faiths and beliefs
Ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit pupils' vulnerability or might lead them to break the law
Role Responsibilities
Main Purpose
To nurture the spiritual and anthroposophical life of the school, in collaboration with the College of Teachers
To represent the school to the wider community by articulating and demonstrating the vision and mission of Waldorf education
Under the overall direction of the Principal, to play a major role:
- in formulating the aims and objectives of the school and establishing the policies through which they are to be achieved
- for the standards and curriculum of all pupils, including monitoring progress towards achievement
- in the efficient and effective management of staff and resources
Duties and Responsibilities
Shaping the future
Support the Principal and Board of Trustees in establishing an ambitious vision and ethos for the future of the school, in the school improvement and school self-evaluation planning process, through agreed priorities
Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on providing a modern, world class education for every student
Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards students and staff, Trustees and parents
Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of a range of policy and procedural developments, where appropriate
Lead by example to motivate and work with others, with integrity, creativity, resilience and clarity
Lead by example when implementing and managing change initiatives
Promote a culture of inclusion within the school community where all views are valued and taken into account
Leading teaching and learning
Support all students by upholding Waldorf pedagogy
Ensure that the curriculum, its resourcing and delivery meet today’s students
Be an excellent role model, exemplifying a high standard of teaching and promoting high expectations for all members of the school community
Raise standards through staff appraisal, with appropriate training
Assist with the development and delivery of training and support for staff in the areas of teaching and learning
Lead the development and review of agreed aspects of the curriculum including planning, recording, reporting, assessment for learning and the development of a creative and appropriate curriculum for all students
Ensure the systematic teaching of basic skills and the recording of impact are consistently high across your specified faculty
Ensure robust evaluation of school performance, progress data and actions to secure improvements, comparable to appropriate national and Waldorf standards
Ensure, through leading by example, the active involvement of students and staff in their own learning
Teaching
Up to 40% teaching loading, dependent on role
Managing the organisation
To play a major role under the overall direction in formulating and reviewing the School Improvement Plan and the aims and objectives of the school by:
establishing the policies through which they shall be achieved
leading and managing staff and resources to that end
monitoring progress towards their achievement.
To contribute to:
- maintaining and developing the ethos, values and overall purposes of the school
- planning improvement which will translate school aims and policies into actions
- implementing the Board of Trustees’ policies on equal opportunity issues for all staff and students in relation to sex, gender, race, disability, special needs and other protected characteristics
- the efficient organisation, management and supervision of school routines
- regular reviews of the school’s systems to ensure statutory requirements are being met
- ensuring the effective dissemination of information and the maintenance of agreed systems for internal communication
To ensure a consistent approach to standards of behaviour, attendance and punctuality are implemented across the school
To be responsible for the smooth running of co-ordinating agendas, activities within the faculty and ensure that these do not conflict with wider school priorities
To create a robust transition programme for children moving on to the next phase of education, including the delivery of parents evenings, transition group curriculum, facilitating handover meetings and mentoring throughout the Autumn Term.
To ensure that comprehensive transfer records are provided when pupils move on to the next phase of the School
To write or collaborate on all statutory policies appropriate to Faculty
Curriculum Development
To contribute to:
- the development, organisation and implementation of the school’s curriculum.
- ensuring the curriculum is of a high standard and is widely desirable (beyond the Waldorf community), providing young people with the education required to thrive in the 21st Century
- school policies on curriculum, teaching and learning, assessment, recording and reporting.
- ensuring that the learning and teaching provided by different faculties and teaching teams form a co-ordinated, coherent curriculum entitlement for individuals.
- ensuring that information on pupil progress is used to improve teaching and learning, to inform and motivate students, to inform parents, to provide necessary references for other educational institutions and employers and to aid Trustees in their management of the school.
- monitoring the completion of records on pupils and reports, ensuring that deadlines are met.
- ensuring that the individual student’s continuity of learning and effective progression of achievement are provided.
Please refer to the attached application pack for a more detailed list of roles and responsibilities.
