Early Learning Lead Recruitment

Advance Your Career and Shape Early Years Education

Are you an experienced Early Years Leader or Setting Manager eager for your next professional challenge? We are excited to offer three rewarding Early Years Learning Lead roles, each specialising in a distinct area: Maths, Communication and Language, and Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED).

As an Early Years Learning Lead, you will facilitate high-quality DfE-approved CPD for practitioners, provide specialist subject support to Early Years settings, and engage in regional and national networking with fellow professionals.  Your expertise and passion will be instrumental in driving excellence and innovation across the sector.

• Maths Lead (3 days per week): Champion mathematical learning and development, supporting practitioners to embed numeracy and spatial reasoning in everyday practice.
• Communication and Language Lead (4 days per week): Promote language-rich environments, develop practitioner knowledge and support communication development for all children.
• PSED Lead (2 days per week): Lead initiatives which support practitioners to foster children’s emotional wellbeing, social skills and resilience within Early Years settings.

If you are committed to continuous professional development and keen to make a wider impact, we would love to hear from you.  Join us and help shape the future of Early Years education!

Please see the attached Expression of Interest (EOI) for more information and to apply for the Early Years Language Lead role. These roles will be contracted by the SPH with an allocated day rate of £500/day and are funded from September 2026 to August 2027 in the first instance, with the possibility of contracts being extended dependent on funding. All roles are for 38 weeks of the year (term-time) can be undertaken in one of two ways:

• Being paid directly as a self-employed contractor / consultant
• By agreed release from your existing role, with payment be made to your setting for your release

Closing date: Wednesday 1^st July (12:00pm)

Shortlisting and notification of invite to interview: Thursday 2^nd July

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 9^th July and Friday 10^th July

If you would like to discuss these roles further, please contact Donna Lamey at: 

dlamey@bright-futures.co.ukTo apply, please complete the EOI, and email it to Kay Higgins at: earlyyears@bright-futures.co.uk