Childcare Manager - Frome Valley CE First School

Posted on 06 October 2025
Applications close on 02 November 2025

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All Locations:

Dorchester

Salary Details:

Annual Salary £28,728 - £32,583 (Pro-rated)

Vacancy Type:

Not Specified

Function:

School Support Staff

Employer:

Wessex MAT

Job Working Pattern:

Full time

Closing time of advert

Not Specified

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Childcare Manager - Frome Valley CE First School

About the role

We are looking to appoint an inspiring, dedicated and enthusiastic pre-school manager to join us in our preschool setting.

We support one another as we work to provide a quality learning experience for all our children in a fun and nurturing environment. Applicants will need to show excellent knowledge of and work within the requirements of the Early Years Statutory Framework, have a good understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection and be able to follow and implement the policies and procedures of the setting.

This post is 35hrs per week, 42 working weeks and paid at Grade 09 SCP 19 - 25.

Candidates will need to demonstrate:

• Confident, caring and friendly attitude.

• Excellent leadership and communication skills, competently liaising with staff, parents and other professionals.

• Flexibility, teamwork, and supportive of other practitioners in the setting.

• Commitment to maintaining a safe, secure and nurturing environment.

• Excellent working knowledge of the EYFS.

• Commitment and passion to promoting the ethos and values of the school and getting the best outcomes for all children.

Further Information

If you wish to visit Frome Valley CE First School, please email the office on [email protected] or phone on 01305 852643. We will then arrange for you to speak to the head of school.

About Us

What we can offer:

- Professional induction, training and continued professional development opportunities.
- Staff benefits including cinema savings, holiday savings and a health and wellbeing plan.

- A generous Local Government Pension Scheme.

- Exciting opportunities as part of a growing multi-academy Trust.

As a member of the Wessex Multi-Academy Trust, we work collaboratively and believe in empowering our staff to grow and take the lead. Across all our schools, we work together and share expertise.

To apply for this position, please complete a support staff application form, together with a letter of application for the attention of the Head of School, Mrs Clare Moore. Your letter should be no more than two pages of A4, detailing your experience to date and why you are the best candidate for the position. Completed applications should be returned by email to: [email protected]

The School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

This School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

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