Clifford Road Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1PJ MPR / UPR Full time Permanent Reference: 7257 Required from September 2025 This is an exciting time to join Clifford Road Primary School. With our nursery becoming full time in September 2025, we are looking to appoint a qualified teacher to join our dedicated and supportive team. This role is well suited to an experienced Early Years Practitioner who is looking to take on a middle leader role. We are looking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic class teacher who will join the EYFS team forming positive relationships with staff, pupils and parents and uphold the strong, caring ethos and inclusive environment of our friendly and popular school. As Nursery Manager, your role will be to act as the lead professional for the team within nursery, ensuring excellent provision is developed and that all staff in the nursery are outstanding practitioners. Your responsibilities include: coordinating the resources for teaching and learning within the nursery in conjunction with the school’s planning and resourcing policy daily rotas and changes within the nursery monitoring behaviour within the nursery tracking progress and attainment of learners; co-ordinating interventions ensuring the availability of advice to all members of nursery for consistency attending meetings and leading staff CPD as appropriate acting as line manager for performance management. We would like to hear from you if you have: nursery or EYFS experience a proven track record of recent and successful class teaching in nursery or EYFS good understanding of current theory and best practice in teaching and learning, particularly as it relates to achieving high rates of progress of children of primary age good subject knowledge of core National Curriculum experience supporting pupils who speak English as an additional language a strong knowledge of the teaching of Early Reading. We can offer you: an excellent environment in which to successfully develop your career a school with a very positive learning environment where children enjoy learning and strive to achieve their best a happy, friendly, vibrant primary school of 413 motivated and positive leaners whose inquisitive nature is infectious an engaged and supportive governing body the benefits of working collaboratively with colleagues. We are a 2-form entry school with 410 pupils on roll and 30 children in our nursery at the heart of the vibrant town of Ipswich. We would welcome visits to our school and this is strongly encouraged. To find out more: Please look at our website at: https://www.cliffordroadschool.org.uk/ where you can find out more about our school. Visits to the school are welcome please contact the school office on 01473 252605 or officecliffordroad.suffolk.sch.uk to arrange an appointment. For an informal discussion only, please contact Cieran Dadds, Headteacher on 01473 251605. How to apply: To apply, please complete an Application Form (docx) and read the Job Description (docx) and Person Specification (docx). For additional guidance for applications, please see the document for Application Guidance Notes (docx). Completed application forms are to be sent to: officecliffordroad.suffolk.sch.uk Closing date: 9am, 6 May 2025. Interview date: 13 May 2025. Clifford Road Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and background identity checks