Early Years Teacher – Day-to-Day & Long-Term Support Location: Various settings across Cheshire East Start Date: September 2025 Hours: 8:30am – 4:00pm (Term Time Only) Pay: £130 – £170 per day (dependent on level of experience)
About the Role: New Directions is seeking a passionate and inspiring Early Years Teacher to provide day-to-day and long-term support across our early years settings in Cheshire East. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the learning experiences of our youngest learners using evidence-based approaches, fostering curiosity, confidence, and a love of learning from the very start.
You will deliver high-quality, play-based, and child-centered lessons, underpinned by strong pedagogical knowledge and developmentally appropriate practice. You will help children develop essential skills in communication, literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional learning (SEL), while supporting their holistic growth and readiness for future learning.
What We’re Looking For: We are looking for an Early Years Teacher who:
Has a genuine passion for early years education and inspiring young learners.
Can deliver engaging, play-based lessons that promote active learning, inquiry, and exploration.
Uses formative assessment and reflective practice to track progress and inform planning.
Understands differentiation and inclusion, meeting the needs of all children.
Encourages creativity, problem-solving, resilience, and independence.
Is adaptable, flexible, and confident working across multiple early years settings.
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and deliver high-quality early years lessons that integrate learning through play, exploration, and real-world experiences.
Promote children’s development in communication, literacy, numeracy, physical, and social-emotional skills.
Use evidence-based strategies to support early learning and positive behaviour management.
Create a safe, stimulating, and inclusive learning environment that encourages curiosity and confidence.
Observe, assess, and track children’s progress using formative assessment to inform teaching.
Collaborate with colleagues to share best practice, engage in reflective practice, and develop innovative learning activities.
Foster strong relationships with children, parents, and the wider school community.
Why Join New Directions:
Work across a variety of early years settings in Cheshire East, gaining diverse experience.
Play a key role in shaping children’s first experiences of school and learning using modern, evidence-based pedagogy.
Be part of a supportive, collaborative team that values your expertise and creativity.
Enjoy a competitive pay range of £130 – £170 per day for your specialist teaching skills.
Apply or Find Out More: All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
To apply, click Apply Now and attach your most recent CV highlighting your experience working with early years children and any experience in sports or PE.
For an informal chat about the role, contact Emma Elder at the Wirral office on 01515 150 822 or email [email protected].
Job Specification
An EYFS Teacher works in day nurseries and also nursery or reception classes in infant or primary schools.
The development areas typically covered by EYFS teachers include:
Personal, social and emotional development
Literacy
Communication and language
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Physical development
Expressive arts and design.
As an EYFS teacher you’ll be expected to:
Hold QTS status
Teach all areas of the Early Years Statutory Framework
Organise the classroom and learning resources to create a safe and positive teaching environment
Plan and prepare activities that cater for the needs of the whole ability range within their class
Motivate pupils with enthusiastic, imaginative presentation;
Maintain discipline
Meet requirements for the assessment and recording of pupils’ development
Coordinate activities and resources within a specific area of the curriculum, and supporting colleagues in the delivery of this specialist area
Stay up to date with changes and developments in the structure of the curriculum
Take part in school events and activities which may take place at weekends or in the evening
Liaise with colleagues and working flexibly, particularly in smaller schools and day-nurseries.
What New Directions Education Ltd offers:
A dedicated and expert Account Manager
Regular and varied supply work
Competitive rates of pay
Potential long-term teaching roles
Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
A network of branches across the UK
Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
Recommend-a-friend scheme
Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry
New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment
Business in relation
to this vacancy.