{"id":5526,"date":"2026-09-03T13:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/?post_type=ir_vacancies&#038;p=5526"},"modified":"2026-09-08T08:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:45:57","slug":"early-years-maths-lead","status":"publish","type":"ir_vacancies","link":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/vacancies\/early-years-maths-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Years Maths Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Required to start in January 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a3500 per day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every child deserves the best start in life. The earliest years shape future learning, wellbeing, and&nbsp;success. Through the Best Start in Life&nbsp;strategy, the Department for Education (DfE) is driving higher&nbsp;standards&nbsp;and strengthening the improvement system so that every child can thrive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To support delivery of commitments made in the Best Start in Life strategy, DfE will be introducing Early Years Learning Leads (EYLL) for personal, social and emotional development (PSED), early language and early maths in each of the Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs (EYSPH)&nbsp;to provide support and training to early years educators.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;EYLL&nbsp;will be&nbsp;based in EYSPH and will&nbsp;be responsible for:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Improving&nbsp;outcomes for children by:&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strengthening&nbsp;PSED, early maths and early language&nbsp;provision&nbsp;across early years settings&nbsp;by&nbsp;delivering high\u2011quality Stronger Practice continuous professional development (CPD).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>providing targeted&nbsp;subject specific support to&nbsp;early years&nbsp;settings to&nbsp;strengthen&nbsp;practice&nbsp;in&nbsp;PSED, early maths&nbsp;and&nbsp;early language.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Actively engaging with&nbsp;subject\u2011specific professional development and networks&nbsp;to deepen&nbsp;expertise, share&nbsp;good&nbsp;practice, and support high\u2011quality delivery across the&nbsp;EYSPH&nbsp;area.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This document relates to&nbsp;EYLLs&nbsp;for early maths&nbsp;ONLY.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>EYSPH&nbsp;help early years settings to adopt evidence-informed&nbsp;practice and&nbsp;build trusted networks for sharing effective practice. There are 18 Stronger Practice Hubs in England&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;2 per region. The Best Start in Life strategy\u202fcommitted to doubling the number of hubs to 36.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hubs are strong providers of early years education with sound&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;and knowledge of the evidence base on what works to support child outcomes \u2013 trusted local experts that other early&nbsp;year\u2019s&nbsp;providers can look to for advice and support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about&nbsp;EYSPH please visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strongerpracticehubs.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.strongerpracticehubs.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ad718034-60d5-4b0b-9740-6da26923fced\" href=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Expression-of-Interest-Form-EYLL-Maths.docx\">Expression of Interest Form &#8211; EYLL Maths<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Expression-of-Interest-Form-EYLL-Maths.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ad718034-60d5-4b0b-9740-6da26923fced\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EY-Maths-Lead-Application-Pack-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of EY-Maths-Lead-Application-Pack.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bb59ab08-2525-4491-b8e3-f4a38230bc2a\" href=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EY-Maths-Lead-Application-Pack-1.pdf\">EY-Maths-Lead-Application-Pack<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EY-Maths-Lead-Application-Pack-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bb59ab08-2525-4491-b8e3-f4a38230bc2a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","school":[16],"class_list":["post-5526","ir_vacancies","type-ir_vacancies","status-publish","hentry","school-central-offices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir_vacancies\/5526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir_vacancies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ir_vacancies"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=5526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}