Advance Your Career and Shape Early Years Education
Are you an experienced Early Years Leader or Setting Manager eager for your next professional challenge?
The Flourishing Together London West Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, covering the London West region (Hillingdon, Ealing, Hounslow, Richmond, Kingston and Sutton) is recruiting for five Stronger Practice Advisers (SPAs). This includes four group-based advisers and one childminder adviser. These advisers will focus on improving early years practice through targeted, diagnostic-led improvement, leadership coaching, action planning and modelling effective pedagogy, with settings that meet the eligibility criteria.
As an Early Years Stronger Practice Adviser, based in practice, your expertise and passion will be instrumental in building professional confidence, driving continuous improvement, and embedding evidence-informed approaches across the sector. SPAs might be supporting settings identified by Ofsted, or those with high numbers of EYPP, 2 year-old offer, or children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or English as an Additional Language (EAL). Previous experts or mentors from the Covid recovery programme are encouraged to apply.
Stronger Practice Adviser for Group-Based Settings
- Up to 14 days per term (or 42 days per year)
- Up to 3 settings per term (3-4 days for each deployment)
- Two days for planning/ Hub work
Please download the Expression of Interest (EOI) for more information. Send your completed forms and CV to: sph@mcmillannursery.org.uk
Stronger Practice Adviser for Childminders
- Up to 6 days per term (or 18 days per year)
- Supporting one cluster of 4 childminders for up to 4 days
- Two days for planning/ Hub work
Please download the Expression of Interest (EOI) for more information. Send your completed forms and CV to: sph@mcmillannursery.org.uk
If you are committed to improving outcomes for early years children and keen to make a wider impact beyond your setting, we would love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the future of Early Years education!
Advisers must be available for 3 days of face-to-face training between September and December 2026. We hope to be able to share training dates at the interview stage. Advisers will be paid for attending this compulsory training. Bespoke deployments would start from January 2027.
SPAs will operate with agreed release from your existing role, with payment made to your setting for your release. Payment will depend on deployments and days worked, at a rate of £500 per day for Group-based Advisers and £400 per day for the Childminder Adviser. This must include any travel and subsistence costs.
Closing date: 31st July 2026 9am
Interviews will be held: from the week commencing 3rd August
To discuss these roles further, please contact Flourishing Together London West Stronger Practice Hub at: sph@mcmillannursery.org.uk
Download this information below.
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| Final Early Years Stronger Practice Adviser Childminder EYSPA - Expression of Interest.docx | Download |
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| Final Early Years Stronger Practice Adviser Group-Based EYSPA - Expression of Interest.docx | Download |
CURRENT VACANCIES
McMillan is a community nursery school for 2-5 year olds with an additional wraparound care service in the London Borough of Hillingdon, supporting over 180 place pupils to realise and achieve their full potential. The school is rated GOOD by Ofsted.
Most vacancies will be listed on https://crinklerecruitment.com/
Governor Vacancies
x1 Parent Governor Vacancy
We are looking for a Parent to join our Governing Body.
The role of a parent governor
As a parent governor, you are responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Together with the headtacher, who is responsible for day to day management, they set the school aims and policies. . You’ll also play a vital role in bringing a parental perspective to the governing board.
To be a parent governor you should have:
- A strong commitment to the role and to improving outcomes for children
- Good inter-personal skills, curiosity, and a willingness to learn and develop new skills
Expectations of governors
- Attendance at meetings
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Committing to training
- Visiting the school
If interested, please email admin@mcmillannursery.org.uk