Plasmarl Primary School: Flying Start Childcare Manager

Headteacher: Miss Lucy Saunders
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Morgan

Plasmarl Primary School & 'Little Penguins' Flying Start
Britannia Road
Plasmarl
Swansea
SA6 8LH

Phone: (01792) 798210
Flying Start telephone: (01792 790171)
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.plasmarlprimary.co.uk

We are looking to appoint an excellent Flying Start Childcare Manager to manage the setting. You will need relevant qualifications and experience of management in childcare settings as well as lots of enthusiasm and a passion to support children and families within the community. You will be responsible for the operational management and organisation of the child care setting and will manage and support the Flying Start child care team in order to help maintain the high standards already established.

Flying Start is a Welsh Government initiative, which seeks to offer support for targeted pre-school children and their families, living in designated areas of deprivation. Flying Start offers children access to high quality childcare as part of a multi-agency team approach, in order to improve outcomes in preparation for school and the long term. With the Expansion of Flying Start Childcare all 2-year olds in Swansea are now entitled to 12.5 hrs funded childcare

Please check the link below for the relevant qualifications to be a Manager of a Flying Start setting.

Flying Start | Social Care Wales

Plasmarl Application_form school-based_support_staff ( Word doc, 62 KB )

Plasmarl Flying Start Childcare Manager - JD ( PDF, 221 KB )

Please return completed application forms to Lucy Saunders at the school address above or via email [email protected]

The post will commence as soon as possible after 13/04/26 following receipt of a valid DBS check and suitable references.

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Within Swansea Council there is a "Safeguarding is Everybody's Business" principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers and contractors. Further details can be found at https://www.swansea.gov.uk/corporatesafeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of the children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

Visit to the setting is Tuesday March 3 rd at 4pm
The closing date for applications is midday on Monday March 9 th
Shortlisting will take place on Tuesday March 10 th
Interviews will take place on Tuesday March 17 th

Last modified on 24 February 2026

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