Pro practiceHead of Early Years practice interview
Early years curriculum leadership, safeguarding, staff development, provision planning, assessment and partnerships with families. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- Lead
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
The Head of Early Years leads learning, care and safeguarding across a provision for young children. Expect the panel to test your understanding of play, language-rich interactions, staff deployment, developmentally useful assessment and respectful partnership with families.
How to prepare
- Prepare an example of how you improved the quality of play or adult interaction across a team.
- Review the steps you take when a safeguarding or supervision concern is reported.
- Plan how you would evaluate indoor and outdoor provision from a child's perspective.
- Think of a sensitive conversation with a family about a child's development.
- Be ready to explain how you reduce unnecessary observation paperwork while retaining useful evidence.
Common mistakes
- Describing play as free time without explaining the adult's professional role.
- Discussing a serious incident without immediate safety and reporting actions.
- Using developmental expectations as labels rather than prompts for support.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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