EYFS teacher: interview questions and tasks

Adapt and use these questions and interview tasks, along with tips on what to look for in a candidate's response, to help you select the best possible EYFS teacher. You'll find tasks that test both lesson planning and classroom skills.

Last reviewed on 18 October 2024
School types: AllSchool phases: Nursery, PrimaryRef: 1734
Contents
  1. Choose from our list of questions
  2. Download and adapt our example tasks 
  3. Get more support from KeyGPT

Choose from our list of questions

KeyDoc: EYFS teacher – interview questions and record sheet DOCX, 113.1 KB
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Adapt our questions to suit your school's context and the role

The list is not intended to be prescriptive, or to give an exhaustive list of questions. Personalise it and add questions specific to: 

  • The role you're recruiting for
  • Your own setting
  • Any issues your school is facing  

Download and adapt our example tasks 

Choose the task that's most appropriate to the role you're hiring for:

  • Create a lesson plan
  • Deliver a lesson 
  • Deliver a presentation 
KeyDoc: EYFS teacher – interview tasks DOCX, 118.3 KB
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Get more support from KeyGPT

KeyGPT, our AI-powered assistant, will generate more examples of interview questions and tasks, based on what it knows about your school and what you tell it about the role. Just adapt the prompts in our interview questions wizard and see what it suggests.