Deputy Manager

Blossom Tree Montessori; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday per year

Birthday day off

Pension scheme

Free uniform

In house training

Staff childcare discount

Paid DBS with Update Service

Job summary

Blossom Tree Montessori is seeking a Deputy Manager to lead the nursery team across multiple branches. The role focuses on maintaining high standards, ensuring safety, and driving the Montessori ethos in daily practice.

We offer in-house training and support for staff development, plus a generous holiday allowance and opportunities for career progression within a growing group of nurseries.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Childcare qualification at a minimum of Level 3.
• Experience in a leadership role is essential.
• Good ICT skills are essential.
• Be a positive role model to your team.
• Effectively lead and manage staff in classrooms.
• Extensive knowledge of EYFS, Ofsted and welfare requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Be passionate, motivated, and able to work as part of a team with a fun, inspiring approach.
• A current and clean DBS certificate is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team, encourage and raise practice daily.
• Support the manager in daily running of the nursery.
• Manage daily running of the nursery in the absence of the manager.
• Delegation and deployment to ensure rooms meet adult:child ratios.
• Contribute to staff performance management and appraisals.
• Engage with parents and build strong partnerships.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team management

ICT skills

Verbal and written communication

Positive role model

Adaptability

Education

Level 3 Childcare qualification

Tools

Blossom Educational app

Job description

Are you looking for a new and exciting role? Do you have experience working as a Deputy Manager?

At Blossom Tree Montessori, we are recruiting for a Deputy Manager to join our friendly and dedicated team. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is passionate about Early Years and has experience in a key leadership role supporting both children and staff.

This role is full time, working 40 hours per week – working a variety of shifts between the hours of 7:30am-6pm.

A little about Blossom Tree Montessori:

We first opened our Northwood Hills branch in July 2019 and have expanded the nursery twice since opening.

We opened our second branch in Eastcote in June 2023.

We opened our third branch in Pinner in January 2026.

We are really passionate about the Montessori ethos and we provide in house training as well as supporting staff to complete courses to further their knowledge.

There is plenty of room for career progression and we are very focused on upskilling our staff team.

We use a nursery app called ‘Blossom Educational’ which is our sister company! It’s incredibly user friendly and helps us to be efficient and organised.

What we offer at Blossom Tree Montessori:

• 28 days holiday per year including time at Easter and Christmas
• One extra day’s holiday per year increasing with each year of service
• Additional days holiday for your birthday! If your birthday falls on a weekend, a day around the weekend will be given.
• Employee of the month rewards
• Pension scheme
• Free uniform
• Three paid staff inset days per year
• In house training and opportunities to complete further courses and qualifications paid for by Blossom Tree
• Complimentary team building activities and staff events
• Staff childcare discount
• Paid DBS with a requirement for you to pay £16 each year for the Update Service

A day at Blossom would include:

• Working as part of a team to ensure the nursery runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Becoming familiarised with the nursery's policies and procedures and supporting staff to follow these.
• Leading a team, encouraging and raising practice daily.
• Delegating tasks to your team to ensure the smooth running of the room.
• Sharing creative ideas and willingly involving your team in decision making for the classroom e.g., activities/planning
• Forming professional and friendly partnerships with parents and forming secure relationships with the children.
• Working as part of the Senior Management team to contribute to staff performance management and appraisals.
• Supporting the manager in daily running of the nursery.
• Managing and overseeing the daily running of the nursery in the absence of the manager.
• Staff delegation and deployment to ensure all rooms are working within the adult to child ratios.
• Oversee display boards and the setting up of a stimulating, warm environment prepared for the children including the garden in accordance with the 7 areas of learning.
• Conducting peer observations and management spot checks. Focusing on the quality of interaction and the high levels of practice.
• Spending time in the classroom modelling positive practice.
• Creating children's health care plans.
• Mentoring and training Room Leaders.
• Being involved in parent events.
• Monitoring all daily and weekly checks are completed to a high standard.
• Using our nursery app "Blossom Educational" - training will be provided.

What we would ask from you:

• A full and relevant Childcare qualification at a minimum of Level 3.
• Previous experience of working in a leadership role is essential.
• Having good ICT skills is essential.
• Being a positive role model to your team.
• Effectively lead and manage the staff team in the classrooms.
• An extensive knowledge of the current EYFS, Ofsted and welfare requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• To be passionate, motivated, have the ability to work well within a team and be able to adapt to a fun and inspiring way of working.
• We take safeguarding very seriously and a current and clean Disclosure Barring Services (DBS) Certificate is essential