Education & Quality Lead - Multi-Nursery Coaching & EYFS

The Midcounties Co-Operative; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discounts

30 Days Annual Leave

Health and Wellbeing Programmes

Full Training and Accredited Developm…

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Fam…

Job summary

The Midcounties Co-Operative is seeking an Education and Quality Manager to join our Educational Excellence Team. Based from our London nurseries with one day at home, you will coach Nursery Managers and upskill teams to deliver consistently high standards of early years provision.

You will support nurseries to implement EYFS requirements, strengthen Ofsted readiness, and drive continuous improvement through training, audits, and action plans, modelling excellence and safeguarding best practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 3 qualification in Early Years.
• Evidence of Right to Work in the UK is required.
• Clear enhanced DBS with DBS Update Service membership.

Responsibilities

• Coach Nursery Managers and upskill teams to meet high standards.
• Support multiple nurseries to improve provision and outcomes.
• Lead visits to ensure pedagogy is applied and environments are enabling.
• Drive Ofsted readiness through audits, action plans and monitoring.
• Deliver training packages and role model expected values and behaviours.
• Safeguard statutory compliance within EYFS and Ofsted regulations.

Skills

Coaching & mentoring

Leadership

Training delivery

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

BA (Hons) Early Years / EYT status

Job description

The Midcounties Co-Operative is seeking an Education and Quality Manager to join our Educational Excellence Team. Based from our London nurseries with one day at home, you will coach Nursery Managers and upskill teams to deliver consistently high standards of early years provision.

You will support nurseries to implement EYFS requirements, strengthen Ofsted readiness, and drive continuous improvement through training, audits, and action plans, modelling excellence and safeguarding best practices.