Nursery Manager

Bright Horizons Early Education & Preschool; Beacon; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare discount

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave

Pension

Wellbeing benefits and 24/7 GP

Professional development programme

Christmas closure & extra leave

Job summary

Bright Horizons Beacon Road Day in London area seeks a Nursery Manager to lead a team and deliver outstanding care and education for children. The Ofsted Outstanding setting, located near Hither Green, offers leadership opportunities and a strong focus on safeguarding and staff development.

The role includes driving commercial growth, managing safeguarding policies, and partnering with support offices to recruit and develop high-performing colleagues. Competitive benefits apply.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Leadership experience in an Early Years leadership role (Nursery Manager/Deputy/Assistant)
• Experience participating in regulatory inspections leading to a Good or Outstanding rating
• Experience building high-performing teams with regulatory compliance and quality improvement
• Confident decision maker balancing commercial and service excellence in a regulated setting
• Strong knowledge of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and related legislation
• Ability to develop trust and partnerships with colleagues and parents/carers

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all children in the setting.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead and manage safeguarding policies.
• Collaborate with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and develop staff.
• Identify and implement commercial plans to drive growth and manage costs.
• Optimise nursery performance and revenue while meeting staff ratio requirements

Skills

Leadership experience

Regulatory inspections

Team development

Decision making

Safeguarding knowledge

Parent partnerships

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Beacon Road Day

Salary – Starting at £45,510 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location– Hither Green

Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.”

We’re looking for a Nursery Manager to join our Beacon Road nursery. Our Bright Horizons Beacon Road is Ofsted rated Outstanding and is located a short walk from Hither Green train station

Our Benefits

• Starting at £45,510 per annum
• Childcare discount of 100% for first child
• Enhanced parental leave
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave*
• Pension
• Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
• Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach
• Subject to T&Cs

The Role

As a Nursery Manager, you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery, and management of safeguarding policies. You will work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high performing colleagues, as well as identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth. You will optimise nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.

What We’re Looking For

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
• Experience within an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar)
• Experience of participating with a regulatory inspection, leading to a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ outcome
• Experience of developing high performance teams, with effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, delivery of high-quality pedagogy, innovation and service excellence
• Confident decision maker, with ability to support change and understanding of complex relationship between commercial and service excellence within a regulated setting
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children
• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply.

We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.