Nursery Manager

N Family Club; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

N Family Club seeks a Nursery Manager to lead nursery operations in Kentish Town, London. The role involves ensuring high educational standards, compliance, and exceptional care for children. The ideal candidate will foster a nurturing environment while driving operational efficiency and team development, contributing to a reimagined approach to early years education.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus of up to 25%

Generous holiday allowance up to 35 days

Complimentary lunch and drinks

Funding for professional development

Childcare discount of 40%

Annual leadership retreat

Emergency childcare back-up

Qualifications

• Hold a relevant Early Years qualification (Level 3 or above).
• Experience in nursery management.
• Exceptional people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee nursery operations and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Lead educational strategies and deliver high-quality education.
• Manage recruitment, training, and development of staff.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

People Management

Safeguarding

Operational Management

Education

Early Years qualification (Level 3 or above)

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★ It’s official… We’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work! ★

★ Your Dream Career in 2025 Starts Here: Join N Family Club and enjoy the best salaries, benefits, and career growth opportunities in the industry! ★

If you hold a relevant Early Years qualification (Level 3 or above), don’t miss the chance to join a forward-thinking, dynamic nursery group that’s changing the face of early years education.

Department: Nursery Management

Location: Kentish Town, London

Compensation: £40,000 - £63,440 / year

Description

★ It’s official… We’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work! ★

★ Your Dream Career in 2025 Starts Here: Join N Family Club and enjoy the best salaries, benefits, and career growth opportunities in the industry! ★

If you hold a relevant Early Years qualification (Level 3 or above), don’t miss the chance to join a forward-thinking, dynamic nursery group that’s changing the face of early years education.

Discover the N Advantage — Our competitive salary and benefits package for 2025:
★ Competitive Salary: Earn between £40,000 - £63,440, reflecting your experience and dedication
★ A performance related bonus of up to 25% of base salary, plus £1,000 for Ofsted ‘Outstanding’
★Generous Holiday up to 35 days of holiday (including 3 days between Christmas/ New Year and a ‘Me’ day off of your choice!) plus opportunity to purchase up to 5 days leave per year
★ Daily Perks: Complimentary lunch and drinks every day
★ The N Partnership Access a personal development fund of £100 per year
★Funding and paid time off for Level 3/EYTT/ EY Degrees/Forest School/Leadership and other training and professional development through our N Academy
★ N Coaching & Mentoring programmes
★ Clifton Strength Assessments
★Leadership events
★ Annual leadership Mountains ski trip
★ Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and Shared Parental leave pay after 2 years of continuous service, plus neonatal leave, fostering leave and carer’s leave
★ Childcare discount of 40%
★ Emergency childcare: 6 back-up childcare days in any of our nurseries

But that’s not all…
★ 5-Year Bonus: Celebrate your 5th year n.iversary with a round-the-world trip and 2 extra weeks of holiday
★ 10-Year Bonus: After 10 years, enjoy an OUT OF THIS WORLD experience and another 2 weeks of holiday
★ Referral Bonuses: Earn up to £1,000 for every friend you refer who joins N Family Club
★ Exclusive Discounts: Get access to discounts on groceries, shopping, entertainment, and more with the Each Person’s app
★ Travel Support: Season pass loans and cycle-to-work schemes to make commuting easy
Social Fun: Join us for our annual Winter Party, Summer BBQ, and regular team socials
★ Health & Wellbeing: Discounts on gym memberships and digital fitness classes through My Gym Discounts

Why N Family Club?
We’re more than just a nursery group; we’re the UK’s most innovative early years education provider.

Our vision? To be the highest quality, and most loved, early years education group in the UK.
Our purpose? To inspire and develop the next generation to reach their full potential in an ever-changing world.

At N Family Club, we dreamed of creating a place where early years education would be reimagined. A place that fosters creativity, embraces a curriculum-led approach, and prepares children for the modern world. We're proud to be making that dream a reality, and now, we’re inviting you to be a part of it!

What it means to be a Nursery Manager at N Family Club…

As a Nursery Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of nursery operations, ensuring compliance with regulations while maintaining exceptional standards in people management, commercial strategy, and educational excellence. Your role will blend expertise in children's education, business acumen, customer service, and people development to create an environment where children thrive in safety, learning, and fun.

You will lead with vision, guiding your team to deliver the highest level of care and education, while also driving operational efficiency and financial performance. Your ability to balance the educational and commercial elements of the nursery will be crucial in fostering a supportive, engaging, and compliant setting for both children and staff

Navigating to the heart of excitement is a breeze with our outstanding transport links! Buses 88, 393, and 214 make stops right at our doorstep, ensuring a lively journey filled with laughter. And for those who savour the overground/underground charm, the Kentish Town station is just a short walk away – turning your commute into a delightful prelude to the magic that awaits.

Step into our nursery, where every corner is a canvas for imagination and exploration. Our fantastic team isn't just here to teach; they're here to inspire, nurture, and turn every day into a new chapter of joy and growth.


Ready to make 2025 your year?
Apply now and be part of something extraordinary. Your dream career starts here!

For more information about N Family Club, our team culture, and our world-class benefits, visit our Careers website or check out our Glassdoor page.



Key Responsibilities

• Create, and ensure there is, a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone plays as a team and can achieve their full potential, promoting the N Family Club culture and values
• To be the Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery and hold overall responsibility for the day to day management of safeguarding and child protection policies.
• Own the operational management of your nursery ensuring all N policies and procedures are followed, alongside compliance with EYFS statutory requirements, H&S legislation and Ofsted requirements.
• Be responsible for leading the team to deliver the highest quality education in line with the N Pedagogy and Curriculum, driving improvement through the nursery self evaluation plan. This will include completing actions set by the Education Advisor or identified through N100 audits and mock inspections.
• Take full accountability for recruitment, retention, staffing, succession planning and be a champion for N Academy signing posting teams to relevant learning. Actively engage with the local community and local team to support both attracting and retaining team members.
• Be a role model for exceptionally high standards, never cutting corners, thriving on feedback and leading on improvement plans to move forwards.
• Build and maintain brilliant relationships with parents, taking the time to learn customers names and build genuine relationships with them, making spaces feel warm and uplifting, constantly finding ways to go beyond and championing relevant initiatives e.g. pedagogical partner handovers
• Work with sales and marketing to drive occupancy levels, managing capacity to offer education to as many families that require this in the local area maximising all the space in the nursery.
• Risk assess the nursery through the day, every day, and take appropriate action; maintaining and critically assessing all policies, procedures and practice to continuously drive improvements, creating an open culture of behavioural safety.
• Commercial delivery of nursery performance, optimising revenue generation and cost efficiency in line with N Family targets to deliver and exceed nursery budgeted EBITDA
• Engage in the local community to build and establish local partnerships including strong connections with the local authority to ensure we meet all local requirements.
• Encourage the local team to engage in the local community to build and establish local partnerships including strong connections with the local authority to ensure we meet all local requirements.
• Role model N values whilst coaching, guiding, proactively and openly resolving problems, developing and succession planning your team
• Respect and value all team members, children and parents, encouraging a positive and diverse working environment
• Responsible for always adhering to the company's H&S policy: “Statement of Intent"
• Work a flexible work pattern within the nursery opening hours (7am-7pm), with the flexibility to attend out of hours meetings and events as required
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Education Management

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