Nursery Manager

Bright Horizons Early Education & Preschool; The Green; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare discount

Bonus up to £6,000

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave + Christmas close

Pension

Wellbeing benefits like virtual GP and

Career development

Job summary

Bright Horizons Palmers Green Day Nursery and Preschool in Palmers Green, London, is seeking a Nursery Manager to lead a 64-place setting and drive outstanding care and education for young children.

You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, supervise staff, partner with central teams, and develop strategies for growth, quality, and service excellence in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Experience in an Early Years leadership role (Nursery Manager/Deputy/Assistant).
• Experience with regulatory inspections resulting in Good or Outstanding.
• Proven ability to develop high-performance teams with regulatory compliance and pedagogy.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and child protection responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead and manage safeguarding policies.
• Collaborate with support office teams to recruit and develop staff.
• Identify and implement commercial plans to grow the nursery and improve revenue.
• Optimize nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency.

Skills

Leadership experience

Regulatory compliance

Decision making

Safeguarding knowledge

Relationship building

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Palmers Green Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary – Up to £59,529 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Palmers Green, London

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 Palmers Green Nursery and Pre-school , situated in the Palmers Green area of North central London, with great public transport links.

This stunning 64-place setting is based in a beautifully converted house, and features spacious and well‑resourced rooms, as well as an an amazing garden and terrace area complete with play equipment, perfect for outdoor teaching and learning!

Our Benefits

• Childcare discount of 100% for first child*
• Competitive bonus of up to £6,000, awarded in line with Ofsted inspection outcomes
• 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.

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