Nursery Manager

Bright Horizons Early Education & Preschool; Wembley; 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

Pension

Wellbeing and financial benefits

Professional development

Job summary

Bright Horizons Wimbledon Day Nursery and Preschool is seeking a Nursery Manager to lead a dedicated team, driving outstanding care and education for all children in the setting.

You'll act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, partner with support office teams to recruit and develop high-performing staff, and implement commercial plans to grow the FTE while ensuring safeguarding and regulatory compliance align with Ofsted expectations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an Early Years team in a regulated setting.
• Proven ability to drive pedagogy and service excellence.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection requirements.

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, develop and retain staff; implement commercial plans.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Wimbledon Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary – Up to £59,529.60 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Wimbledon, 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 Wimbledon Nursery situated only 8 minutes walk from Wimbledon Station and south Wimbledon Tube Station. We are also fortunate to be right next to Merton Park Tram stop. Other Transport links include 3 bus routes which are the 152 to New Malden. 163 from Wimbledon to Morden and lastely the 164 which travels from Wimbledon to Sutton Station, right outside our nursery. There are other routes from Wimbledon that include excellent transport links to Surbiton and Kingston using the 53, 131 and also Putney which has its own 93 bus route from North Cheam to Putney. There are more routes servicing, Tooting, Mitcham, Balham, Clapham, Streatham and Richmond. We do also have a car park for those employees wanting to drive.

Our Bright Horizons Wimbledon Nursery is Ofsted rated 'Good', and offers a children's kitchen, dedicated ICT room, and four large, individual outdoor learning areas for the children to explore!

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

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.

We look forward to receiving your application!