Nursery Manager - Fulham

Bright Horizons UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare discount

Bonus up to £6,000

Enhanced parental leave

36 days annual leave

Pension

Wellbeing benefits

Career development programme

Job summary

Bright Horizons Fulham Wharf Nursery in London seeks a Nursery Manager to lead a 99-place setting delivering high-quality care and education. You will be the Designated Safeguarding Lead, drive staff engagement, and partner with head office on recruitment and development while ensuring safeguarding and regulatory standards are met.

The role requires Level 3+ EY qualifications and leadership experience, with a focus on achieving Good/Outstanding outcomes through strong team performance and

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification is required.
• Experience in an Early Years leadership role, preferably as Nursery Manager or Deputy Manager.
• Experience with regulatory inspections leading to Good/Outstanding outcomes.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and ability to implement policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the nursery team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead and oversee safeguarding policies.
• Collaborate with support office to recruit, support, and develop staff.
• Drive commercial plans to achieve growth while maintaining quality and compliance.

Skills

Early Years Leadership

Regulatory Compliance

Safeguarding Knowledge

Partnership with Parents

Decision Making

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery Manager - Fulham (Bright Horizons - Education Sector)

Nursery – Bright Horizons Fulham Wharf Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary – Salary starting from £45,510.40 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Fulham, 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 Fulham Wharf Nursery, situated just a five-minute walk from Imperial Wharf train station and Fulham Broadway tube. There are also several bus routes and easily-accessible parking.

The 99-place setting is Ofsted rated Good and based within stunning traditional building with large windows to bring the outdoors in! Unusually for a London nursery, Fulham Wharf also features a large garden complete with cycling tracks!

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
• 36 days annual leave, inclusive of 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.