Nursery Manager: Lead Learning and Care Excellence

Bright Horizons; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive bonus up to £6,000

Childcare discount 100% for firstChild

25 days annual leave + holidays

Pension

Wellbeing and family support

Career development programme

Job summary

Bright Horizons Holland Park is seeking a Nursery Manager in Notting Hill to lead a dedicated team, ensuring outstanding care and development for children. You will drive staff engagement, manage safeguarding, and partner with support offices to recruit, nurture and develop high performers.

You will implement commercial plans, optimise nursery performance and ensure regulatory compliance, balancing quality pedagogy with service excellence in a highly regulated setting.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Experience in an Early Years leadership role (Nursery Manager/Deputy Manager or similar).
• Experience with regulatory inspections resulting in Good/Outstanding outcomes.
• Experience building high performance teams with regulatory compliance and quality improvement.
• Ability to balance commercial and service excellence within a regulated setting.
• Strong knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection requirements.
• Ability to build trust with colleagues and parents/ carers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead and manage safeguarding policies.
• Collaborate with support offices to recruit and develop staff.
• Identify and implement commercial plans to drive growth and efficiency.
• Optimise nursery performance, revenue generation and cost control.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Safeguarding

Stakeholder management

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Bright Horizons Holland Park is seeking a Nursery Manager in Notting Hill to lead a dedicated team, ensuring outstanding care and development for children. You will drive staff engagement, manage safeguarding, and partner with support offices to recruit, nurture and develop high performers.

You will implement commercial plans, optimise nursery performance and ensure regulatory compliance, balancing quality pedagogy with service excellence in a highly regulated setting.