Nursery Room Leader

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC.; Tooting; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nursery is looking for a Room Leader to join their team at Bright Horizons Tooting Looking Glass Day Nursery. The role involves leading a team to provide exceptional care and education, ensuring the welfare of each child. Candidates should hold a Level 3 Early Years qualification and have experience in an Early Years setting. The nursery offers a supportive environment and a range of benefits, including professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Childcare discount of 50% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

Access to financial and wellbeing benefits

Professional development programme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Room Leader, Nursery Nurse, or similar role.
• Strong understanding of the EYFS and safeguarding.
• Passionate about creating inclusive learning environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a team to deliver exceptional care and education.
• Promote child welfare, health and safety, and safeguarding.
• Maintain strong partnerships with colleagues and parents.

Skills

Communication

Child Welfare

Team Leadership

Early Years Education

Education

Full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Tooting Looking Glass Day Nursery & Pre-School

Salary – From £31,512 per annum

Location – SW17 6AD

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 Room Leader to join our Tooting Looking Glass nursery. Rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, the nursery is just a 10-minute walk from Tooting Bec station and a short drive from Tooting town centre. This spacious 156-place setting features six well-resourced rooms and a lovely garden area, offering a fantastic environment for children and staff alike.

Our Benefits

• From £31,512 per annum
• Childcare discount of 50% for first child*
• Enhanced parental leave
• 20 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 Room Leader, you will lead, mentor, support, and inspire a team to deliver exception care and education, to help all children within the room to develop and meet their individual milestones. You will promote and ensure child welfare, health and safety, and safeguarding, and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and other professionals to meet each child’s needs.

What we’re looking for

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
• Previous experience working within an Early Years setting – ideally as a Room Leader, Nursery Nurse, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator or similar
• Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments
• Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• 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
• Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with both children and adults

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.

If you want to make a difference, with a company who has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, apply today!

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We look forward to receiving your application!

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