Pre-School Manager - Maternity Cover

The Duke of Bedford Primary School; King's Lynn and West Norfolk; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in King's Lynn and West Norfolk is seeking a Preschool Manager to deliver high-quality care and education tailored to individual children's needs. The role involves leading daily operations, managing staff, and ensuring a safe, stimulating environment that promotes development. Candidates should have a Level 3 Early Years qualification, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to oversee nursery routines and safeguarding practices. This position offers a chance to positively impact children's learning and well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience managing staff in a Deputy or Manager’s role.
• Knowledge of child development, EYFS, and safeguarding practices.
• Ability to remain calm and resilient in a busy preschool setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care and education tailored to children’s needs.
• Lead daily operations within the Pre-School.
• Organise routines and activities, observing and assessing children's progress.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Calm and resilient

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

As our Preschool Manager you will deliver high-quality care and education tailored to each child’s individual needs. You’ll lead the daily operations within the Pre-School ensuring a safe, stimulating environment that promotes emotional, physical, and intellectual development. You’ll support the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) pre-school curriculum through engaging adult-led and child-initiated activities, while acting as a positive role model and building strong relationships with children, families, and colleagues. In this role, you will take responsibility for organising the room’s routines and activities, observing and assessing children’s progress, supporting mealtimes, weekly planning, and ensuring safeguarding and health and safety procedures are always followed. You will also be supporting a team of pre-school colleagues while benefitting from the leadership of the schools EYFS lead.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need a Level 3 Early Years qualification https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-qualifications-achieved-in-england , strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to remain calm and resilient in a busy preschool setting. Experience in a similar role and knowledge of child development, EYFS, and safeguarding practices are essential. You will need to have recent and extensive experience of managing staff in a Deputy or Manager’s role and must be able to demonstrate your ability to undertake management responsibilities. You will also need excellent role model skills to enable you to ensure that staff can deliver outstanding quality care and education for children aged from 2 to 4 years of age.

The Duke of Bedford Pre-School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policy and procedures to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.