Room Leader

Kids Ltd.; Knaresborough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great training opportunities

Excellent wellbeing support

Great Place to Work Certified 2025/26

80% childcare discount

Job summary

Kids Planet Knaresborough is looking for a Room Leader to join our team. You’ll lead and manage a room within the nursery, ensuring high-quality care and education in line with the EYFS, while supporting and guiding staff to foster a positive, collaborative environment.

You’ll build strong relationships with children and families, meet each child’s individual needs, and promote professional development with excellent wellbeing support, training through KP Academy, and a friendly central support

Qualifications

• Must be at least Level 3 qualified in a UK recognised early years qualification.
• Excellent understanding of EYFS.
• Extensive knowledge of safeguarding children.
• Leadership experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a room within the nursery to deliver high-quality care and education in line with EYFS.
• Support and guide the team to foster a positive, collaborative environment.
• Build strong relationships with children and families to meet individual needs and support learning.

Skills

EYFS knowledge

Safeguarding knowledge

Leadership experience

Education

Level 3 early years qualification (UK)

Job description

How you'll make a difference as a Room Leader:

By leading and managing a room within the nursery, ensuring high-quality care and education in line with the EYFS.

Through supporting and guiding the team, fostering a positive, collaborative environment and promoting professional development.

Through building strong relationships with children and families, ensuring each child's individual needs are met and their learning is supported.

What a Room Leader needs

• Must be at least Level 3 qualified in a UK recognised early years qualification.
• Excellent understanding of EYFS.
• Extensive knowledge of safeguarding children.
• Leadership experience desirable.

Kids Planet is a proud family-run business, we do things with heart and we're passionate about giving every child the best possible start. No two settings are the same, but all of them are built around our shared values: care, curiosity, and a genuine love for early years.

Join Kids Planet Knaresborough as a Room Leader!

We're now looking for a Room Leader to join our team, someone who's ready to get stuck in, spark imaginations, and help children thrive.

Why Kids Planet Knaresborough?

• Great opportunities for training
• Excellent wellbeing support
• Good transport link
• Great Place to Work Certified 2025/26
• Ranked #1 UK Best Workplaces for Women, for the second year running
• Crowned NMT's Large Nursery Group of the Year, for the second year running
• Awarded one of the UK's Best Workplaces in Education & Training by Great Place to Work 2026
• 80% Childcare Discount - T&Cs apply

What we offer our Room Leaders:

• Free breakfast, lunch, and healthy snacks to fuel your day!
• Accredited training through our awesome KP Academy and bespoke training platform.
• Enhanced leave for maternity, paternity, fertility, and adoption because family matters.
• Wellbeing goodies, staff rewards, and fun events all year round.
• Long service awards to celebrate your commitment.
• Take the day off on your birthday, it's all about you!
• Competitive salary, pension plan and enhanced holiday allowance.
• Friendly central support team always on hand to help.