Room Leader (1-2 Years Olds)

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC.; Beaconsfield; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare discount

Parental leave

Additional leave

Pension

Wellbeing benefits

Career development

Job summary

Bright Horizons Brindley House Day Nursery in Beaconsfield is seeking a Room Leader to guide a team caring for 1‑2 year olds. You’ll drive high‑quality care and learning, ensuring safety and child welfare while fostering strong partnerships with families and colleagues.

We offer a competitive salary of £35,963.20 per year, permanent contract, 40 hours weekly, Monday to Friday, with a supportive environment and HEART values guiding daily practice.

Qualifications

• Level 3+ Early Years qualification and DBS checks.
• Experience leading an Early Years room or team.
• Strong EYFS knowledge and safeguarding understanding.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and support a team to deliver high‑quality care and education.
• Build strong partnerships with parents and professionals to meet each child’s needs.

Skills

Room Leader

EYFS knowledge

Safeguarding

Education

Level 3+ Early Years

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Brindley House Day Nursery

Salary – £35,963.20 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Hours - 40 Hours Per Week | Mon - Fri | Permanent

Location – Beaconsfield, HP9 1PB

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 Brindley House Day Nursery and lead our 1-2 year olds room! The nursery is located in the centre of the beautiful market town of Beaconsfield, just a short 5 minute walk from Beaconsfield rail station and local shops. There is free staff parking on-site and the nursery has recently undergone a brand new renovation creating a warm and cosy environment with sensory areas, imagination stations and a wonderful outdoor garden for the children to enjoy! The children benefit from French lessons in the pre-school room and Little Stars music sessions in the baby room!

• Childcare discount of 50% for first child
• Enhanced parental leave 31 days annual leave, inclusive or bank holiday and 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

Responsibilities

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.

Qualifications

• 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

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.

Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.

About us

At Bright Horizons, our culture is built on our commitment to Keeping Everyone Safe and providing world-class care and education, delivered by a world-class workforce. We believe our people’s potential is endless and with this in mind, we aspire to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and accomplish the things they thought impossible. Bright Horizons has been recognised as a Great Place to Work by our employees and the Great Place to Work Institute for the last 13 years. We care passionately about what we do, and our HEART values and principles help us to support one another in the work that we do each day. These are quite literally at the HEART of our organisation’s ethos and culture as it helps us to provide a working environment that supports professionalism, growth and diversity. We are passionate about our people’s ongoing learning and development. Our learning and leading with HEART framework supports each Bright Horizons colleague on the first steps of their leadership journey, whether that includes our 'World-Class Welcome' induction or our extensive ongoing training programme. Either way we want you to feel valued and invested in! Celebrating in the accomplishments of our people is an essential part of our culture. We believe in the power of "thank you" and throughout the year, in ways big and small, formal and informal, we show our appreciation for employees at all levels. Each year, we have our annual 'Awards of Excellence' events; whether you are an award winner or cheering on a fellow team member, these formal award occasions are opportunities to come together and celebrate one another.