Room Leader (Baby Room)

Bright Horizons; London; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Horizons is seeking a Room Leader for their Finsbury Park nursery, offering a starting salary of £31,512 per annum. The role involves leading a team to provide exceptional care and education, ensuring safety and development for children. With strong links to public transport, this nursery is recognized for its quality of care and inclusivity.

Benefits

Childcare discount of 50% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Financial and wellbeing benefits

Professional development programme

Qualifications

• Experience in an Early Years setting as a Room Leader or similar is ideal.
• Knowledge of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is crucial.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with parents and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care.
• Promote child welfare, health, safety, and safeguarding.
• Ensure children meet their individual developmental milestones.

Skills

Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments

Strong communication techniques

Understanding of Safeguarding

Education

Full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

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Nursery – Bright Horizons Finsbury Park Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary – Starting from £31,512 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Finsbury Park, London

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 Finsbury Park nursery, which is situated in the heart of Finsbury Park. The nursery offers excellent links to rail, tube and bus stations. The nearest rail and tube stations to the nursery is Finsbury Park underground station (10 minute walk), Finsbury park Railway station (9 minute walk) and Crouch Hill Rail station (9 minute walk). We have buses 210, W3 and W7 that is close to the nursery. This role can be over 5 days or 4 long days and is for the Baby Room.

Our Bright Horizons Finsbury Park is Ofsted rated “Good” and is a light, spacious, purpose-built day nursery all on one level the rooms all have direct access to outdoor garden areas.

• 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
• Shift options: 40 hours over 4 or 5 days

*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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Created on 22/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom