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About the Role
Lead a well-established nursery and continue building a positive, high-quality environment for children, families, and colleagues. Develop a strong team and create a nursery culture where children thrive, families feel supported, and colleagues enjoy coming to work.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, maintaining robust safeguarding procedures and a safe, nurturing environment.
- Ensure the effective implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework and maintain compliance with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Lead, motivate, and develop your nursery team, encouraging professional growth, collaboration, and consistently high standards of practice.
- Build strong, positive relationships with families through clear communication, trust, and a shared commitment to each child’s development.
- Oversee the effective day-to-day running of the nursery, maintaining an organised, welcoming, and well-managed setting.
- Drive nursery occupancy and overall performance, supporting the continued success and growth of the setting.
- Lead Ofsted preparation and inspections, ensuring the nursery maintains high standards and is continually improving the quality of care and education.
- Support the wellbeing, engagement, and development of your team, fostering a positive and professional workplace culture.
- Ensure children receive high-quality, engaging, and age-appropriate learning experiences that support their individual needs and development.
Requirements
- Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification.
- Previous Nursery Management experience.
- Strong knowledge of the EYFS statutory framework and safeguarding requirements.
- Experience leading and developing teams within an Early Years setting.
- A passion for delivering high-quality childcare and education.
- Experience of achieving Good or Outstanding Ofsted outcomes (Desirable).
- Level 5 qualification in Childcare, Leadership or Management (Desirable).
Skills
- Childcare
- Leadership
- Management
- Safeguarding
- EYFS framework
- Team development
- Communication
- Ofsted inspections
Location
- The Kentish Town Day Nursery and preschool
Work Type
- Full Time
- 40 hours per week
Experience Level
- Depending on experience
Education Level
- Level 3 childcare qualification
- Level 5 qualification in Childcare, Leadership or Management (Desirable)
Salary/Compensations
- Up to £55,000 per annum
- Quarterly bonus scheme worth up to £3,000 per year
Benefits
- 75% Childcare Discount
- Quarterly Bonus Scheme: Earn up to £3,000 per year
- 33 Days Paid Holiday: 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and your birthday off
- Career Growth: Tailored training, professional development and opportunities to progress
- Health & Wellbeing Support: Access a confidential employee assistance and wellbeing programme.
- Company Pension Scheme
About the Company
- At The Kentish Town Day Nursery and preschool we’re looking for a confident and experienced Nursery Manager to lead our well-established nursery and continue building a positive, high-quality environment for children, families and colleagues.
- Kentish Town Day Nursery offers the opportunity to lead a well-established setting with supportive senior leadership, strong team foundations and the freedom to make a real difference.
- As part of the Family First Group, you’ll benefit from a positive working culture, opportunities for professional development and the support you need to grow as a leader while creating an exceptional nursery experience for every child.
Equal Opportunity
- We take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child.
- We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs.
- Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.