Senior Nursery Practitioner
22 days ago
Southampton
Nursery\nManager Woodberry Day Nursery Peartree Full Time\n| 40 Hours Per Week Salary | £42,000 - £50,000 depending on experience + £1,000 Welcome Bonus +\nQuarterly Bonus Scheme worth £3,000 per year* Are you an experienced Nursery\nManager looking for a setting where you will feel trusted, supported and\ngenuinely valued as a leader? Woodberry\nDay Nursery Peartree is looking for a confident and experienced Nursery Manager\nto lead our well-established nursery and continue building a positive,\nhigh-quality environment for children, families and teams. This role is\nideal for a strong Early Years leader who enjoys developing teams, driving\nstandards and creating a nursery culture where both children and teams thrive.\nYou will be joining a stable nursery with supportive senior leadership, strong\nteam foundations and the freedom to lead your setting with confidence. Set beside\nbeautiful woodland with inspiring free-flow outdoor spaces, Woodberry Peartree\noffers children an exciting environment where curiosity, creativity and\nconfidence can thrive through play and exploration. If you take\npride in running a happy, organised nursery and leading a team people genuinely\nenjoy being part of, we would love to hear from you. What we\noffer: • £1,000 welcome bonus*, • Quarterly bonus scheme worth up\n to £3,000 per year*, • 75% childcare discount, • 27 days annual leave plus bank\n holidays and your birthday off, • Genuine progression\n opportunities within a growing group, • Supportive and approachable\n senior leadership team, • Employee wellbeing &\n assistance programme, • Refer a friend bonus up to £750, • Well-resourced nursery with a\n positive team culture *Terms\nand conditions apply. The role: As Nursery\nManager, you will lead the day-to-day running of the nursery while maintaining\nhigh standards across the setting. You will be responsible for: • Leading, motivating, and\n developing your nursery team, • Ensuring EYFS and safeguarding\n compliance, • Building strong parent\n partnerships, • Driving occupancy and overall\n nursery performance, • Leading Ofsted preparation and\n inspections, • Supporting staff development and\n wellbeing, • Creating a positive,\n professional team culture This is a\nhands-on leadership role where your experience, leadership style, and\ndecision-making will make a genuine impact every day. What we’re\nlooking for: Essential: • Full and relevant Level 3\n Childcare qualification, • Previous Nursery Management\n experience, • Strong knowledge of EYFS and\n safeguarding, • Experience leading teams within\n Early Years, • Passion for delivering\n high-quality childcare and education Desirable: • Level 5 qualification in\n Childcare, Leadership, or Management, • Experience achieving Good or\n Outstanding Ofsted outcomes Apply today!\nIf you’re looking for a Nursery Manager role where you can lead confidently,\nfeel supported and genuinely enjoy coming to work, we would love to speak with\nyou. We are\ncommitted to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all\nstaff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service\nCertificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to\nenhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty. Woodberry\nDay Nursery Peartree is part of the Family First Group where we take great care\nto treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any\nother individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to\nproviding equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all\nchildren and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on\nthe grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil\npartnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or\nmaternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place\nwithin the Family First Group.