Department: Nursery Education
Location: Reading, Berkshire
Compensation: £30,118 - £33,738 / year
Welcome Bonus: £1,500* (T&Cs apply)
Your key responsibilities
- Create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive as a team.
- Lead our ‘learning through play’ ethos and our N Curriculum with care and flair.
- Be a role model for outstanding care and education, inspiring your team to bring their best every day.
- Champion continuous improvement, keeping practice fresh, creative, and Outstandingly Outstanding.
- Shape the daily routine of your room, ensuring smooth transitions from mealtimes to naptimes to playtimes.
- Support your team to plan, observe, and deliver high-quality learning experiences tailored to every child.
- Coach, guide, and motivate your team through regular feedback and professional development.
- Build strong, trusting relationships with parents and keep them involved in their children’s learning.
- Embed and role‑model our safeguarding, health and safety, and wellbeing standards across your room.
Our Room Managers should have
- Previous experience working with children in an educational setting (ideally as a Room Leader, Third in Charge, nursery practitioner, nursery nurse, or early years educator).
- For Baby Room Managers, experience working with children under 2.
- Experience in leading and coaching a team.
- A background in delivering consistent and exceptional customer service.
- Full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification (or above).
- Paediatric First Aid (12 hours) and a commitment to remain compliant.
- Relevant safeguarding/child protection training and willingness to update that training regularly.
- A genuine passion for education and changing the lives of children.
- A positive, glass‑half‑full outlook.
- Bags of drive and motivation with a ‘make it happen’ attitude.
- A solid decision‑maker able to support and achieve our Wildly Important Goals (WIGs).
The N Advantage package
- Competitive salary – £30,118 - £33,738 per annum
- Performance bonus – Up to £1,200 annually
- Flexible working – Choose 4–5 days a week for a work‑life balance that suits you
- Industry‑leading holiday allowance – Up to 35 days, including a personal ‘Me’ day and Christmas closure
- Development fund – £100 annual learning fund, plus paid N Academy training (Level 3, EY Degrees, Forest School & more)
- No uniforms – £100 clothing allowance for style freedom
- Family‑friendly – Enhanced parental/fostering/neonatal leave after 2 years
- Childcare – 40% discount, plus 6 emergency days annually
Additional benefits
- Loyalty rewards – 5‑year bonus: around‑the‑world trip + 2 bonus weeks off, 10‑year bonus: “Out of this world” experience + 2 more weeks off
- N Coaching & Mentoring – Access to 3 ILM‑approved coaching programmes
- Referral scheme – Earn up to £1,000 per successful hire
- Ample discounts – Savings on groceries, shopping, fitness, and more
- Travel support – Season ticket loans and cycle‑to‑work scheme
- Socials & wellbeing – Annual parties, team events, gym discounts, and online fitness
