At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a passionate team to inspire children's development and maintain high care standards.
- Company: A nurturing private nursery in Bradford focused on community and exceptional care.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, professional development, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Enjoy job security with opportunities for growth and leadership training.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on children's lives while shaping the future of early years education.
- Qualifications: Level 3 Early Years qualification and experience in a high-standard nursery setting.
The predicted salary is between 34000 - 42000 £ per year.
Are you an inspirational early years leader looking to make a lasting impact on children's development, driving pedagogical excellence and maintaining outstanding care standards? Ready to step into a leadership role where you truly have the autonomy to shape a setting's future?
About Us
Randstad Education are assisting a privately owned day nursery in Bradford in appointing a Nursery Manager. The Nursery is dedicated to providing a warm, stimulating, and inclusive environment where every child can flourish. As an independent setting, they pride themselves on close community relationships, exceptional staff-to-child ratios, and a curriculum built around learning through purposeful play.
The Role
As a Nursery Manager, you will hold overall operational, educational, and commercial responsibility for the day-to-day running of the setting. Leading from the front, you will inspire their practitioner team and foster strong relationships with parents. You will ensure the learning environment exceeds standard Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership & People Management: Recruit, mentor, and motivate a passionate team of room leaders and early years practitioners; conduct regular supervisions and appraisals.
- EYFS & Care Quality: Lead curriculum implementation, track child progress, and uphold exemplary safeguarding and health & safety protocols.
- Ofsted Readiness: Maintain continuous compliance with statutory frameworks and drive internal quality audits to achieve and sustain an Outstanding rating.
- Parent & Community Partnership: Act as the primary ambassador for the nursery, ensuring transparent communication, high parent satisfaction, and a welcoming atmosphere.
- Operational & Commercial Performance: Manage nursery occupancy, fee structures, staffing rotas, and budgets in collaboration with the owners.
What We Are Looking For
Qualifications: Minimum Full and Relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification (Level 5, Level 6, or Early Years Initial Teacher Status / BA Hons in Early Childhood Studies highly desirable).
Experience: Proven experience as a Nursery Manager or Deputy Manager within a high-standard private day nursery setting.
Expertise: Comprehensive working knowledge of the revised EYFS framework, Ofsted inspection expectations, and local safeguarding procedures.
Skills: Excellent leadership presence, strong organisational abilities, commercial awareness, and empathetic communication skills.
Compliance: Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to undergo one) and full right to work in the UK.
What We Offer
- Permanent contract with direct employment and long-term job security
- Generous annual leave entitlement (plus bank holidays)
- Funded continuous professional development (CPD) and specialised leadership training
- Company pension scheme and well-being support programme
Nursery Manager in Bradford employer: Randstad UK
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