Nursery Manager Wanted in Brentwood, New Site

Are you an experienced Early Years Leader ready for your next challenge?

We’re are working with a brilliant Nursery group who is looking for a passionate and ambitious Nursery Manager to lead a thriving setting in Brentwood and make a real difference to children, families and staff.

The Role

You’ll take overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the nursery, leading a dedicated team and ensuring the highest standards of care, learning, safeguarding and practice.

You’ll be responsible for:

Leading, motivating and developing the nursery team.

Driving continuous improvement and high-quality EYFS practice.

Overseeing safeguarding, health & safety and Ofsted compliance.

Building strong relationships with parents and the wider community.

Managing staffing, occupancy and key operational processes.

Creating a positive, supportive and inspiring nursery environment.

About You

You’ll have:

A Level 3 Early Years qualification or above.

Previous leadership/management experience in an Early Years setting.

Strong knowledge of the EYFS, safeguarding and SEND.

Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Experience supporting Ofsted inspections and driving improvement.

A genuine passion for developing both children and people.

Ready for your next step?

If you’re an inspiring Early Years professional looking for the opportunity to lead, grow and make your mark, we’d love to hear from you!

Apply today!

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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