Senior Nursery Room Leader

Senior Room Leader – Busy Bees

Join Our Team at Busy Bees – Leading Nursery Group in the UK

As a Senior Room Leader at Busy Bees, you will oversee multiple rooms and ensure that educational strategies are seamlessly integrated across the centre. This is a leadership role where you will inspire your team to achieve the highest standards of care and learning.

• Ensure that educational strategies and practices are consistent across multiple rooms.
• Lead the planning and delivery of activities, adapting the curriculum to meet the diverse needs of the children.
• Mentor and develop Room Leaders, promoting a collaborative and high‑performing team.
• Oversee the wellbeing and safeguarding of children, making necessary adaptations to support children with additional needs.
• Foster strong relationships with parents, keeping them informed of their child's development.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and safeguarding protocols across the centre.

• Level 3 qualification or above in early years education.
• Experience in an early years setting, with supervisory or leadership experience ideally as a Senior Nursery Room Leader, Senior Nursery Room Manager or Senior Nursery Practitioner.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
• Ability to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for both children and team members.

• Competitive salary
• Ongoing professional development and career progression
• Our ‘Hive’ benefits and wellbeing hub, with discounts across a huge range of retailers
• Up to 28 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
• Your birthday off – it’s our gift to you!
• 50% childcare discount
• Enhanced family leave and return to work bonus
• Menopause support through Peppy
• Financial support through Salary Finance
• Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders Cycle to Work scheme
• Easy access to your workplace pension through Cushon
• Discounted Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
• Opportunities to travel to other countries, experience different cultures and learn new practices.

Access to our Benefits and Wellbeing platform, Hive, includes retail discounts to help your money go further, a Wellbeing Hub with resources to support your physical and mental health, a Celebrating You section recognising and rewarding team members, and a Grow with Us area sharing the development opportunities and training designed to support you to thrive and grow at Busy Bees.

Harrogate Hornbeam Park is an Ofsted‑rated “Good” nursery with a capacity of 146 children, serving ages from birth to preschool. The nursery was the first purpose‑built addition to Busy Bees and offers extensive play resources and activities. It acts as a feeder to several schools in Harrogate, ensuring a smooth transition for children when they move on to school. Children particularly enjoy the investigation station, yoga area, and the self‑registration process each morning.

The facility also provides free parking.

Take the next step in your leadership career at Busy Bees—apply today!