Deputy Nursery Manager

Deputy Nursery Manager

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Deputy Nursery Manager to work 32.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, supporting the day‑to‑day running of our nursery provision and helping to provide outstanding care, learning and development opportunities for our youngest children.

The successful candidate will hold a relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification (or equivalent) and be passionate about supporting high-quality early years provision.

This is a role where building positive relationships with children, families and staff is essential. The successful candidate will support the Nursery Manager in creating a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment where children can thrive, develop confidence and make excellent progress. Our expectations for all children are high and we promote an inclusive culture where every child is encouraged to achieve their full potential through high-quality early years provision and care.

If you are passionate about early childhood education and keen to develop your leadership skills and expertise, this role could be for you!

Pelham Primary School is a two-form entry primary school within Illuminate Minds Trust, a small thriving academy trust of two schools. The school is located in the centre of Bexleyheath with excellent transport links. Partnership working across the Trust is encouraged and supported.

Illuminate Minds Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school.

Illuminate Minds Trust is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and expects employees to comply with our values of promoting equality and diversity, treating colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. This commitment must be evidenced in practice. Any behaviour that falls below these standards is unacceptable to the School and potentially constitutes misconduct.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.

The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

A copy of the job description, our child protection & safeguarding policy and recruitment pack are attached for your information.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.