Nursery Manager

Nursery Manager – Bright Horizons Crofton Day Nursery and Pre School

Salary: Starting from £45,510.40 per annum (dependant on qualification/s and experience)

Location: Crofton

We’re looking for a Nursery Manager to join our Crofton nursery on a 12 month fixed term maternity cover basis from October 2026.

• Childcare discount of 100% for first child*
• Competitive bonus of up to £6,000, awarded in line with Ofsted inspection outcomes
• Enhanced parental leave
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave*
• Pension
• Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
• Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in the setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead with overall responsibility for daily running of the nursery and management of safeguarding policies.
• Work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high-performing colleagues, and identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth.
• Optimise nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Experience with in an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar).
• Experience of participating with a regulatory inspection, leading to a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ outcome.
• Experience of developing high-performance teams, with effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, delivery of high-quality pedagogy, innovation and service excellence.
• Confident decision maker, with ability to support change and understanding of the complex relationship between commercial and service excellence within a regulated setting.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children.
• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/carers.

This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.