Regional Director -Nurseries & Early Years- South West

Salary: £60,000–£65,000 plus industry-leading benefits

Location:

Hybrid regional role across Somerset and the South West, based from our Weston-super-Mare HQ

Reports to:

Chief Quality and Operations Officer

Direct reports: 12 Nursery Managers and a Curriculum & Practice Lead

Contract:

Permanent, full-time

Twelve nurseries. One region. A chance to make it the best in the country.

Family Adventures Group, a Sunday Times Best Place to Work, is hiring a Regional Director to lead 12 nurseries across the South West. This is a senior multi-site early years operations role for an experienced Regional Manager, Area Manager or Operations leader who's ready to own a region and shape how it grows.

Our purpose is Empowering the Generations of Tomorrow. We run nurseries across Somerset, the Midlands and South Wales under our Little Adventures and Green Giraffe brands, alongside our family leisure venues. We're values-led (Accountable, Reliable, Caring and Honest), founder-led and growing, with acquisitions and new openings planned.

We're proud to be recognised as:

• Sunday Times Best Places to Work (Large UK Company, 2025/26)
• Great Place to Work® Top 100 Large UK Company (2025/26)
• Top 20 UK Large Nursery Group (2025/26)
• UK Top 100 Best Workplace for Women, for Development and in Education (2025/26)

You'll have end-to-end accountability for quality, compliance, people and commercial performance across our South West region of 12 nurseries.

You'll lead and develop our Nursery Managers, line manage the Curriculum & Practice Lead, and turn group strategy into a clear regional plan. You'll work alongside our second Regional Director to keep standards consistent across the Group, supported by central teams in People & Culture, Safeguarding & Inclusion, Customer Success, Finance, Estates and Training.

This is a role for someone who combines strong operational grip with a genuine passion for early years education, and who builds managers who can deliver without constant central support.

• Set clear expectations and a regional operating plan, backed by performance reviews, nursery visits and data
• Spot underperformance early and lead proportionate, decisive improvement
• Lead the response to significant incidents, complaints and inspection outcomes

• Keep every nursery inspection‑ready, with consistent EYFS curriculum delivery and high‑quality practice
• Use audits, learning walks and inspection findings to drive improvement
• Maintain full compliance with Ofsted and CIW requirements, safeguarding, health and safety and safer recruitment, working closely with our Safeguarding & Inclusion Lead

• Line manage, coach and develop 12 Nursery Managers as confident business and educational leaders
• Build stable leadership teams, succession plans and a culture of high support and high challenge
• Tackle turnover, absence and workforce planning trends across the region

• Own regional occupancy, revenue, staffing costs and contribution (P&L)
• Help Nursery Managers understand and manage their budgets, forecasts and enquiry pipelines
• Drive occupancy through a strong parent experience, local reputation and close work with Customer Success and Marketing

• Support acquisitions, TUPE transfers, integrations and new nursery openings
• Bring regional insight to group‑wide strategy and projects

Strong, stable Nursery Managers. Every nursery delivering high‑quality care and inspection outcomes. Robust compliance, with risks spotted early. Healthy occupancy and commercial performance. A region that sustains high standards without depending on constant central…