Nursery – Bright Horizons Purley Day Nursery and Pre School
Salary – £45,510.40 - £59,529.60 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)
Location – Purley
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Nursery Manager to lead our thriving 120-place nursery set across three well-designed floors.
Our setting provides a warm, nurturing, home-from-home environment where children can learn, play, and grow.
Our baby room for under 2s features its own balcony garden and a home living-style space where children enjoy dining together and socialising. Cosy armchairs create a calm space for feeding, reading, and meaningful one-to-one time with key workers. Our preschool room, with direct access to the main garden, delivers a structured Ready for School programme focused on developing early maths, literacy, ICT, and independence skills, helping children build confidence for their next stage.
We offer a rich and engaging curriculum, including weekly PE sessions for children aged two and over, Theatrebugs interactive storytelling sessions for all ages, and specialist coaching through Superstar Sports.
Our Benefits
1. £45,510.40 - £59,529.60 per annum
2. Childcare discount of 100% for first child
3. Enhanced parental leave
4. 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave*
5. Pension
6. Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
7. Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach
*Subject to T&Cs
The Role
As a Nursery Manager, you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery, and management of safeguarding policies. You will work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high performing colleagues, as well as identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth. You will optimise nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.
What we’re looking for
8. Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
9. Experience within an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar)
10. Experience of participating with a regulatory inspection, leading to a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ outcome
11. Experience of developing high performance teams, with effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, delivery of high-quality pedagogy, innovation and service excellence
12. Confident decision maker, with ability to support change and understanding of complex relationship between commercial and service excellence within a regulated setting
13. Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children
14. Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers
We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.
If you want to make a difference, with a company who has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, apply today!
INDLEH
We look forward to receiving your application!