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Nursery Manager
Chertsey, Surrey
About Us
White Lodge enables those with disabilities, their families, and their carers to lead fulfilling lives.
Supporting over 2,500 individuals across Surrey, we offer a diverse range of services for all ages and abilities.
Our wonderful site in Chertsey houses three specialist buildings, each with great facilities and services. These include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, a specialist nursery, hydrotherapy, holiday clubs, personal support in the home, short breaks, fitness and rehabilitation. We also offer many activities such as trips out, art, baking, swimming, and much more!
We are now looking for a Nursery Manager to join us on a full-time basis, working term-time only (40 weeks), 36 hours per week.
This is a 12 month fixed-term contract, commencing 1st September 2025 until 31st August 2026.
The Benefits
- Salary of £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
- A culture of progression and development
- 38 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) to support a healthy work/life balance
This is a rewarding opportunity for a compassionate and experienced early years leader to join our values-driven organisation, committed to creating inclusive spaces where every child can thrive.
Joining our dedicated team, youll enable us to achieve our vision of a world which is inclusive to all, regardless of ability, making a difference to countless lives across Surrey.
We boast a comprehensive array of values that ENABLE our teams, stakeholders and services through Equity, Nurturing, Advocacy, Belonging, Language and Empathy.
Whats more, we pride ourselves on our employee experience, many of our staff have exceptional lengths of service. We are committed to inclusivity and over the years we have had many employees working for us who were previously attending our nursery and therapy services.
So, if youre ready to advance your career and join the team, wed love to hear from you!
The Role
As the Nursery Manager, you will lead a warm, welcoming nursery environment where children can learn, grow, and flourish.
Youll oversee the daily running of the nursery, guiding a team of dedicated practitioners and ensuring that every child receives exceptional care and enriching learning experiences in line with the EYFS framework.
Providing strong, compassionate leadership to your team, you will support them in the delivery of high-quality early years education while fostering a safe, stimulating, and inclusive setting.
Additionally, you will:
- Manage the services budget to ensure efficient and sustainable operations
- Contribute to strategic planning in collaboration with senior leaders
- Maintain compliance with all relevant safeguarding and regulatory requirements
Please note, due to our open and collaborative working environment and the nature of our work with children and adults with disabilities, all our office-based roles can experience periods of elevated noise levels and some elements of disruption.
About You
To be considered as our Nursery Manager, you will need:
- Proven experience leading a nursery or early years team
- Strong knowledge of EYFS, safeguarding, and SEND frameworks
- Excellent communication, organisational, and leadership skills
- A good level of IT literacy
- At a minimum, a Level 3 Early Years qualification (Level 5+ desirable)
All staff are required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check. Please make it known if you are on the DBS update service.
The closing date for this role is 31st August 2025.
Other organisations may call this role Early Years Manager, Childcare Manager, Nursery Supervisor, Early Years Setting Manager, Nursery Leader, Nursery Operations Manager, Room Leader, Early Years Education Manager, or Early Years Leader.
Webrecruit and White Lodge Centre are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you want to help us empower the next generation as a Nursery Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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