Nursery Manager

Company: Family First Nursery Group
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Location: Shipston on Stour
Job Description:

Job Description

Nursery

  • Manager
  • Greenfields Nursery School

Full Time

  • | 40 Hours Per Week
  • Up to £40,000 per year + £1,000 Welcome Bonus + Quarterly Bonus Scheme worth
  • £3,000 per year*

Are you an experienced Nursery

  • Manager looking for a setting where you will feel trusted, supported and
  • genuinely valued as a leader?

Greenfields

  • Nursery School is looking for a confident and experienced Nursery Manager to
  • lead our well-established nursery and continue building a positive,
  • high-quality environment for children, families and teams.

This role is

  • ideal for a strong Early Years leader who enjoys developing teams, driving
  • standards and creating a nursery culture where both children and teams thrive.
  • You will be joining a stable nursery with supportive senior leadership, strong
  • team foundations and the freedom to lead your setting with confidence.

With its

  • beautiful countryside setting and inspiring outdoor spaces, Greenfields Nursery
  • School creates a fun, nurturing environment where children can learn, explore
  • and grow with confidence.

If you take

  • pride in running a happy, organised nursery and leading a team people genuinely
  • enjoy being part of, we would love to hear from you.

What we

  • ffer:
  • £1,000 welcome bonus*
  • Quarterly bonus scheme worth up

to £3,000 per year*

  • 75% childcare discount
  • 27 days annual leave plus bank

holidays and your birthday off

  • Genuine progression

opportunities within a growing group

  • Supportive and approachable

senior leadership team

  • Employee wellbeing &

assistance programme

  • Refer a friend bonus up to £750
  • Well-resourced nursery with a

positive team culture

  • Terms

As Nursery

  • Manager, you will lead the day-to-day running of the nursery while maintaining

high standards across the setting. You will be responsible for

  • Leading, motivating, and

developing your nursery team

  • Ensuring EYFS and safeguarding

compliance

  • Building strong parent

partnerships

  • Driving occupancy and overall

nursery performance

  • Leading Ofsted preparation and

inspections

  • Supporting staff development and

wellbeing

  • Creating a positive,

This is a

  • hands-on leadership role where your experience, leadership style, and
  • decision-making will make a genuine impact every day.

What we’re

  • looking for:

Essential

  • Full and relevant Level 3

Childcare qualification

  • Previous Nursery Management

experience

  • Strong knowledge of EYFS and

safeguarding

  • Experience leading teams within

Early Years

  • Passion for delivering

Desirable

  • Level 5 qualification in

Childcare, Leadership, or Management

  • Experience achieving Good or

Apply today!

  • If you’re looking for a Nursery Manager role where you can lead confidently,
  • feel supported and genuinely enjoy coming to work, we would love to speak with
  • you.

We are

  • committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all
  • staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service
  • Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to
  • enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
  • Greenfields Nursery School is part of the Family First Group where we take
  • great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and
  • responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child.
  • We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory
  • practice for all children and families according to their individual needs.
  • Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief,
  • marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender
  • reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or
  • political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

Posted: May 29th, 2026