Overview
Nursery – Bright Horizons Cambridge Milton Road Day Nursery and Preschool. Location – Cambridge. We are looking for a Room Leader to join our Cambridge Milton Road Nursery. Bright Horizons Cambridge Milton Road is a newly refurbished nursery and forest school that opened its doors in early 2025. The setting offers five spacious rooms and illuminated gardens, accessible day and night, to support exploration and development. Our culture is built on the HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork.
Bright Horizons values supporting colleagues and creating an environment where you can develop and make a difference in the lives of children. The salary for this role starts from £32,864.00 per annum.
The Role
As a Room Leader, you will lead, mentor, support, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education. You will help all children within the room to develop and meet their individual milestones. You will promote and ensure child welfare, health and safety, safeguarding, and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and other professionals to meet each child’s needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support a team to deliver high-quality early years care and education in line with policy and EYFS requirements.
- Promote child welfare, health and safety, and safeguarding in daily practice.
- Develop strong partnerships with parents/carers and external professionals to support each child’s development.
- Monitor and support achievement of individual milestones for children in the room.
- Ensure a safe, inclusive, and engaging learning environment.
What we’re looking for
- Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
- Previous experience in an Early Years setting – ideally as a Room Leader, Nursery Nurse, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator or similar.
- Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments.
- Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and wider legislative requirements for working with children.
- Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with colleagues and parents/carers.
- Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with both children and adults.
Safeguarding and inclusion
Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. 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.
Additional information
Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years. Apply today! We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. 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. Bright Horizons has been recognised as a Great Place to Work by the Great Place to Work Institute for the last 13 years. We care about our people and values and HEART culture, learning and development opportunities, and a supportive, diverse work environment.
We look forward to receiving your application. To learn more about our privacy notice for employees, see https://www.brighthorizons.co.uk/statutory-information/privacy-notice-employees.
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