Nursery Manager

Nursery Manager – Wimbledon (SW19)

Keren's Nursery

Salary: £50,000 + KPI Bonus | 45 hrs/week (paid breaks)

Beautiful boutique setting
• Outstanding culture
• Family-run excellence

We are looking for an experienced, inspiring
Nursery Manager
to lead our warm and high-performing Wimbledon setting. If you are passionate about Early Years education, committed to inclusion, and motivated by exceptional outcomes for children, families, and staff — this is your role.

About Keren's Nursery

Keren's Nursery is a family-run group of boutique early years settings, celebrated for creating
enabling, nurturing, and deeply relational environments
. For over 20 years, we have delivered outstanding care and education rooted in emotional safety, curiosity, independence, and high-quality pedagogy.

Our Wimbledon branch is growing — and we are seeking a Manager who leads with emotional intelligence, integrity, and the belief that early childhood transforms lives.

What You Will Lead
1. Quality of Education & Practice

• Deliver an engaging EYFS-aligned curriculum that supports whole-child development.
• Oversee high-quality observations, assessments, and planning across the nursery.
• Maintain exceptional practice through regular room observations, supervisions, and ongoing staff development.
• Ensure all children — including SEND, EAL and those needing additional support — receive personalised, high-quality provision.
• Uphold the highest standards of safety, safeguarding, hygiene, and well-being.

2. Continuous Improvement & Compliance

• Lead the nursery's preparation for Ofsted, LA audits and external inspections.
• Implement recommendations with precision and urgency.
• Drive innovation and contribute to strategy meetings, development plans and quality initiatives.

3. Leadership & People Development

• Recruit, nurture, develop and retain a committed, motivated staff team.
• Build a collaborative, warm and accountable culture.
• Lead staff performance, appraisals, and wellbeing.
• Build strong relationships with families through communication, meetings, feedback, and celebrations.
• Ensure all staff confidently uphold safeguarding procedures.

4. Operational & Commercial Success

• Ensure staffing ratios, qualifications and compliance meet EYFS/Ofsted expectations.
• Maintain beautiful, well-resourced indoor and outdoor environments.
• Manage budgets responsibly and meet occupancy / revenue targets.
• Convert enquiries, manage waiting lists and maintain excellent parent engagement.
• Oversee all operational systems, security, equipment and IT platforms.

5. Administration & Information Management

• Maintain accurate registers, financial records and statutory documentation.
• Submit reports to senior leadership, Ofsted, LAs and partner agencies.
• Ensure confidentiality, GDPR compliance and strong professional standards.

6. Additional Leadership Duties

• Represent the nursery at events, meetings and training sessions.
• Lead evening commitments (parent evenings, celebrations, staff meetings).
• Undertake keyholder responsibilities and uphold safety and security procedures.

Who We're Looking For
Essential personal qualities

• Warm, inspiring and emotionally intelligent leader
• Deep commitment to child wellbeing, education and safeguarding
• Excellent communicator with strong organisational skills
• Calm, proactive, solution-focused role model
• Passionate about diversity, equality and inclusion

Essential experience

• Level 3+ Early Years qualification
• 3+ years' leadership in full-day-care settings
• Strong knowledge of EYFS, Ofsted, safeguarding and SEND
• Experience managing budgets, occupancy and parent relationships
• Skilled in staff supervision, development and performance management

Desirable

• Level 3 SENCO
• Degree in Early Years or relevant field
• Paediatric First Aid, Safeguarding L1–3, Food Hygiene
• Experience with nursery management systems

What We Offer

• £50,000 salary + performance bonus
• 40–45 days paid holiday
  (incl. Jewish holidays)
• Shorter Fridays + daily hot lunch
• 50% childcare discount
• 5 days company sick pay
• Loyalty bonuses (1, 3, 5, 10 years)
• £500 staff recommendation bonus
• Extensive induction + monthly team training
• Professional learning platforms
• Wellbeing programme
• Staff socials, events, celebrations

Ready to Lead With Purpose?

If you're passionate about shaping exceptional early years experiences and leading a warm, committed team, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and join a nursery where children, families and staff truly feel at home.