Nursery Manager

Nursery Manager

Location: Taunton

Salary: Up to £38,000 per annum

Contract/Hours: Permanent Full Time - 40 hours a week.

Closing date: Midnight on the 29th of May 2026

Benefits

• Time off to recharge - 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Treat yourself - Staff discounts portal and blue light card with 15,000+ retailers
• Childcare Discount - A whopping 60% off childcare within our nurseries and out of school clubs
• Up to 3 Days Dependency Leave - to care for dependents in an emergency.
• Paid maternity, adoption, and paternity leave
• Gain professional qualifications - with excellent training/development opportunities.
• Salary Finance - access to financial advice and the ability to manage savings or loans directly from your salary.
• Secure your future - Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal: and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers' discounts

About the role

As Nursery Manager at Spring the Hollies, you'll be the driving force behind the smooth and successful running of the nursery. You'll lead by example, inspiring your team to deliver the highest standards of care, education, and play for every child.

You will take overall responsibility for the day to day operations of the setting ensuring that the nursery runs efficiently, safely, and in line with regulatory and organisational standards. This includes overseeing curriculum delivery, staffing, financial management, and compliance with Ofsted and EYFS requirements.

Your leadership will be central to maintaining a positive, nurturing culture where staff feel valued, supported, and motivated to achieve their best. You'll provide ongoing coaching and professional development for your team, encourage reflective practise and continuous improvement across all areas.

Building strong relationships is a key part of the managerial role whether this is welcoming new families, working closely with parents and carers to support their child's development, or engaging with external agencies and professionals.

You'll have a keen eye for quality and detail, ensuring that every aspect of the nursery environment from safeguarding and health and safety to learning outcomes and room presentation meets the highest standards.

Responsibilities

• Actively engage in marketing and advertising to develop an excellent reputation for the nursery.
• Support the development of an innovative approach to children's learning and play that is demonstrated by teams working well together within the setting.
• Undertake the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Registered Manager role in relation to Ofsted registration.
• Oversee the recording and reporting of planning, observation and progression for all children, including a full and thorough assessment of the setting against the Early Years Foundation Stage framework.

Qualifications

• Minimum level 3 qualification in Childcare or Early Years.
• Leadership and management experience in a childcare setting.
• Experience of working in a senior role within a nursery setting or centre, working with children aged 0 to 5 years and their families.
• Ability to lead a staff team, including supervision, work allocation, assessment or training and professional development.
• Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS, Ofsted requirements and relevant current legislation.
• Understanding of child protection processes, safeguarding, and working with vulnerable children.
• Commitment to inclusive and non discriminatory working practice with children, families, colleagues, and the community.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

At Spring, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.

Male staff are often under represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best practice.

Contact

If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at quoting reference 13129.