9 area manager jobs found

NURSERY MANAGER - STONY STRATFORD  Full Time - 40 Hours per week Monday - Friday - Shift patterns between 07:15-08:30 We’re looking for an exceptional Nursery Manager to lead our welcoming and experienced team at our beautiful nursery in Stony Stratford. Our setting supports up to 40 children and is thoughtfully designed with two spacious indoor play areas and direct access to two exciting outdoor learning environments. At Acorn Early Years, we are proud to deliver high-quality, affordable childcare that puts children before profit. As a social enterprise with over 35 years’ experience, we are passionate about nature-based learning, ethical practice, and professional development—and we’re proud to have been named Nursery World Nursery Group of the Year 2025.    Situated on the site of Elizabeth House, in Vicarage Road, Stony Stratford. Our nursery provides high quality, affordable childcare and early years education for the local community, in a...

Senior Practitioner Acorn Early Years – Wolverton Mill Nursery  If you are offered a Senior EYP role, you will receive a £1000 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period. Acorn Early Years is seeking an experienced, confident and passionate Senior Practitioner to join the leadership team at Wolverton Mill Nursery . This role is ideal for an early years professional who is ready to take on additional responsibility, support staff development and help drive high‑quality practice across the nursery while remaining hands‑on with children. Acorn Wolverton Mill provides high quality, affordable childcare and early years education for the local community.  The building is purpose built with four spacious play areas indoors, with direct access to four play areas which allows the children to free-flow continuously. We have active CCTV in place throughout the nursery to help maintain a safe and secure environment for your child....

Kitchen Assistant Acorn Early Years – Sharnbrook Nursery  🕙 Hours: 12:00-17:00- 25 per week Acorn Early Years is looking for a reliable and enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to join our welcoming team at Sharnbrook Nursery . This is a vital role supporting the preparation of nutritious, age‑appropriate meals and maintaining a clean, safe and positive kitchen environment for our children. Located within the picturesque grounds of Colworth Science Park in Sharnbrook, our nursery has ample space for children to explore, discover and investigate their local surroundings, which lends itself to providing opportunities such as tree climbing and large open spaces for the children to explore.  The play space within the nursery offers a light, large area with a wide range of natural resources to allow children to learn through first hand experiences.  Children have opportunity to free flow between the inside and outside throughout the day, with a variety of activities and...

Deputy Nursery Manager Acorn Early Years – Hedgerows - Netherfield   Acorn Early Years is seeking a confident, passionate and experienced Deputy Nursery Manager to join our leadership team at Hedgerows Nursery . This is a key leadership role for an early years professional who is committed to high‑quality practice, strong team development and excellent outcomes for children and families. Acorn at Hedgerows is a 43 place day nursery in Netherfield, Milton Keynes. Attached to the Hedgerows family centre, the nursery transferred to us from Milton Keynes Council and offers fully-funded places for eligible 2, 3 and 4 year olds. The nursery offers full and part-time care for children aged four months to four years, and is open 7:30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. The Acorns and Squirrels room caters for 15 children, aged four months to two years old. It has a bright main play room, a sleep area and nappy changing/toilet facilities and...

Senior Practitioner Acorn Early Years – Emberton Nursery, Milton Keynes  If you are offered a Senior EYP role, you will receive a £1000 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period. Acorn Early Years is seeking an experienced, confident and passionate Senior Practitioner to join the leadership team at Emberton Nursery . This role is ideal for an early years professional who is ready to take on additional responsibility, support staff development and help drive high‑quality practice across the nursery while remaining hands‑on with children. We are located in what was the old school in the lovely village of Emberton, near Olney. We have adapted the building to younger children and added our Acorn touch, whilst retaining the character of the original architecture. We have developed the expansive outside area into an outdoor learning centre, which we offer a nature kindergarten during term-time for 3-4 year olds, and an...

Early Years Lead Practitioner Acorn Early Years – Jubilee Wood Nursery, Milton Keynes Full time | Monday–Friday | 8 hours per day Acorn Early Years is seeking an experienced, motivated and passionate Early Years Lead Practitioner to join our team at Jubilee Wood Acorn Nursery . This is a full‑time, permanent role , ideal for a confident Level 3 practitioner who is ready to take on increased responsibility, support their team and continue developing their leadership skills while remaining hands‑on in practice. About the Role As an Early Years Lead Practitioner, you will play a key role in supporting the day‑to‑day running of your room, role modelling high‑quality early years practice and mentoring colleagues. Working closely with the Senior Practitioner and Deputy Manager, you will help drive quality, consistency and positive outcomes for children, families and staff. This role provides a strong foundation for progression into senior leadership within...

We are looking for an inspirational Nursery Chef, with a minimum of Level 2 Food Hygiene, to join our Acorn Nursery at our nursery in Emberton. The nursery is set in a small village just outside Newport Pagnell. Children take regular walks to local park and around the village. They are also able to benefit from the nursery’s Outdoor Learning Centre. THIS IS A TEMPORARY POSITION COVERING MATERNITY LEAVE. We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 25 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We are really proud to have recently been awarded a Top 20 DayNurseries group award. You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, great training and progression opportunities, enhanced pension contributions, and 65% childcare discount. As a not-for-profit organisation, Acorn always puts the needs of the children first, meaning you will be...

If you are offered a EYP role, you will receive a £500 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period. We are looking for a Lead practitioner at our Mulberry Bear Nursery within the Open University Campus. Acorn at Mulberry Bear is a 62 place day nursery in Milton Keynes, which offers full and part-time care for children aged four months to four years, and is open 7:30am until 6.00pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. This is a full time position 40 hours per week.   The Early Years Lead Practitioner role is a steppingstone into more senior positions and will allow for leadership skills to be developed through direct and ongoing support from senior staff. Excellent leaderships skills are crucial for senior positions and the Early Years Lead Practitioner role will help develop these essential competencies. The Early Years Lead Practitioner is a role suited to those with a good amount of practical experience within an early years...

If you are offered a EYP role, you will receive a £500 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period. We are looking for an experienced Lead Practitioner to join our nursery in Westcroft. This is a full time position 40 hours per week. Acorn at Westcroft is situated in the Westcroft District Centre, and is adjacent to our training centre where we host training for our staff and other early years professionals. The nursery has three outdoor play areas, giving children the opportunity to free-flow indoors and outdoors to access a full range of activities. Acorn places a strong emphasis on outdoor play and learning, and the children will be outdoors at some point every day, whatever the weather. Included in our fees are regular Forest School sessions. These exciting educational experiences are suitable for pre-schoolers and are delivered by fully trained forest school leaders and offer an innovative approach to outdoor play. We are very...