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Acorn Early Years Foundation
15 Jan, 2026
Full time
Lead Practitioner
£28,080 - £29,120 yearly
Acorn Early Years Foundation Milton Keynes, UK
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...
Nursery Name:
Acorn at Mulberry Bear
Early Years Practitioner/Nursery Nurse
Hungry Caterpillar Day Nurseries Ltd
15 Jan, 2026
Full time
Administrative Assistant (Finance)
£27,000 - £29,000 yearly
Hungry Caterpillar Day Nurseries Ltd Harefield, UK
Administrative Assistant (Finance) Location & Hours Head Office (Harefield UB9) - Fully office-based Full-time: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Salary: £27,000–£29,000 per annum (depending on experience) Role Purpose The Administrative Assistant will provide accurate and timely administrative support across the Finance department. This role is integral to ensuring records, reports and documentation are maintained correctly and deadlines are met. For the right candidate, there is strong potential to develop the role further with increased responsibility and scope. Key Responsibilities The duties and responsibilities outlined below are not exhaustive and may be amended in line with business needs. Finance & Reporting Support Download bank statements and related financial documentation, including pre-registration and deposit payments. Download, check and file supplier invoices in line with...
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Hungry Caterpillar Day Nurseries - Head Quarters
Acorn Early Years Foundation
12 Jan, 2026
Full time
Nursery Manager
£35,360 - £45,760 yearly
Acorn Early Years Foundation Milton Keynes, UK
If you are offered a Manager role, you will receive a £1000 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period We are currently seeking a Nursery Manager to join our friendly and experienced team at our Nursery in the Westcroft District Centre, which is adjacent to our training centre. The 93-place nursery provides high quality, affordable childcare and early years education for the local community, in a building which has direct access to three outdoor spaces and spacious rooms inside.  We’re looking for dedicated, and inspirational individual for this challenging and exciting opportunity, with a passion and vision for outdoor play, forest schools, and an ethic of care, placing children’s needs at the centre of practice.  The successful candidate will have to demonstrate a genuine passion for providing the highest standards in early years care, safeguarding, teaching and learning, promoting parent partnerships, outdoor learning, continued...
Nursery Name:
Acorn at Westcroft
Nursery Manager
Family First Nursery Group
17 Dec, 2025
Full time
Third in Charge
Family First Nursery Group Arlesey, UK
Nursery: Acre Wood Day Nursery, 47 Hospital Road, Arlesey, SG15 6RH Salary:  £28,080 per annum  Hours: 40 hours per week We are currently recruiting for a Third in Charge to join our Acre wood Day Nursery.  The Nursery is located on Hospital Road, based in Arlesey, Bedfordshire. The nursery is perfectly located for colleagues from Arlesey, Fairfield Park, Stotfold, Letchworth, Hitchin and the surrounding areas. We are only a few minutes from Arlesey railway station where trains run direct to London and Peterborough. Why Join Us? At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including: Generous Annual Leave: 24 days to start, plus bank holidays and your birthday off – paid! Childcare Discount: 75% off nursery fees for your little ones Health & Wellbeing Support: Confidential employee assistance helpline Career Growth: Personalised learning and development opportunities...
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Acre Wood Day Nursery
Room Leader/Team Leader
Family First Nursery Group
08 Dec, 2025
Full time
Nursery Third in Charge
Family First Nursery Group Coton, Cambridge CB23 7PL, UK
Nursery Third In Charge Coton Day Nursery Salary from £28,704 40 hours per week Are you looking for a new leadership role? Are you looking to work in a supporting environment? Explore our Nursery Third in Charge role below! Coton Day Nursery are looking for a Nursery Third in Charge/Room Leader to assist management in providing the highest standard of compliance, care and education for children, and effectively manage daily operations of the nursery, including positive partnerships with staff and parents. This role is working 40 hours per week, the nursery is open all year round and is not a term time only role. You will need to have a full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification. The nursery has a maximum of 24 children a day across the two age groups and you could be supporting with leading either of these.   Why Join Us? At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:...
Nursery Name:
Coton Day Nursery
Deputy Manager/Assistant Manager Room Leader/Team Leader
Family First Nursery Group
05 Dec, 2025
Full time
Nursery Manager
Family First Nursery Group Bedford, UK
Nursery Manager - Flitwick Day Nursery  Salary – Competitive 40 hours per week Are you a truly dedicated and enthusiastic Nursery Manager with a heart for little ones? Flitwick Day Nursery is searching for an inspiring leader to join our vibrant team full-time, Monday to Friday, 40 hours a week! If you're passionate about nurturing child development, always put children's well-being first, and are fiercely committed to upholding exceptional nursery values and curriculum standards, then we want to hear from you! Why Join Us? At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including: Quarterly bonus * earn an extra £3000 per annum! Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays  Referral Programme:  Refer a friend and earn up to £750 Employee Childcare Discounts:  75% off nursery fees for our team member’s as well as access to wider discount....
Nursery Name:
Flitwick Day Nursery
Nursery Manager
Acorn Early Years Foundation
05 Dec, 2025
Full time
Lead Practitioner
£28,080 - £29,120 yearly
Acorn Early Years Foundation Emberton, Olney MK46, UK
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 Emberton Nursery.  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 outdoor playscheme in school holidays, for school aged children. This is a full time position 40 hours per week Between the hours of 07:15-18:30 Monday - Friday.    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...
Nursery Name:
Emberton Day Nursery and Outdoor Learning Centre
Room Leader/Team Leader Early Years Practitioner/Nursery Nurse
Acorn Early Years Foundation
26 Nov, 2025
Full time
Lead Practitioner
£28,080 - £29,120 yearly
Acorn Early Years Foundation Milton Keynes, UK
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 Wolverton Mill Nursery. 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. Wolverton Mill offers full and part time care for up to 84 children from the ages of 4 months to 4 years, and we are open from 7:30am – 6pm 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...
Nursery Name:
Acorn at Wolverton Mill
Early Years Practitioner/Nursery Nurse
Acorn Early Years Foundation
25 Nov, 2025
Full time
Senior Early Years Practitioner
£29,120 - £31,200 yearly
Acorn Early Years Foundation Milton Keynes, UK
 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 senior practitioner at our Westcroft Nursery . 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 fortunate to have Howe Park Wood on our doorstep, which we...
Nursery Name:
Acorn at Westcroft
Room Leader/Team Leader
Acorn Early Years Foundation
25 Nov, 2025
Full time
Lead Practitioner
£28,080 - £29,120 yearly
Acorn Early Years Foundation Milton Keynes, UK
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...
Nursery Name:
Acorn at Westcroft
Early Years Practitioner/Nursery Nurse
Park View Ltd
18 Nov, 2025
Full time
Nursery Deputy Manager
£28,000 - £32,500 yearly
Park View Ltd Woodstock OX20, UK
Job title: Nursery Deputy Manager   Purpose of post Ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted Ensure a high standard of physical, personal, emotional, social and intellectual education and care for all children in the nursery Implement high standards of quality practices through supervisions and support for the team members within the nursery Day-to-day management of the nursery, including quality improvement, marketing and administration.   Key areas High standards of care and early learning of all children Team building and staff management Marketing and business development.   Responsible to: Nursery Directors   Main duties Lead the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure and ensure all team members are able to do the same. Keep up-to-date with relevant safeguarding and child protection training and cascade...
Nursery Name:
Park View Childcare (Woodstock) Ltd
Deputy Manager/Assistant Manager
Rosedene Nurseries Ltd
18 Nov, 2025
Full time
Nursery Manager
£33,500 - £37,500 yearly
Rosedene Nurseries Ltd Stokesley, Middlesbrough TS9, UK
Are you ready to inspire and lead an Outstanding Early Years Provision in a Unique Forest School Environment? We are seeking a passionate and experienced Early Years Manager to join our team and make a difference every day. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to lead our setting, ensuring a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment where children can thrive. Rosedene’s mission is to provide the most enriching learning opportunities , within a nurturing environment , for our children to be kind, curious and confident, ready to shape the world. We’re a small family business, established for over 30 years and we’re proud of the high-quality experiences we offer across our 11 nurseries in the North of England. This is only made possible by our exceptional nursery teams. Our children & families are at the heart of everything we do. We are looking to recruit a trustworthy and passionate person who is...
Nursery Name:
Rosedene Stokesley
Area/Regional Manager Nursery Manager
TipTop Childcare Limited
14 Nov, 2025
Full time
Room Leader- Unders 2's- Level 3 practitioner
£12.46 hourly
TipTop Childcare Limited
We are looking for the perfect candidate who gives the best cuddles, knows how to keep children safe, and most of all create fun, educational and stimulating activities for babies aged 0-2 years. Now the boring bit: Tip Top Day Nursery Job description Job;   Room Leader-   Senior   Early Years Practitioner Level 3 (Qualification must be full and relevant to be included in ratio - see Early Years qualification list) Reports to;   Tip Top Day Nursery Bilston Manager- Charliey, and Owners Lisa and Kate. Length of probation period ; Nine   months Location:   Tip Top Day Nursery, Bilston, Connaught road, wv14 6ny. Purpose of the job;   To lead and support fellow room staff in their professional development, with the support of the manager and deputy. To help to further develop a growing baby room with capacity for 6 under 1's . To provide high quality care for all of the children in our setting and to ensure that they make progress in their...
Nursery Name:
Tip Top Day Nursery Bilston
Room Leader/Team Leader Early Years Practitioner/Nursery Nurse
Family First Nursery Group
13 Nov, 2025
Full time
Nursery Third in Charge
Family First Nursery Group Basildon, UK
Nursery: Just Imagine, Vange- SS16 4JX Role: Third in Charge Full Time 40 hours per week Salary Range £28,000 At Just Imagine Day Nursery-Vange offers the highest quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Always putting our families first, the safety and wellbeing of all our children, staff and parents is our number one priority. At Just Imagine our goal is to encourage independence across all areas of learning and development, and we instil our ethos of ‘Nurture, Care, Inspire’ in all our settings. The nursery is located on Kent View Road and conveniently situated near the A13 and ideally based within the local community. Why Join Us? At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including: £400 Qualification Bonus: For all Level 3 Practitioners, paid after just 6 months!* Generous Annual Leave: 24 days to start, plus bank holidays and your birthday off – paid!...
Nursery Name:
Just Imagine Day Nursery - Vange
Room Leader/Team Leader
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD
12 Nov, 2025
Full time
Level 3 Nursery practitioner (all year round)
£13.20 hourly
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD 43 Caversham Rd, London NW5 2DH, UK
As a Level 3 Nursery Practitioner you will be assisting the nursery management on the day-to-day running of the nursery. You will be supporting the room leader and the team to plan and deliver the highest standard of care throughout the nurseries as detailed in the childcare audit and OFSTED inspections. You will be flexible and will adapt to any of the rooms and setting as and when needed. You will maintain regular learning journals of all the children to measure their development and to able to efficiently and effectively hand over key person’s responsibility. You will proactively work with the nursery manager, the deputy manager and the room leader to promote positive and healthy working culture whilst inspiring the team to excel in their endeavours. You will be a key person for a group of children to ensure each child’s redevelopment is monitored and identify next stage of progression or if further learning support is required. You will support fellow key persons in your team...
Nursery Name:
Caversham Nursery
Early Years Practitioner/Nursery Nurse
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD
12 Nov, 2025
Full time
Room-Based Deputy Manager (Caversham)
£15.00 hourly
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD 43 Caversham Rd, London NW5 2DR
As a Room-Based Deputy Manager (RBDM), you will support the nursery management in the day-to-day running of the nursery. You will work alongside management and the wider team to plan and deliver the highest standards of care and education, as detailed in the childcare audit and OFSTED inspections. Flexibility is essential, as you may be required to work across different rooms and settings when needed. You will also act as a key person to a small group of children , ensuring their individual needs are met and their development is regularly observed, assessed, and supported. You will maintain up-to-date learning journals on Tapestry and ensure smooth handovers where needed. Working proactively with the manager, deputy manager, and room leaders, you will help promote a positive and healthy team culture while inspiring others to excel. You’ll play a role in supporting children’s progress and identifying when additional learning support or an individual education plan (IEP) is...
Nursery Name:
Caversham Nursery
Deputy Manager/Assistant Manager
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD
12 Nov, 2025
Full time
Deputy Nursery Manager (Holly Lodge Nursery) (term time only)
£15.00 hourly
QUEENS CRESCENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD Oakeshott Ave, London N6 6ED
JOB PURPOSE As a deputy nursery manager, you will be assisting the nursery management on the day-to-day running of one of the two nurseries and a drop-in centre. You will work with the nursery manager to effectively lead all the staff within QCCA’s children services ensuring consistency in policy whilst developing and inspiring the team to excel in their endeavours. In the absence of the nursery manager, you will undertake the day-today management of the nursery. You will support the manager to oversee all the activities, planning, monitoring, review, budget, and administration, and effectively communicate with the parents and guardian on day-to-day bases. You will support the manager to drive and deliver the highest standard of care throughout the nurseries as detailed in the childcare audit and OFSTED inspections. You need to manage staff shortfall by deploying excess staff to other settings and drop-in centres as and when needed. KEY DUTIES To assist in ensuring...
Nursery Name:
Holly Lodge Nursery
Deputy Manager/Assistant Manager
Acorn Early Years Foundation
11 Nov, 2025
Full time
Senior Early Years Practitioner
£29,120 - £31,200 yearly
Acorn Early Years Foundation Emberton, Olney MK46, UK
                                             Senior Nursery Practitioner/3rd In charge We are looking for an experienced senior practitioner and 3rd in charge at our Emberton Day Nursery. 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 outdoor playscheme in school holidays, for school aged children.   This is a full time position, 40 hours per week between the hours of 07:30 - 18:15. Role: To work in partnership with the nursery manager and deputy to ensure effective running of the nursery. To lead/manage the staff in your designated room/area           To oversee a holistic approach to the curriculum...
Nursery Name:
Emberton Day Nursery and Outdoor Learning Centre
Room Leader/Team Leader
Peapods Early Learning Centre
03 Nov, 2025
Full time
Early Years Practitioner
Peapods Early Learning Centre Middlesex, 34 Long Dr, Greenford UB6 8LZ, UK
Nursery Practitioner Job description Reports to:     Nursery Manager, Key Objective: To work as a member of the nursery team, showing initiative and creativity to foster an environment which encourages the children’s all round development and where high standards of care are provided. Responsibilities: Operational Be a reliable member of a team, working co-operatively and with flexibility. Observe each child’s progress and report on achievements, looking for progression and continuity. Keep records of each child’s day to day activities for parents/colleagues reference. Develop excellent communications with parents/carers, encouraging them to participate in their child’s progress and development. Supervise children at play (indoors and outdoors) and at mealtimes. Formulate, operate and evaluate a programme of activities, suitable for the age range of children, following the EYFS framework....
Nursery Name:
PELC - Greenford
Shoots
21 Oct, 2025
Full time
Childcare Apprenticeship - Level 3
£12.50 hourly
Shoots Cheltenham, UK
Level 3  Childcare Apprenticeship – Ark Nursery & Pre-School Shoots Training are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and hardworking individual to complete their Level 3 Childcare Apprenticeship at Ark Nursery & Pre-School. This Nursery and Preschool setting are able to offer full daycare all year. The setting has 8 brightly coloured playrooms plus a large enclosed free flow play area and additional lawn area. We care for children 0 - 4 (Birth to Pre-School) There are individual sleep rooms and triple buggies available to enable staff to take younger children out on walks. We are the Ark Nursery & Pre-School, established in 2009, with settings in both Charlton Kings and Andoversford. Our setting works with children and young people with the following disabilities / additional needs ADD/ADHD Asthma Cerebral Palsy Autistic Spectrum Disorders Hearing Impairment And has five SENCO trained staff...
Nursery Name:
Shoots Sales
Apprentice
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