Leader

Job Title: Leader position from October 2026

Reports to: Nursery Managers (Deputy in Manager's absence)

Hours of work: 38 hours

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: From £29,140.00 per year

Work Location: In person ( Cheltenham GL52 2PZ)

Qualified status: Level 3 minimum or above

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme

About Us:

Circus Day Nursery is a warmly welcoming, reputable childcare setting established around 1997, renowned for its award-winning approach founded on passion, dedication, and professionalism. Our goal is to foster self-esteem and provide safe, nurturing, and stimulating environments where all children can thrive. We are proud to offer a beautiful outdoor space spanning nearly an acre, including a Forest School area, where children can explore, discover, and enjoy outdoor adventure in a natural setting.

Main duties and responsibilities:

The following outlines the majority of the floor worker's day-to-day duties and responsibilities. The floor worker serves as a role model at all times, providing exemplary guidance and support to their team and demonstrating excellent leadership qualities.

Parental relationships

1. Supporting the team and ensuring that you also develop an excellent rapport/trust with the parents of the children in the nursery via regular communication and daily feedback, either verbally or through written correspondence, dealing with any minor issues from parents in a professional manner and reporting any major issues to the leader and management.
2. Ensuring specific parental desires are adhered to as stated on the enrolment forms, i.e., dietary, allergies, special needs, and any requirements within policy are adhered to.
3. To take an active role in helping the managers organise the department in preparation for parents evenings, ensuring all childrens work, reports, and displays are up to date.
4. To be professional with parents, always speak to them first and greet them in a positive manner.

Child relationships

1. To lead practice in implementing stimulating, age-appropriate activities and ensure the room is creatively set up and well resourced at all times.
2. To ensure equal opportunities for all children, ensuring individual needs are met, i.e., special diets, medical conditions, cultural backgrounds, non-stereotyping in line with the setting policy.
3. Ensure children are welcomed and made to feel secure and safe in their new environment by having consistent, unbiased contact with all children in your care.
4. You have a duty to be vigilant and check children in your group for any unusual marks/accidents, which may have occurred outside of nursery, and to report concerns to your manager in line with the Safeguarding policy.
5. To actively ensure the Health and Safety of all the children at all times.

Staff relationships

1. You must take responsibility for your floor
2. To be an excellent role model to all staff, ensuring high standards are followed whilst remaining professional and consistent in your approach at all times.
3. Supporting all leaders embedding the EYFS system in the room, ensuring all planning, observation and assessments are completed to a high standard and are up to date. This must be checked regularly, and support given where needed.
4. Identify staff training needs and report on training sheets to management.
5. Ensure staff perform to high standards and are motivated and enthusiastic. You must take control of situations/ issues, which arise and deal with them promptly and efficiently and report to management.
6. You must be supportive, approachable, and offer constructive advice to new or inexperienced staff. You must be seen to be acting professionally and in the best interest of the setting at all times
7. Ensure communication is paramount with all staff on all levels i.e., ensuring staff are informed and kept up to date with relevant information.

As a leader you will be flexible within their role and ensure the department runs efficiently and effectively whilst supporting the manger in the day-to-day running of the nursery.

About You:

The ideal candidate must consistently demonstrate a genuine passion for the Early Years, exemplifying unwavering dedication, commitment, and self-motivation. They are expected to serve as a role model for both the team and children, embodying the highest standards of professionalism and excellence. A comprehensive understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage and areas of learning is essential to excel in this role.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Cheltenham GL52 2PZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Previous applicants need not apply

Experience:

• Management: 1 year (preferred)
• Nursery: 2 years (required)
• Childcare: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 3 Certificate (required)

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