Nursery Manager

Nursery – Bright Horizons Leeds day Nursery

Salary – £40,993 - £50,000 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Leeds

Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.”

Bright Horizons Leeds Day Nursery and Preschool is an Ofsted-rated Good setting located on Kirkstall Road, just minutes from Leeds city centre. Catering for children aged 3 months to 5 years, the nursery offers a warm, inclusive, and enriching environment supported by a passionate and experienced team. With age-specific rooms, a bespoke Bright Beginnings Curriculum, and a strong focus on wellbeing and early education, the nursery provides a nurturing space where children thrive. Outdoor learning is a key feature, with a large garden that includes a mud kitchen, sensory area, and gardening zone. The team is committed to delivering exceptional care, supported by an onsite chef, all-inclusive resources, and strong parent partnerships through the Bright Horizons Family app. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a dedicated team in a vibrant, community-focused setting.

Our Benefits

• Childcare discount of 100% for first child

• Enhanced parental leave

• Up to 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave*

• Pension

• Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more

• Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach ​​

*Subject to T&Cs

The Role

As a Nursery Manager, you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery, and management of safeguarding policies. You will work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high performing colleagues, as well as identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth. You will optimise nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.

What we’re looking for

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification

• Experience within an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar)

• Experience of participating with a regulatory inspection, leading to a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ outcome

• Experience of developing high performance teams, with effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, delivery of high-quality pedagogy, innovation and service excellence

• Confident decision maker, with ability to support change and understanding of complex relationship between commercial and service excellence within a regulated setting

• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children

• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.

If you want to make a difference, with a company who has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, apply today!

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please email [email protected] and we will be happy to help.