Nursery Manager

Grendon Underwood School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0SP

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  11 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week 8.00am - 3.30pm (7 hours a day + 2 additional hours during the week). Term time only.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Bucks pay range 3/20

What skills and experience we're looking for

General information:

• To ensure the effective running of the pre-school in accordance with the OFSTED and Statutory Framework requirements, guidelines, policies and procedures, under the direction and guidance of the headteacher.

• To ensure the emotional, educational and physical well-being of the children entrusted into the care of the nursery.
• To manage the nursery staff and support them in their roles on a day-to-day basis. To feedback to the school's senior leadership team on a regular basis.
• To carry out the role of nursery SENDCO reporting to school SENDCO and Headteacher.
• To work collaboratively with EYFS lead and SENDCO

Main duties and responsibilities

• To ensure that the setting is a safe environment for children, staff and others, and that the equipment is safe through daily risk assessments, ensuring that standards of hygiene are high, and safety procedures are implemented at all times.
• To work closely with families and attend training/meetings as required.
• To carry out all activities and responsibilities at the pre-school within a framework of equal opportunities, including the implementation and review of the SENDCO advice and plans.
• To take responsibility for weekly planning, informed by the WMAT EYFS curriculum plans; ensure learning intentions are shared with all staff and that resources ensure good outcome.
• To ensure that each child is working towards the early learning goals; to monitor the effectiveness of the nursery curriculum and feedback to the school's headteacher, as necessary.
• To be responsible for providing a high quality of teaching, ensuring that staff are deployed effectively to ensure good progress for all.
• To be responsible for creating and implementing systems of observation and record keeping so that the children's attainment and progress are effectively and regularly assessed.
• To ensure records are properly maintained e.g. daily attendance register, CPOMs, accident and incident book.
• To work with office manager to ensure funding, rotas and invoicing and other administrative tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• To contribute to and implement all nursery policies and procedures.
• To establish high levels of expectation, to include good standards of pupil behaviour and achievement within the class.
• To complete the Quality Framework documentation and monitor/review it throughout the year, with the guidance of the headteacher and EYFS lead
• To produce an Action Plan for the year, with the guidance and support of the EYFS lead and Headteacher
• Support continuous provision in the EYFS, which allows all pupils to play independently and gives them a sense of ownership over their environment.
• To support the recruitment process, induction process and supervision of staff in nursery
• Attend regular team meetings on the EYFS, working collaboratively with the EYFS leader to keep staff informed of developments and changes.
• Audit the indoor and outdoor learning spaces in the EYFS to evaluate the quality of the overall learning environment. Ensuring that resources used are diverse, inclusive and accessible.
• Support staff to make accurate assessments

Liaison Duties:

• To positively promote parental partnerships and liaise with parents/carers on a daily/weekly basis.
• To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the EYFS unit and its curriculum and encouraging parental involvement through a regular slot in the weekly newsletter.
• To liaise with the local Early Years Team, WMAT staff, OFSTED and other professionals as necessary and ensure that all legal and statutory requirements are implemented: to provide reports as required
• To support the school’s senior leadership team and attend meetings where appropriate

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• A personable and supportive team ethos and enthusiastic children who have highly positive attitudes to learning
• A positive and thriving school environment which is intent of our pupils achieving more with a clear moral purpose and drive for ‘excellence for all our students’
• A dedicated, supportive staff committed to improving standards
• A commitment to CPD, enabling you to grow as a professional and supported by Growing Great Support Staff
• Excellent indoor and outdoor facilities in a large spacious setting
• Supportive parents and governor
• Excellent opportunities for career progression and development opportunities
• A clear staff well-being strategy package that includes our confidential Employee Assistance Programme with access for all staff to Face to Face Counselling, Stress Management, 24/7 GP access, Physiotherapy, Menopause Counselling and Support, Men’s Mental Health Wellness, Bereavement Support, Nurse Support Service, Maternity & Paternity Support and Financial Wellbeing Support

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Grendon Underwood School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 210 pupils
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Grendon Underwood School website
• Email address: office@gucs.org.uk
• Phone number: 01296770388
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grendon-underwood-school

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