Pre-School Manager
Oak Lodge Primary School, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 0LJThis job expired on 15 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
15 July 2025 at 12:24pm
Date listed
7 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday, 8.30 am – 4.00 pm, 35 hours per week Term time only, 38 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,394
Actual salary
- £26,399.53
Pay scale
- BR8 point 26
What skills and experience we're looking for
- A confident and experienced Nursery Manager (or a strong deputy ready for the next step!)
- Someone with a Level 3 Early Years qualification
- A warm, nurturing leader who brings out the best in children and colleagues alike
- Passion for early years education and a clear understanding of the EYFS framework
- A creative, solution-focused mindset and a commitment to excellence
Are you ready to lead something special from the very beginning?
We are thrilled to be opening a brand-new nursery as part of Oak Lodge school and we’re looking for an enthusiastic, caring and visionary Nursery Manager to help us build it from the ground up.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of a brand-new 21-place nursery for 2- and 3/4-year-olds, located in a beautifully designed, newly developed room within our vibrant school grounds. You’ll be supported by a passionate senior leadership team, a dedicated staff body, and families who are excited to grow with us.
What we’re looking for:
What the school offers its staff
What we offer:
- A brand-new, modern nursery space with high-quality resources and facilities
- A close-knit, friendly school environment where collaboration and wellbeing come first
- The chance to build and lead your own team of early years professionals
- Ongoing professional development and a commitment to your growth as a leader
- The joy of shaping young children’s first experiences of learning, laughter and friendship
About the nursery:
Our nursery will offer 21 places for 2- and 3/4-year-olds, creating a safe, stimulating, and joyful environment where every child is known, valued and encouraged to thrive. We believe that a child’s first steps into education should be full of wonder, care, and discovery—and we want you to help bring that vision to life.
If you’re excited by the idea of starting something new and meaningful, we’d love to hear from you. Come and be part of our story.
If you have any questions, please email recruitment@mslt.org.uk
Further information about the job
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 Oak Lodge Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 541 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oak Lodge Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@mslt.org.uk
Oak Lodge Primary School is part of Mosaic Schools Learning Trust which is comprised of a family of ten strongly performing primary schools based in Bromley and Kent: Cage Green, Crofton Infant, Crofton Junior, Raglan, River Mill, Valley, Marian Vian, Wickham Common, Unicorn and Oak Lodge.
Oak Lodge Primary School is located in West Wickham, Kent, within the London Borough of Bromley and is an average-sized primary school in a popular area for families. The school is currently 2-form entry with 541 pupils on roll and is the 4th largest school within the Trust.
Oak Lodge is a happy and positive school where the children are at the heart of all they do. The school strives to ensure that each child develops a love of learning and achieves their personal best in a safe and nurturing environment. The last Ofsted report (October 2024) praised the school for delivering on its core values, namely where pupils are 'respectful, resilient and resourceful' and provided an impressive range of experiences to support pupils’ wider development. Progress levels are above average and attainment levels in reading, writing and maths exceed both the National and Local Authority Expected and Higher standards.
Arranging a visit to Oak Lodge Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@mslt.org.uk.
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