Deputy Nursery Manager
Closing in 15 days (2 June 2026 9:00 am)
Job details
Salary: Grade 14 point 4-6 (dependent on experience) £25,185 to £25,989
Employer: Little Pips Nursery (Curry Rivel Church of England VC Primary School)
Location: Curry Rivel, Langport, Somerset,
Contract type: All year round, Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 2 June 2026 9:00 am
About the job
Key information
- Full time – permanent
- Little Pips Nursery and The Nest
- Grade 14 point 4-6 (dependent on experience) £25,185 to £25,989
- 37 hours per week – to start as soon as possible
- Between the hours of 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, all year round.
What will I be doing?
We are a thriving nursery within the beautiful village of Curry Rivel. We require a Deputy Nursery Manager who is passionate about childcare, who can support our Nursery Manager to lead a growing team and work to ensure consistency and to share best practice. We provide a calm, purposeful and innovative environment; which includes beautiful forest school grounds and a modern spacious building. We are looking for someone who shares our enthusiasm for providing high quality childcare. You must have excellent knowledge of the EYFS as well as skills and experience of working with children aged 0-4 years old.
Deputy Nursery Manager day to day tasks include:
- Working alongside the Nursery Manager take responsibility for the safety and welfare of children between the ages of birth and 5 years
- Accountable to maintain and achieve quality and standards
- Support the Nursery Manager to ensure effective leadership and development across the nursery team
- Proactively advise and support parents
- Responsible for safeguarding including being DDSL
- Responsible for identifying and actively promoting staff development
Supporting documents and information
If you are an outstanding practitioner already or have the potential to be outstanding, if you work hard and are excited by challenge and success, then we would like to hear from you.
All positions in school would require a criminal background check via the Disclosure Procedure as we are committed to safeguarding our children. Curry Rivel Primary School & Little Pips Nursery are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
The Governors and Leadership Team proactively support the well-being of all staff through an open and transparent culture, supportive buddies, a regard for work-load, a live on-going discussion about well-being in staff meetings and regular staff social events.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please make an appointment with the school office for our Head teacher, Mrs Angela Sullivan, to show you our lovely school. Application forms and further details are available from the school or below
- Closing date: Tuesday 2 June 2026 9am
- Shortlisting date: Tuesday 2 June 2026
- Interviews: Tuesday 9 June 2026