Job details

Salary: Grade 11 on the School Support Staff Pay Scale £32,597 to £36,363 pa (£16.90 to £18.85 per hour) dependant on experience. 

Employer: Wellesley Park Primary School

Location: Wellington, Somerset,

Contract type: Permanent

Working pattern: Full time

Closing date: 25 March 2026 9:00 am

About the job

Key information

Full Time

As soon as mutually agreed

Wellesley Park Primary School in Wellington is home to 300 children, including Wellesley Park Explorers.

What will I be doing?

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding manger to Join Explorers Nursery as our Nursery Manager and play a key role in growing our provision within Wellesley Park Primary School. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the future of early years education in a modern, purpose-built environment designed to inspire outstanding learning and development.

Be part of something special, creating a nurturing, innovative space where every child can truly thrive.

As part of our Early Years expansion, our Nursey is open five days a week, all year round for children aged 9 months to 4 years.

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

Level 3 Early Years Education and Childcare qualification or equivalent is essential.

  • A dedicated, hardworking manager who is able to raise and sustain high standards
  • Someone who has excellent interpersonal skills with children, staff and parents
  • A manager who is able to enthuse and inspire children
  • Someone who is able to work as part of a team sharing excellent practice and learning from others.
  • A manager to be responsible for the efficient day-to-day running of the Nursery and overall delivery of a high-quality education from children aged 9 months to 5 years.

What is in it for me?

  • A dedicated and supportive working environment
  • Excellent professional development opportunities
  • A modern, inspiring setting designed to support exceptional early years learning
  • Eligibility to join excellent pension scheme.
  • Option to make additional voluntary contributions to pension for local government pension scheme members which can help boost retirement benefits.
  • Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
  • Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
  • Access to wellbeing provision which offers information and advice on a range of workplace and personal issues.
  • Flexible working opportunities.
  • Enhanced special leave provision, including additional time off as part of our ‘Personal Day’ entitlement which supports employees to achieve a better work/life balance.
  • Free car parking.
  • Gym membership. Many of our schools have on-site gyms, the use of which is available to employees at a discounted rate.
  • Cycle to work scheme which enables employees to purchase a bike and accessories for their commute to work.
  • Free tea and coffee.

DBS check

DBS check required.

Supporting documents and information

The post is for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:30am and 6:00pm all year.  The salary scale is Grade 11 on the School Support Staff Pay Scale £32,597 to £36,363 per annum (£16.90 to £18.85 per hour) dependant on experience.  The Employer pension contribution is 24.4%.

Visits to the setting are welcome, please phone 01823 664876 to make an appointment.  A full job description and application pack is available on the school website. Please note, applications by CV or incomplete forms will not be considered.

Closing date:       Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 9:00am 

Interview date:   Tuesday 31 March 2026

As a school we are committed to the safeguarding of our community, we follow full safer recruitment procedures including relevant references and DBS checks.

Apply on the Wellesley Park Primary School website

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