Nursery Manager
Closing in 21 days (25 March 2026 9:00 am)
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.