Nursery Manager
Start date: February 2025
Apply by: 26 November 2024
Job overview
Norfolk House is a highly successful co-educational, independent day school for pupils aged two to eleven, occupying two charming Victorian sites in Muswell Hill, north London. The School prides itself on its strong sense of community and its commitment to ensuring that every pupil feels supported and valued.A maximum class size of 16 supports a personalised approach to learning, through which pupils flourish academically and as individuals. At the end of their time at Norfolk House, pupils achieve excellent results, allowing them to move onto a range of leading senior schools in London and beyond.
This is an exciting period for Norfolk House School, as the school is in the final year of a three-year development plan aimed at widening our community engagement and partnerships, developing a future-facing curriculum and becoming a leading prep school for developing pupil creativity.
We are looking for an experienced Nursery Manager for our Princes Avenue site to build our team of dedicated and passionate staff and bring to life our vision of offering existing Nursery Families year-round and extended provision, where currently it is only on offer in school hours and term time.You will help to recruit, lead, motivate and manage a team of nursery staff to ensure that they provide high-quality care and education to all children in an unrivalled setting.
As the Nursery Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the nursery, ensuring a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment for the children in our care.
Responsibilities include:
- Develop and implement policies, procedures, and systems to ensure the smooth running of the nursery.
- Ensure that the nursery meets all statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Manage the financial performance of the nursery, including budgeting, forecasting, and monitoring expenditure.
- Build strong relationships with parents, staff, and other stakeholders to promote the nursery and its services.
- Maintain high standards of health and safety, hygiene, and cleanliness throughout the nursery.
- Continuously review and improve the quality of care and education provided by the nursery.
In return, we offer:
- the chance to work with the most engaged, enthusiastic and friendly pupils you are ever likely to find
- the support and guidance of colleagues from the Bellevue Central Office team
- a warm and welcoming group of colleagues
- supportive parents, who are generous with their time and help
- a close-knit school community
- Direct support from, and regular check-ins with the Head Teacher
In short, you may just have found the perfect school for you!
Further information about Norfolk House can be found on the website atwww.norfolkhouseschool.org
A person specification and application form can be downloaded using the links below.
Norfolk House School and its parent group, Bellevue Education, are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
About Norfolk House School
Norfolk House School10 Muswell Avenue, Muswell Hill
London
N10 2EG
United Kingdom
+44 20 88834584
Norfolk House School is a leading London Preparatory School for boys and girls aged 4 -11.The school takes great pride in its happy and warm environment, where each and every pupil is valued and supported. Pupils at Norfolk House are nurtured and guided through school life; we aim to stimulate and inspire our children and to develop their interests.
We ensure our curriculum is interesting and stimulating as well as broad and balanced. We want our pupils to be excited about lessons and fully engaged in all of school life. We strive to offer personalisation to our learning programmes; our pupils are involved in their own learning and our older children conference regularly with their teachers to set realistic learning targets.Self and peer evaluation of work are both well embedded in our curriculum and our pupils are always aware of what they need to do to achieve next steps, and are well supported in this.