Nursery – Bright Horizons Fair Oak Day Nursery
Salary – £31,262.40 - £40,768 per annum (dependant on qualification/s and experience)
Location – Fair Oak
Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.”
We’re looking for a Deputy Manager to join our Fair Oak Nursery. Our nursery offers a forest school as we are lucky to have the woodland area very close to us and has a lovely big garden plus a baby garden they also have a allotment were the children grow their own vegetables and have recently gained the eco school green badge!

As a Deputy Manager, you will lead, mentor, support, and inspire a team to deliver exception care and education. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, overseeing day to day running of the nursery and management of safeguarding and child protection policies. You will contribute to succession planning, training, and supporting team professional development plans, maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and other professionals (such as the Local Authority), and support the commercial success of the nursery through retention, occupancy growth, and maintaining budgets.