Busy Bees Nurseries
Senior Nursery Room Leader
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Senior Room Leader – Busy Bees Cheltenham Wellington Road
Take the next step in your early years career with Busy Bees, the UK’s leading nursery group. As a Senior Room Leader, you will lead across multiple rooms, support your team, and drive high-quality care and learning throughout the nursery.
Why Busy Bees?
Busy Bees operates nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and internationally and is recognised for its award-winning workplace culture. We are passionate about giving children the best start in life while ensuring our teams feel supported, valued, and empowered to grow. You’ll work with our inspiring Bee Curious curriculum, designed to nurture confident, curious learners.
Our Benefits
- Competitive salary and clear career progression
- Up to 28 days’ holiday including bank holidays, plus your birthday off
- 50% childcare discount
- Professional development and leadership training
- Hive benefits and wellbeing platform with retail discounts and wellbeing support
- Enhanced family leave, pension, Cycle to Work scheme, and discounted private medical insurance
- Opportunities to work internationally and gain new experiences
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What To Expect As a Senior Nursery Room Leader
- Ensure that educational strategies and practices are consistent across multiple rooms.
- Lead the planning and delivery of activities, adapting the curriculum to meet the diverse needs of the children.
- Mentor and develop Room Leaders, promoting a collaborative and high-performing team.
- Oversee the wellbeing and safeguarding of children, making necessary adaptations to support children with additional needs.
- Foster strong relationships with parents, keeping them informed of their child's development.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and safeguarding protocols across the centre.
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Ideal Candidate
- Level 3 qualification or above in early years education.
- Experience in an early years setting, with supervisory or leadership experience ideally as a Senior Nursery Room Leader, Senior Nursery Room Manager or Senior Nursery Practitioner.
- Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
- Ability to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for both children and team members.
Take the next step in your leadership career at Busy Bees—apply today!
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