Nursery Deputy Manager
Full Time - Immediate start, or as soon as mutually agreed
Wellesley Park Primary School in Wellington is home to 300 children, including those attending our on-site Nursery provision
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Deputy Manager to join our dedicated Explorers Nursery team at Wellesley Park Primary School. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of our expanding Early Years provision. As Deputy Manager, you will contribute to the strategic development of a nurturing, high-quality learning environment designed to inspire curiosity, creativity, and outstanding outcomes for our youngest learners. You will work closely with the Nursery Manager and wider school leadership to ensure excellence in EYFS practice, provision, and pedagogy.
Our Explorers Nursery is open five days a week, all year round, and caters for children aged 9 months to 4 years.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and experienced early years professional to make a lasting impact in a thriving and forward-thinking educational environment.
A Level 3 qualification in Early Years Education and Childcare (or equivalent) is essential for this role.
We are looking for:
• A dedicated, hardworking Deputy Manager who is able to raise and sustain high standards
• An individual with excellent interpersonal skills, able to build strong, positive relationships with children, staff, and parents.
• A Deputy Manager who can enthuse, inspire, and engage children, fostering a love of learning through high-quality interactions.
• A collaborative team member who is committed to sharing best practice and learning from others to continually improve provision.
• Someone who will work alongside the Nursery Manager to ensure the efficient day-to-day running of the nursery and the delivery of a high-quality education for children aged 9 months to 5 years.
We can offer you:
• A dedicated and supportive working environment
• Excellent professional development
The post is for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:30am and 6pm all year. The salary scale is Grade 13 on the School Support Staff Pay Scale £25,989 to £28,142 per annum. The Employer pension contributions.
Visits to the setting are welcome, please phone the school office 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: Friday 10th July at 9:00am
Interview date: Wednesday 15th July 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.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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