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Nursery Manager

Culford School

Suffolk

  • £35,000 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
Nursery Manager
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
24 August 2025
Apply by:
8 August 2025

Job overview

We are looking for a self-motivated, proactive and inspiring Nursery Manager to work as part of a team in our Nursery, catering for children from 12 months to 3 years of age. This is an exciting position to work in an ever-evolving setting. Applicants must hold an up-to-date and recognised childcare qualification, level 3 or above with leadership experience.
The role

  • Full-time role, based on 52 weeks per year and typically involving 40 hours per week. Working hours will usually fall between 07:30 and 18:00, although hours and weeks worked can be negotiable for the right candidate
  • Salary: From £35,000 per annum depending on experience
  • Start date: Negotiable
  • Deadline for applications: 9am on Friday 8 August however we reserve the right to close the role early

Culford is a boarding and day school for over 900 children aged 1 to 18, set in 480 acres of beautiful Suffolk parkland, with an 18th century grade II mansion at its centre and three separate schools: the Pre-Prep & Nursery (ages 1 to 7); the Prep (ages 7 to 13); and the Senior School (ages 13 to 18).


We believe in educating the whole person to deliver a well-rounded, fulfilled individual with excellent academic results. Everything we do is informed by our firm belief that learning should be challenging, enriching and fun. Culford is a Christian school with a Methodist tradition. We see education as a transformational process that guides pupils towards academic success, clear moral values, and the development of leadership and a readiness for the world of adulthood.


Duties and Responsibilities:
The list below is not exhaustive and assumes that from time to time other tasks not listed, may be required to ensure the efficient operation of the school.
Leading and inspiring a team of Early Years Practitioners, promoting high standards of quality and care within the nursery.
Implementing and developing an age-appropriate curriculum to ensure that every child develops within a stimulating environment
Possessing a thorough knowledge of OFSTED and the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage and effectively implementing these requirements
Implement all safeguarding and health and safety policies and procedures
Maintaining and enhancing excellent parent partnerships of existing and prospective parents
Confident leadership skills with the ability to communicate and motivate staff to meet and exceed levels of excellence
Taking an active role within the Pre-Prep and Nursery Senior Management Team

Skills and personal qualities:
  • Fully supportive of the aims and ethos of an independent school.
  • A good standard of written, spoken and listening skills.
  • A high level of flexibility, a ‘can do’ attitude, and an openness to new ideas and practices.
  • Dynamic and approachable, able to put people at ease, reassure, guide, and explain.
  • Ability to confidently and effectively work alongside children, staff and parents.
  • Understanding the age-appropriate needs and concerns of young children and having natural empathy with them.
  • Innovative, hard-working, driven and determined.
  • Resilient with a good sense of humour.
  • The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Benefits
  • Enhanced holiday leave – 28 days per annum, plus 7 days bank holidays. May day is a working day
  • Free lunch
  • Onsite parking
  • Continuing Professional Development and networking opportunities
  • Enhanced pension contributions
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Access to Health Cash Plan after 6 months’ service
  • Group Life Insurance after 6 months service
  • Membership of the Culford Sports and Tennis Centre

Completed Culford application form and letter addressed to Victoria Steers, Head of Pre-Prep and Nursery to be returned to the HR at Culford School. The Culford Application form can be found on the Work for Us page on www.culford.co.uk

Applicants must be able to provide suitable evidence of their Right To Work in the UK.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Culford School puts at the centre of its operation the safeguarding of the pupils of the school and encourage a culture of challenge to ensure the risks of harm to the pupils’ individual welfare are minimised.

Successful applicants must complete mandatory pre-employment training in safeguarding and other key areas before commencement of employment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

We comply with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) code of practice and have a written policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders, both of which are available on request. If shortlisted, you are required to declare any relevant convictions, adult cautions or other matters which may affect your suitability to work with children. 

As a result of amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions order 1975) in 2013 and 2020, some minor offences are now protected (filtered) and should not be disclosed to potential employers, and employers cannot take these offences into account.

If you are unsure whether you need to disclose criminal information, you should seek legal advice or you may wish to contact Nacro or Unlock for impartial advice. There is more information on filtering and protected offences on the Ministry of Justice website.












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About Culford School

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  • Culford School
  • Bury, St Edmunds
  • Suffolk
  • IP28 6TX
  • United Kingdom

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Welcome to Culford.

Any visit to or interaction with our school will be that - a genuine welcome.

Ours is a school that places human kindness and respect at the very heart of everything we go on to achieve.

On paper, Culford is a lot to take in. A school for girls and boys from age 1 to 18. A school for both day and boarding pupils but with the unmistakable soul of a boarding school. A school supporting elite specialist sporting pathways with international recognition. A school for members of our local community, our national community, and a global community that enriches everyone’s experience - opening our eyes to the world beyond our incredible setting.

And what a setting, all 480 acres of it. We are very lucky to call this ‘park’ our home. Yet in reality - looking past the grand mansion and sweeping acreage - this is a purposefully small, happily close community of people who all come to school or work for the same reason each day; to improve. To be a better version of myself tomorrow than I was today.

This is the true spirit of Culford.

No moment wasted to improve.

No moment wasted to enjoy.

Together, with courage and compassion.

Head

Claire Bentley

Values and vision

Culford School was originally founded in the Methodist tradition and as a result takes pride in the cultural and spiritual development of its pupils. Students are instilled with a strong moral code and encouraged to value themselves and the work they produce, as well as to always have respect for their fellow pupils and staff members.

ISI report

“The quality of pupils’ personal development throughout the school is excellent and is supported by strong pastoral care. Pupils have high levels of moral and social awareness, and a clear sense of right and wrong, demonstrating emotional maturity. They treat each other with tolerance and respect and there are excellent relationships between staff and pupils.”

View Culford School's latest ISI report

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