Deputy Nursery Manager (Jenny Wren Nursery)

Salary: £15.50 per hour

Contract type: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, term time only

Closing date: Monday 22 June 2026

Interview date: Week commencing Monday 29 June 2026

How to apply: For more information including a job description and application form, please email [email protected] or telephone 01323 730118

Who to contact if you have a query: For an informal conversation about the role, please contact: Katy Elliott on 01323 730118 or Rev. Paul Tabraham on 07311 801719

Are you passionate about working with children and have experience in early years education? Are you committed to providing an inclusive, nurturing, and safe environment where all children can thrive and feel welcome? Then we need you! Jenny Wren Nursery is looking for a Deputy Manager to work alongside our manager, and team of staff and volunteers. We need someone who will:

• Work as part of the team under the direction of the Jenny Wren Nursery Manager to provide safe, high-quality education and care for nursery children.

• Supervise the setting in the absence of the Manager and to play in a key role in the administration of the nursery.

• Contribute to the planning and delivery of the daily programme of activities, ensuring that the needs of the children are met, observing and recording the children’s progress and achievements.

Jenny Wren Nursery is a nursery with a Christian ethos and owned by Emmanuel Church, and has been established for well over 30 years. Jenny Wren promotes a nurturing, inclusive, safe environment where all children can thrive and are welcome. We are a small setting, with a maximum of sixteen children attending each day, offering an environment which is familiar and where children, families and staff work closely together for the good of the children’s learning and care, health and overall well-being.

Holidays: to be taken out of term-time.

Hours of work: 8:00am – 2:30pm two days per week (to be negotiated)

The appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

OFSTED Inspection from February 2026:

four categories ‘Strong Standard’ and two ‘Expected Standard’

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.