Nursery Deputy Manager

Tel: 01263 519325

Email: nursery@suffieldpark.norfolk.sch.uk 

Website: https://www.suffieldparkinfantschool.co.uk 

Nursery Manager: Hayley Powell

• Salary – Scale G, £32,061-£33,699pa (£16.61 - £17.46/hr)
• Permanent
• Full Time
• 37 hours per week
• All Year Round

Join our 'Outstanding' Team in Cromer!

Are you an ambitious, passionate and inspiring Early Years leader looking for your next career step?

Suffield Park Nursery is looking for a dynamic and dedicated Deputy Nursery Manager to join our professional and friendly leadership team. If you are a motivated professional who thrives on delivering exceptional early education and possesses the leadership skills to inspire a team, we want to hear from you.

Why Join Suffield Park Nursery?

• Wonderful children: Have the opportunity to engage our enthusiastic and curious children who love to learn and explore every day, making a real impact on their early years
• Commitment to Excellence: Be a vital part of a supportive, enthusiastic, dedicated and talented team celebrated by Ofsted for achieving the very best outcomes for all children.
• An Inspiring Workspace: Our nursery has four well-equipped rooms and a happy, collaborative working environment where we are committed to becoming ‘even better’.
• Exceptional Outdoor Learning: We enrich our children's daily experiences using our onsite facilities, including our large outdoor play spaces that the children access on a free-flow basis, a woodland area, school field and adventure playground.
• Opportunity for Flexibility: While this is a permanent 37-hour, all-year-round position, we value our staff and are open to discussing alternative flexible working patterns for the right candidate.

The Role

Working closely alongside our Nursery Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the safe, high-quality and effective daily operational management of our nursery and daycare provision.

As a key leader, your responsibilities will include:

• Deputising & Leadership: Taking full operational responsibility for the nursery in the absence of the Nursery Manager to ensure seamless service continuity.
• Safeguarding Support: Acting as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) to maintain a proactive, robust culture of child protection.
• Staff Mentoring & Operations: Managing daily staff deployment and ratios, while conducting peer observations, supervisions and directly mentoring Room Leaders, practitioners, and students.
• Curriculum & Inclusion: Supporting teams to deliver a rich, inclusive EYFS curriculum that meets the unique needs of all children, including those with SEND.
• Partnership & Admin: Fostering strong collaborative relationships with families and assisting with admissions and booking systems to optimise nursery occupancy.

About You

We are looking for a resilient, enthusiastic, and highly organised leader who brings:

• Qualifications: A full and relevant minimum Level 4 qualification in Early Years/Childcare (or equivalent), alongside GCSE Grade C/4 (or equivalent) in Maths and English. (A Foundation Degree, BA Hons, EYPS, or QTS is highly desirable).
• Experience: At least two years of experience in a leadership or senior role (such as a Room Leader) within an EYFS environment.
• Knowledge: An in-depth working knowledge of the EYFS statutory framework, child development, Ofsted regulations and experience supporting children with SEND.
• Key Skills: Excellent communication and strategic problem-solving abilities, with the confidence to motivate a team, analyse data and manage a demanding workload with high accuracy.
• Certifications: Valid Paediatric First Aid and Safeguarding training (training can be updated/provided if required).

Please Note: This role is regarded as being in regulated activity with respect to children. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS check with a barred list check.

Apply Today!

We would love you to get in touch to discuss this fantastic leadership opportunity and arrange a visit to see our Outstanding' Nursery 'in action'.

• Contact us: Please call 01263 519325 or email - hpowell3drb@nsix.org.uk

How to apply

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should either be returned by email to – hpowell3drb@nsix.org.uk or by post to the Nursery address.

All applicants must apply via the official Application Form. Applications or CVs submitted via social media will not be accepted. Please ensure your application is filled in fully, including details of previous employment and information to support your application.

Closing date:  10 July 2026, 9am

Interview date:  21 July 2026

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.