Nursery Room Leader

About us

Nursery Room Leader – Full Time
Location: Chelsea, London (SW3 6AH)About Us
The Chelsea Nursery offers a warm, nurturing “home from home” environment for babies and young children. Set in the heart of Chelsea, our bespoke setting is designed to support every child’s development through care, curiosity, and high-quality early years provision.We are an expanding team and are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Nursery Practitioner to join us.

The Role
You will play a key role in providing a high standard of physical, emotional and intellectual care for children aged 6 months to 4 years. Working as part of a supportive team, you will lead one of our nursery rooms to help create an enabling environment where every child can play, develop and thrive.

This is a primarily child-facing role, with the majority of your time spent working directly with children and supporting high-quality teaching, learning and care within your room. As Room Leader, you will inspire and guide your team through positive role modelling, ensuring that children experience a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment every day.

In addition to leading your room, you will be an experienced and trusted member of the leadership team, capable of supporting the day-to-day operation of the nursery and deputising for the Nursery Manager when required. This may include assisting with staff deployment, rota management, parent communication, and ensuring the smooth running of the setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care and early learning experiences
• Support children’s development in a safe and nurturing environment
• Work collaboratively as part of a team
• Build positive relationships with children, colleagues, and parents
• Assist with day to day operations as required

Requirements

• A current and relevant childcare qualification (essential)
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a nursery setting
• A genuine passion for working with young children
• Ability to commute to or relocate to SW3 6AH

What We Offer

• A supportive and friendly working environment
• Company pension
• Company events
• Opportunities to be part of a growing nursery setting

If you are passionate about early years education and would like to be part of our dedicated team, we would love to hear from you.

The Chelsea Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, and verification of qualifications and identity. We follow safer recruitment practices in line with statutory guidance.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £32,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London SW10: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you have a current relevant childcare qualification?

Experience:

• Nursery: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person