Nursery Room Leader – Required for Immediate Start
Salary details: Grade F £28,598 - £31,537 FTE pro-rata (£14.82-£16.35 per hour – Actual Salary £19,856-£21,897)
Permanent Contract: 30 hours per week (08:45-15:15 Monday-Friday)
Term time only - 38 weeks plus 5 training days
Join Our Starfish Nursery & Help Shape Magical Early Learning Experiences
At Stars Trust, we believe that the early years should be filled with curiosity, creativity and the joy of discovery. We are searching for a passionate, committed Nursery Room Leader to lead our vibrant and popular Starfish Nursery, to help bring our mission—
Love for Learning, Love for Life! — to live every single day.
This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who thrives on building engaging learning environments, nurturing young minds, and inspiring a team through creativity, warmth and professional excellence.
🌈About the Role
As our Room Leader, you will:
- Take day‑to‑day responsibility for the smooth and inspiring running of our Starfish Nursery environment.
- Work closely with our EYFS Leader to deliver an ambitious, curiosity‑driven curriculum.
- Create inviting, high‑quality learning environments indoors and outdoors.
- Lead, guide and support your team with support from the EYFS Leader.
- Build strong, respectful relationships with children, staff and families.
- Champion equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Be given protected time for administration and planning of learning.
If you love creating enriching environments where children flourish, you will feel at home here.
💛 We’d Love to Hear from You If You…
- Lead by example and bring warmth, positivity and professionalism to your role.
- Genuinely love working with young children and watching them grow.
- Have experience in a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ setting.
- Understand the EYFS and Birth to Five matters in depth.
- Are creative, organised and confident in your communication.
- Can support children with SEND effectively and compassionately.
- Enjoy collaborating with a strong, supportive team.
- Hold at least a Level 3 childcare qualification.
- Are keen to mentor colleagues working towards Early Years qualifications.
- Are committed to safeguarding, wellbeing and inclusion for all.
✨ What Our Successful Candidate Will Bring
- Strong knowledge of the EYFS and child development
- Experience supporting children with SEN
- A love for enriching learning, both indoors and outdoors
- Initiative, creativity and enthusiasm
- Excellent communication and ICT skills
- Confidence working alongside the Early Years Lead, SENCo and Inclusion Team
- The ability to develop strong partnerships with families and colleagues
- A willingness to complete (or already hold) a Paediatric First Aid certificate
Closing date: Monday 20th April 2026
We can’t wait to meet the next star who will help our young learners shine! 🌟