Role Overview:
Join Our Team at Busy Bees – The UK's Leading Nursery Group
As a Senior Room Leader at Busy Bees, you will play a key role in leading and supporting our nursery teams, overseeing multiple rooms and ensuring consistently high standards of care, education and learning. You will inspire, motivate and develop your colleagues, creating an environment where both children and staff can thrive.
About Us
Busy Bees is the UK's leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and an international presence. We are passionate about giving every child the best start in life and creating a workplace where our people feel valued, supported and empowered to grow.
We are proud of our award-winning workplace culture and believe that every team member plays an important part in making a difference to children's lives.
Why Work at Busy Bees?
At Busy Bees, you'll be part of a supportive and welcoming team where your ideas, skills and experience are valued. You'll have the opportunity to create inspiring learning environments, support children's development and make a real difference every day.
You'll also have the opportunity to explore our unique Bee Curious curriculum, designed to encourage curiosity, creativity and confidence in young learners.
About Our Nursery
Come and join our friendly and dedicated team at Busy Bees Biggleswade Kings Reach, an Ofsted-rated Good nursery with capacity for 109 children.
We are passionate about nurturing children's love of learning through play, creating a fun, stimulating and engaging environment where every child can flourish.
Located in the heart of a vibrant community, our nursery benefits from excellent local amenities, with a supermarket and coffee shop just a two-minute walk away. There are also convenient bus and train connections into the local town, with the nursery approximately a 15-minute walk away.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits to our team, including:
- Free lunch while at work.
- Free on-site parking.
- Exciting in-house competitions, with opportunities to win additional annual leave.
- Free training and development opportunities to gain further qualifications.
- Ongoing support and opportunities for career progression within Busy Bees.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Room Leader looking to take the next step in their career, develop their leadership skills and make a lasting difference within a supportive and passionate nursery team.
Could you be our next Senior Room Leader? We'd love to hear from you!
Busy Bees Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Ongoing professional development and career progression
- Our ‘Hive’ benefits and wellbeing hub, with discounts across a huge range of retailers
- Up to 28 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
- Your birthday off – it’s our gift to you!
- 50% childcare discount
- Enhanced family leave and return to work bonus
- Menopause support through Peppy
- Financial support through Salary Finance
- Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Easy access to your workplace pension through Cushon
- Discounted Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
- Opportunities to travel to other countries, experience different cultures and learn new practices.
But wait, there’s more! You'll also enjoy access to our Benefits and Wellbeing platform, Hive - offering huge array huge of retail discounts helping your money to go further, along with a Wellbeing Hub featuring resources to support your physical and mental health. A Celebrating You section showcasing the ways we recognise and reward our valued team members. Plus, a dedicated Grow with Us area sharing the exciting development opportunities and training designed to support you to thrive and grow at Busy Bees.
Role Responsibilities:
What to Expect as a Senior Nursery Room Leader:
- Ensure that educational strategies and practices are consistent across multiple rooms.
- Lead the planning and delivery of activities, adapting the curriculum to meet the diverse needs of the children.
- Mentor and develop Room Leaders, promoting a collaborative and high-performing team.
- Oversee the wellbeing and safeguarding of children, making necessary adaptations to support children with additional needs.
- Foster strong relationships with parents, keeping them informed of their child's development.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and safeguarding protocols across the centre.
Required Qualifications:
Ideal Candidate:
- Level 3 qualification or above in early years education.
- Experience in an early years setting, with supervisory or leadership experience ideally as a Senior Nursery Room Leader, Senior Nursery Room Manager or Senior Nursery Practitioner.
- Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
- Ability to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for both children and team members.
Take the next step in your leadership career at Busy Bees—apply today!
