Early Years Room Leader
| Posting date: | 15 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,000 to £28,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 October 2025 |
| Location: | Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Aim High Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | AI01 |
Summary
Job Overview
The role of Room Leader is to work alongside the management team to provide a high level of professional leadership and management to all playroom-based staff and to ensure that all children receive the highest possible standards of care and education.
Responsibilities
· Adhere to all company policies and procedures
· Ensure that all company policies and procedures are adhered to by all staff
· Promote a high standard of quality within the nursery, including practice, environment and resources to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
· Ensure appropriate planning and assessment is in place and is accurately maintained by the appropriate staff
· Support the development of good practice in relation to special educational needs and inclusion.
· Provide leadership and support to all playroom-based staff to enable them to establish and maintain professional positive working relationships with both colleagues, parents and carers
· Deploy staff effectively to ensure the required standards are maintained.
· Ensure the effective implementation of the company’s keyperson system and allocate key children appropriately.
· Ensure that all children are kept safe, and that staff are confident to follow safeguarding procedures.
· Implement and support others in delivering the EYFS in line with current practice and guidelines.
· Develop and maintain professional working relationships with relevant outside agencies.
· Proactively promote the nursery to current and potential parents/customers including in the wider community
· Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures and undertake a shared responsibility for cleanliness and health and safety throughout the nursery
· Support, supervise and mentor playroom-based staff and students.
· In conjunction with the management team identify, address and support in individual training needs and self-development such as supervisions and appraisals
· Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager.
Qualifications
Minimum full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification
Child Protection
Previous experience as a Room leader in Early years required
The role of Room Leader is to work alongside the management team to provide a high level of professional leadership and management to all playroom-based staff and to ensure that all children receive the highest possible standards of care and education.
Responsibilities
· Adhere to all company policies and procedures
· Ensure that all company policies and procedures are adhered to by all staff
· Promote a high standard of quality within the nursery, including practice, environment and resources to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
· Ensure appropriate planning and assessment is in place and is accurately maintained by the appropriate staff
· Support the development of good practice in relation to special educational needs and inclusion.
· Provide leadership and support to all playroom-based staff to enable them to establish and maintain professional positive working relationships with both colleagues, parents and carers
· Deploy staff effectively to ensure the required standards are maintained.
· Ensure the effective implementation of the company’s keyperson system and allocate key children appropriately.
· Ensure that all children are kept safe, and that staff are confident to follow safeguarding procedures.
· Implement and support others in delivering the EYFS in line with current practice and guidelines.
· Develop and maintain professional working relationships with relevant outside agencies.
· Proactively promote the nursery to current and potential parents/customers including in the wider community
· Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures and undertake a shared responsibility for cleanliness and health and safety throughout the nursery
· Support, supervise and mentor playroom-based staff and students.
· In conjunction with the management team identify, address and support in individual training needs and self-development such as supervisions and appraisals
· Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager.
Qualifications
Minimum full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification
Child Protection
Previous experience as a Room leader in Early years required