ARK START
About the role:
Ark Start nurseries are staffed by professional early-years practitioners who provide a carefully balanced mix of play-based and adult-led learning in nurseries. A nursery manager should be someone with a genuine passion for working with young children and with the knowledge, skill, creativity, and commitment to lead provision at our nursery.
Key Responsibilities
General
- To create a nurturing, fun, safe and caring nursery environment that meets the needs of every child
- To implement Ark Start model including curriculum, forest school and family programme
- To ensure compliance to all Ark Start and statutory policies
- To have a deep knowledge and understanding of the EYFS statutory framework and child development
- To lead on nursery improvement and engage with regular coaching and monitoring of the provision and ensure the nursery is constantly improving
- Actively promote the safety and welfare of our children and young people
- To participate fully in training and network activities
- To build close relationships with the host school, local authority and other local organisations
- Liaise with colleagues and external contacts at all levels of seniority with confidence, tact and diplomacy
- Ensure the management information system is up to date
- Ensure high quality parent communications in line with the Ark Start model
- Ensure the ‘look and feel’ of the nursery is in line with Ark Start expectations and values
- Any other reasonable task as directed by your line manager SEND and safeguarding
- To be the Designated SENDCo; to regularly assess impact of provision put in place for initial concern and SEND children as well as work closely with families and play partners to ensure individual children’s needs are being fully met.
- To be DSL and ensure all safeguarding policies and risk assessments are up to date, kept under review and that all staff are following them
- To write and keep up to date all Risk Assessments and ensure all staff are aware of and following these
Line management
- To line manage and effectively deploy staff to ensure exceptional provision
- To use data to inform teaching and learning, identify areas for intervention and provide feedback to children, staff and families in order to ensure accelerated progress
- Deploy and manage staff to ensure exceptional provision for children
- Lead training, coach and supervise staff team to ensure ongoing improvement
- Work collaboratively with colleagues as a committed team member, building successful, high performing teams
Provision
- To lead planning and ensure it meets the needs of all children in line with the Ark Start model
- To ensure full occupancy and operate nursery at break even
- Oversee assessment of all children and lead moderation internally and attend external moderation to ensure accurate data
- Manage behaviour effectively to create a safe, respectful and nurturing environment
- Work with colleagues, children, and families to develop a strong nursery community including delivery of family workshops and programmes to support children’s progress
