Nursery Room Leader - Full-time

All Faith's Children's Academy, Strood

• Ref:MED887-2600-59S
• Posted:19/11/2025
• Pay:£23,892 for 40 hours and 39 weeks
• Start Date:January 2026
• App Close Date:30/11/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

Advert

Come and join our Brand New Nursery

We are seeking to appoint two experienced Room Leaders to manage our Brand New Little Thinkers Nursery setting at All Faiths Children’s Academy.

As Room Leaders you will play a crucial role in promoting high standards within our nursery and supporting staff in their daily duties, providing guidance and mentorship to foster professional growth.

Our Room Leaders will ensure the effective implementation of the Nursery Keyperson Procedures and allocate children to key workers appropriately, whilst adhering to the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage for practice and provision. You will deploy staff appropriately to ensure standards are consistently met and maintained within the rooms.

Our Room Leaders will:

• Hold a Level 3 NVQ or above in Childcare & Education.
• Experience as a Room Leader/Senior Nursery Practitioner.
• A solid knowledge of the EYFS.
• Impeccable interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively.
• Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with parents/carers and provide relevant feedback about their child's progress.
• Foster open, positive working relationships with all staff members.
• Actively promote the Nursery to current parents and potential customers.
• Committed to the safeguarding of all children in the nursery and your direct care.

Little Thinkers is a registered charity and small family of nurseries providing childcare and early years provision to families in Strood, Portsmouth, Paignton, and Furzeham. We pride ourselves on providing a safe, nurturing environment filled with learning opportunities.

As part of the Thinking Schools Academy Trust, we are proud to be a ‘thinking nursery’; a place where big ideas and curiosity are encouraged. Our approach delivers wonderous experiences that help children become confident, curious, and resilient individuals. Our core values, Imagination, Energy, Resilience, Questioning, Language, and Cooperation, shape everything we do.

We’re excited to be opening Little Thinkers at All Faiths in Strood, offering early years provision for children aged 0–3 years. Located within All Faiths Children’s Academy, another Thinking Schools Academy Trust school, this new nursery is perfectly positioned to support the Trust’s unique ‘all-through education’ pathway, giving families access to high-quality education from birth through to 18 years.

Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process, please email recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk 

Information about the school

All Faiths Children’s Academy is a one form entry school, we specialise in teaching deaf children and our expert staff help students to communicate effectively using British Sign Language, Sign Supported English, finger spelling, lip reading and speech using a Total Communication approach. Deafness in itself is not a barrier to learning or an obstacle; every pupil deserves to have the highest expectations for achievement.

As an accredited thinking school, we believe that children learn best when a wide and exciting curriculum is delivered through a framework which allows them to think carefully about everything that takes place. They learn to explore, discover and question through a range of daily activities both inside and outside the classroom.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Tracy Pocock
• Address:Gun Lane, Strood, Kent, ME2 4UF
• Telephone: 0333 360 2100
• Email: recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk

Fax: 01634 295 715

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Job Description