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North Kensington, Greater London (On-site)
£41,981 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

Westway Trust are seeking a dedicated and experienced Children Services Manager with a track record of managing a Good or Outstanding Oftsed rated Early Years’ service, who will be committed to supporting and enhancing the lives of children in the North Kensington community.

This role is key to positioning the Trust as a provider of affordable, vital and culturally appropriate services.  Reporting to the Senior Manager Learning, you will lead and manage on all aspects of the Trust’s nursery and crèche services, ensuring the highest standards of health, safety, safeguarding, and Ofsted requirements are met.  You will manage a team of full and part-time staff and will build strong partnerships with families and the local community. You will be a confident communicator working closely with statutory regulators, commissioners, partners and stakeholders. 

If you have a passion for making a positive difference in young people lives, as well as developing and managing a team, this role could be for you.

Key responsibilities of the role include but not limited to:

  • Manage the staff team to deliver the Nursery and Crèche services.
  • Liaison with all relevant members of staff to ensure maximising the team’s opportunities for employment, personal and professional development and organisational engagement.
  • Develop, monitor and review activities to ensure high standards of childcare and learning.
  • Quality assure and develop and improve services to maintain and improve our Ofsted position.
  • Attend budget planning with the finance team to ensure a full understanding of the budget; good budget management and a strong out-turn in line with the growth strategy.
  • Keep appropriate records of all children and account for their social and individual developmental needs.
  • Monitor and report against the delivery objectives of the service providing observation and feedback to Nursery and Crèche workers so that they can improve their own direct planning and delivery and qualifications.
  • Provide data as required for reporting internally to your line manager and through the Trusts Governance, and externally.

Qualification:

  • Relevant qualification in childcare at a minimum Level 4. 
  • Safeguarding (desirable)

Knowledge and Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience of managing a Nursery with experience of all the relevant duties, monitoring, reporting and quality improvement.
  • Experience of being the main contact for Ofsted. 
  • A track record of working collaboratively with colleagues, partners and stakeholders to develop successful partnerships, growth, and achieve joint success.
  • Strong experience of planning ahead, scheduling, attention to detail and problem solving.
  • Experience of managing staff and supporting their development.
  • Experience of managing resources and budgets.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience of writing reports.
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding.
  • Experience of delivering a service that demonstrates an understanding of different cultures.
  • An understanding of the issues facing North Kensington and a track record of working alongside beneficiary communities (desirable)

Benefits of working for Westway Trust:

  • Great location in the heart of Portobello, North Kensington
  • Investor in People (IiP) employer
  • Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per year + statutory bank holidays
  • Free gym membership at health club one minute walk from the office
  • Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Sick pay scheme
  • Season ticket / bicycle loan
  • Free eye test voucher

The application deadline is Sunday 26 October 2025 when applications will be reviewed and shortlisted for interview.  However, we reserve the right to close the application early. An early application is strongly recommended. Please apply directly from our website.

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Westway Trust View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500

We exist to work together with the local community to enable North Kensington to thrive.

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Posted on: 02 October 2025
Closing date: 25 October 2025 at 23:30
Tags: Training / Learning, Early Years, Education, Safeguarding, Youth / Children

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