Pre School Manager (Term Time Only)

Pre-School Manager (Term Time Only)

Busy Fingers Pre-School, Little Downham, Ely

We have an exciting opportunity for an inspiring, experienced Early Years leader to manage our friendly, popular pre-school.

Busy Fingers is a purpose-built pre-school based in the village of Little Downham, near Ely, and has received a “Good” rating from Ofsted.

At Busy Fingers, our aim is to provide the children who attend with a happy, safe, secure and stimulating environment in which they can develop emotionally and intellectually to their full potential. We aim to provide a setting where we enhance development and education by building on what individual children know and can do.

Key responsibilities of the Manager:

• To be a motivating and supportive manager, leading the pre-school team to deliver excellent childcare in line with the EYFS Statutory Framework
• To effectively supervise staff on a daily basis; to be responsible for monitoring the quality of teaching
• To be responsible for providing a high quality of education and learning, to offer appropriate stimulation and support to the children attending the setting, to ensure progress is effectively monitored through observations, assessments and planning
• To ensure that the welfare and safety of children is promoted within the setting and that any child protection concerns are always acted upon appropriately and immediately
• To communicate effectively with the parents/carers, the Committee of trustees, Ofsted services and other professionals as necessary and ensure that all legal and statutory requirements are implemented

The successful candidate will:

• Hold at least Level 4 early years education and childcare qualification (or level 3 with a willingness to work towards level 4) or equivalent.
• Have at least two years’ proven experience of working in an early years care and education setting or at least two years’ other suitable experience.
• Possess demonstrable management and leadership skills
• Be passionate about leading the development of the pre-school and have a drive for continuous improvement of the setting’s offering and performance
• Be warm and approachable and have excellent communication skills

This pre-school is committed to equal opportunities in employment and this post is subject to enhanced DBS and relevant employment checks and ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’

Further information:

Hours of work: Monday – Friday term time only. Current manager works 32 hours per week (term-time) but, depending on candidates, we will consider flexible working approaches.

Competitive salary, dependent on experience.

Please contact chair@busyfingerspreschool.org  for a job description and application form. No CVs will be accepted.

Closing date: Friday 7 November 2025  

Interviews: Week commencing Monday 24 November 2025

Busy Fingers Preschool, Main Street, Little Downham, CB6 2ST

Registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation: 1188632

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide