Nursery leadership
Learn more about nursery leadership roles and how they lead teaching staff with our child-led approach.
Your career in Early Years
Help change a child’s life, join our award-winning family of nurseries.
Join a family of nurseries with heart
We’re the London Early Years Foundation, or LEYF Nurseries for short; a family of 40 nurseries. Our people love working for us because we focus on the child and their family and give them the best start in life.
Victoria, Room ManagerLEYF gave me the confidence and the teaching to go further in my job.
Selamawit, Nursery ManagerYou never feel alone at LEYF—there’s always someone to turn to
Growing at LEYF
LEYF is known for quality teachers — we give you strong in-house training and access to promotion.
Caroline, Early Years EducatorLEYF has helped my career through ongoing training and support.
Staff Testimonials
Apprentice at 18. Deputy Manager at 22.
Meet Bobbi-Jo. She started at LEYF as an apprentice and got her Level 3 qualification. Then she became a Room manager. Now she's Deputy Manager of our Wandsworth Bridge Nursery & Pre-School.
Help change a child's life
In this video, nursery manager Yvonne shares a moving story of the incredible difference she saw in one child's life after he came to a LEYF nursery.
Pethro: returning to LEYF
Pethro, one of our Deputy Managers, tells us why she boomeranged back to LEYF.
Meet the recruitment team
Our friendly recruitment team are here to answer any of your queries and guide you through the recruitment process.
Elizabeth, Early Years PractitionerWe are friends, we are like family. We always support one another.
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Staff benefits
Learn more about our sector-leading benefits.