Bursar Nurseries (Twickenham) Candidate Pack
Contents
Dukes Education
Welcome from the Founder
Little Dukes
The Nurseries
The Role
Person Specification
Application Process
Founded in 2015, Dukes Education is a collection of the UK’s finest nurseries, schools and colleges, as well as summer schools and consultancy services — all united in their passion for nurturing students and helping them thrive. We are highly selective about which schools and organisations join us. Our family is small and close knit, which we carefully curate to ensure there is harmony amongst our teams.
Being part of the Dukes family means we can all come together to share experience and expertise, supporting each other to achieve the extraordinary.
There’s power in the collective, our results are outstanding, but there’s more to us than that. Our students benefit from constant sharing of best practice. Developing culturally and socially, whilst enjoying a rounded education.
“In 2015, I founded Dukes Education. The beginning of the Dukes story is simple. I wanted to do something I love, and I love developing young people.
I’ve been inspired by many individuals throughout my involvement in finance, the military and sport. Growing up with dyslexia meant I had to find my own way to succeed – but the encouragement and support of my family and school was crucial. I wanted to give others the chance to be successful against the odds and in the face of obstacles. On every publication, email or letter from Dukes Education, you will see a small crown next to our name. When Dukes began, we decided to use a sign that expressed everything we wanted the company to be. The Dukes crown symbolises our ambition to be at the absolute top of the education sector – a mark of recognised quality. It also symbolises the ambition of our students and parents. They come to us for schooling, guidance and expertise because, in their own way, they want to build a ‘crown’ of achievement themselves. Our mission is to be the best at helping them to do this. Everything we do at Dukes is driven by a strong desire to nurture young people so they can achieve their true potential. I am so excited for our future. We are in a privileged position: we have a unique opportunity to create dreams and inspire excellence in our students. Only time will tell what lies ahead but we will continue to evolve and have fun while we create and inspire!
Welcome to Dukes Education.”
Aatif Hassan
Little Dukes is the Early Years’ arm — with independent nurseries in London, Richmond upon Thames, and Worthing.
The Little Dukes family comprises a number of nursery groups who share and learn from each other, while still having the freedom to operate independently. It’s our goal to lay the foundations for a happy childhood, a fulfilling future, and an enduring love of learning.
St Margaret’s Montessori Nursery School
St Margaret’s Montessori was started in 1990. It began in the basement of Number 8 Victoria road with just 13 children, before expanding into the whole building a few years later. Originally St Margaret’s Montessori taught children up to the age of 7, but in 2008 the decision was made to close the upper school, and to increase the size of the nursery. Kew Montessori Nursery School Kew Montessori has been serving the families of Kew for over 35 years. The school offers the best quality Montessori nursery education for children from the age of 2 years until they start school. The Montessori school focuses on giving children the opportunity to be independent and confident and show this through their enhanced social skills and their care and respect of themselves, their friends and teachers, parents and their school.
Twickenham Park Day Nursery
Twickenham Park Day Nursery is a thriving day nursery situated close to Richmond Bridge in Twickenham. With modern, purpose-built premises, high staff ratios, a spacious garden, and dedicated staff, the nursery offers some of the capital’s very best care. The nursery is arranged over two floors and offers a safe garden area, beautiful classrooms, and large, airy play areas. Children are divided into age-appropriate groups to encourage friendships and access age-appropriate activities.
Bright Beginnings Day Nurseries
Bright Beginnings offers outstanding childcare for little ones from 3 months, to 5 years in the pre-school.
Baby rooms cater for children from the age of 3 months until they are confidently mobile. Once they are actively up and about with confidence and ready to move on, Tweenies would be their next stop. The Toddler Room accommodates 2 and rising 3 year olds in two groups, the Red group and the Yellow group. This allows the nursery to provide activities which are designed specifically at the developmental stage each group, rather than a general activity, which would leave some children bored, and others out of their depth. Finally, children will enter the pre-school group either on joining the nursery or having moved up from Toddlers. The Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum is followed by all of the children and extension activities are offered in all areas of the curriculum to ensure that they are able to achieve their full potential.
About the Role
Dukes Education is looking for a Bursar to manage and coordinate the finance and administrative elements of 5 nurseries in the Kew / Twickenham area, all of which are new to Dukes. The role is intended to be full time but part time options (3/4 days per week) could be available for the right candidate.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Responsibility for fee income including issuing fee invoices to parents, collecting and reconciling funds from childcare voucher and tax free childcare accounts, banking payments and credit control
• Responsibility for purchase ledger including processing supplier bills, making payments, negotiating with suppliers, and keeping costs within budget
• Maintaining the accounting and pupil records (Xero and First Steps) for the nurseries (assisted by existing admin staff at 3 of the 5 nurseries)
• Responsibility for IT systems and Premises Management at all sites
• Responsibility for payroll (using group Payroll Bureau), staff contracts and general HR matters
• Production of accurate and timely Management Accounts (supported by Divisional FD) and other business data
• Assisting Principal and Divisional FD with budgeting and planning
Line Management
• The role reports to the Principal of Twickenham Nurseries with a dotted reporting line to the Finance Director of our Greater London & South East Division
About You
• Ideally you will possess a financial qualification such as AAT or be qualified by experience
• Experience at Bursar, Business Manager, Financial Controller level would be preferable
• Experience of running the financial and administrative functions within the Nursery sector
• Ability to work well and self-motivate in a flexible structure and environment
• Ability to work alongside children and respond to parents’ demands and concerns
Dukes Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Application Process
Applications should consist of a CV and covering statement outlining key matching experience and rationale for applying for the post.
Applications should be sent to our recruitment advisors at The Management Recruitment Group
Adam Spencer T: 0208 892 0115 M: 07989 435 960 E: adam.spencer@mrgpeople.co.uk Hayley Mintern T: 0208 892 0115 M: 07530 680 184 E: hayley.mintern@mrgpeople.co.uk
Applications will be reviewed and The Management Recruitment Group will undertake preliminary meetings with selected candidates during the week commencing 6th January 2020.
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18Made with FlippingBook Annual report