Thriving in Nursery Leadership: A Well Being and Practical Guide for Early Years Managers

By Tsehay Alemayehu

For the daycare, nursery and pre-school manager in one of the most emotionally demanding roles.Being a nursery, pre-school or daycare manager asks more of you emotionally than almost any
other leadership job. You carry the safety of children, the livelihoods of a team, the trust of
families, and the expectations of Ofsted, local authorities and head office - often all before 9
a.m.

PART I - THE WELLBEING GUIDE
Thirteen chapters that name what you carry and give you the tools to keep carrying it:
nervous-system first aid, leading a team running on empty, difficult parent conversations, audit
season without the panic, being Ofsted-ready every day, and a 12-day wellbeing cycle to
protect the person running the setting.

PART II - THE MANAGER'S GUIDE
Eleven practical frameworks for running an exceptional setting: the Early Years Inspection
Framework, safe sleep, celebrating and validating every child and setting, spending Deprivation
Funding and EYPP with intention, SEND and inclusion, transitions, supervision, business health,
and handling parent concerns before they become complaints.

PRINTABLE MANAGER'S TOOLKIT
Three tear-out audit tools: evidence checklists for Celebrating & Validating and the Inspection
Framework, plus an Evidence Annotation form to record what each piece of evidence shows,
the criteria it meets, the strengths and next steps it reveals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HC6JQ551
• ISBN13: 9798189127403
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"