Nursery World - Positive relationships - Let's talk about ... nursery managers

The relationship between managers and staff is crucial to a nursery's success. Annette Rawstrone spoke to practitioners from private day nurseries.

Q: What makes a good nursery manager?

'A good manager needs to be approachable, easy to speak to, supportive and recognise staff members' strengths.'

'It is important that they provide a good role model for the rest of the team.'

'A manager must recognise that everyone needs the opportunity to vent and to deal with the stress of the job, but the manager can't take their stress out on the staff.'

'Someone who works well as a team and supports all the staff. They need to have good communication skills and be able to interact with staff and parents and also the children.'

'They need to balance paperwork with also dealing with staff issues and keeping up with new policies.'

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