At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team of educators to inspire and nurture children's development through play-based learning.
- Company: Join the warm and nurturing environment at Children 1st Acorns Nursery School.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, childcare discounts, wellness days, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a supportive community that values feedback and resilience.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while growing your career in early years education.
- Qualifications: A Level 3 qualification in early years and proven experience as an Early Years Educator.
The predicted salary is between 13.9 - 13.9 £ per hour.
Hours: Full Time 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £13.90 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount and much more.
Acorns Purpose
To give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life.
The Team
You’ll be joining Acorns team of Early Years Educators, who have an incredibly important job of supporting children’s development. You’ll be a key part of every child’s journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play-based learning.
How you’ll spend your time here
Day to day, you will deliver care to the children whilst also supervising your team. You’ll identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or creating more stimulating experiences and environments. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your room are met. You’ll be responsible for ensuring all record keeping requirements are regularly completed, as well as conducting your team appraisals. As the Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader) you will work in partnership with other Room Leads and the management team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.
We’d love to talk to you if you have the following:
- A Level 3 or above qualification within early years
- Proven experience working as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner)
- Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS
- Excellent communication skills with both children and adults
- Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together
The Environment
Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school, but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed.
Benefits for You
- Enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with PayCaptain
- Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
- Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
- Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund
- Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards
Storal sets the highest of standards when it comes to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.
Children 1st Acorns Nursery School employer: Storal Learning Ltd
Storal Learning Ltd is an exceptional employer, offering a nurturing and supportive work environment at Main Street Nursery in Nottingham. With flexible part-time hours and competitive pay, employees benefit from enhanced holidays and paid sick leave, while also having the opportunity to inspire young minds and build lasting relationships with families. The company prioritises employee growth and development, making it a rewarding place to work for those passionate about early childhood education.
