At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team of educators and support children's development through play-based learning.
- Company: Join Buckinghams, a nurturing nursery dedicated to children's growth.
- Benefits: Enjoy enhanced holidays, childcare discounts, wellness days, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Embrace a warm community focused on safeguarding and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while growing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: A Level 3 qualification in early years and experience as an Early Years Educator.
The predicted salary is between 13.9 - 13.9 £ per hour.
Nursery: Children 1st Buckinghams Nursery School, Buxton Road, Leek ST13 6NE
Hours: Full Time, 40 Hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £13.90 per hour
Remarkable Futures Start Here
Early Years Educators are you ready for a Senior role?
Buckinghams 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 Buckinghams 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
- For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with PayCaptain
- Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
- Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
- Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund
- Our community - Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards
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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.
Senior Early Years Educator in Leek employer: Storal
At Buckinghams Nursery School, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that values the growth and well-being of our team. Our nurturing environment not only supports children's development but also fosters a culture of inclusivity and collaboration among staff, with ample opportunities for professional development and wellness initiatives. With competitive benefits such as enhanced holidays, childcare discounts, and health partnerships, we are committed to ensuring our educators thrive both personally and professionally in Leek.
