At a Glance
- Tasks: Support children's development through play-based learning and meaningful interactions.
- Company: Join a nurturing nursery with a dedicated team and strong community ties.
- Benefits: Up to £13.30 per hour, enhanced holidays, childcare discounts, and wellness support.
- Other info: Flexible application process—send us your CV, even if it's not perfect!
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while enjoying a supportive work environment.
- Qualifications: Level 2/3 Early Years qualification and experience in Early Years settings.
The predicted salary is between 13.3 - 13.3 £ per hour.
Remarkable Future starts here.
Nursery: Children 1st Toton Nursery School by Storal
Address: 5 Banks Road, Toton NG9 6HE
Hours: 15 hours per week Monday-Friday, Lunch cover
Salary: Up to £13.30 per hour dependent on qualifications and experience
Hi I'm Laura, Nursery Manager at Toton. What truly makes our nursery special is our dedicated and long-standing team—many of whom have built lasting, meaningful relationships with our children and families over the years. Our friendly and thoughtfully designed spaces are filled with engaging resources that inspire learning, play, and curiosity. Our children feel safe, happy, and valued as they explore and grow in our cosy, home-from-home environment.
We’re proud of our strong community links, working closely with local services, schools, and the area SENCO to ensure every child receives the best possible support and a smooth transition to the next stage in their journey. A special touch unique to Toton is our outdoor sleeping approach for babies—nestled in prams, they benefit from peaceful rest and fresh air, helping to promote healthy, natural sleep patterns.
Toton's 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 Toton 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: You’ll plan activities, observe progress and manage personal care for children. Applying the Storal curriculum and our pedagogy principles to our children daily. Whilst seeking out learning opportunities in everyday routines such as mealtimes and transitions. Bonding with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moments. You’ll also deliver high levels of care and empathy, with an understanding that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity.
We’d love to talk to you if you have the following:
- An Early Years qualification at Level 2/3
- Experience of working with all age groups within Early Years settings
- Knowledge of the EYFS framework would be advantageous
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
Not everything fits in a job advert. Click apply today, don’t worry if your CV isn’t perfect just send us what you have and we’ll work out the rest later. 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 and DBS.
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