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Grandir UK

Nursery Assistant (lunch cover)

London
£10 – £13/hr
Posted 3 months ago
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Nursery Assistant

Winchmore Hill Day Nursery
Part of Grandir UK

Salary

£10.85-£12.71 (depending on experience and qualifications with regular pay reviews)

About the Role

Join a supportive, child-focused nursery offering strong benefits, flexible working, and genuine career progression.

Our Winchmore Hill Day Nursery in Winchmore Hill is looking for a caring and enthusiastic Nursery Assistant to join our team. You will play a key role in caring for, supporting, and inspiring our children, encouraging curiosity, and helping them thrive every day.

Hours: Mon-Fri (11am-3pm) = 20 hours per week

Why You’ll Love Working at Winchmore Hill

At Winchmore you will be part of a welcoming and supportive team who genuinely care about one another. We create a positive working environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to grow.

Core Benefits

  • 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, with 3 days used during the Christmas shutdown period
  • Christmas and New Year shutdown
  • Flexible working options available
  • Big childcare discount
  • £500 refer a friend bonus
  • Company pension scheme with employer contributions
  • Statutory Sick Pay from day 1
  • Life assurance for employees aged 18 to 65
  • Certified Great Place to Work, voted for by our current colleagues

About Our Nursery

Our Winchmore Hill day nursery has five spacious and well-resourced classrooms spread over two floors, as well as a sleeping room and a sensory room. Our large landing and hallway areas provide space to display children’s artwork, and we also have a dedicated listening station for children to quietly listen to stories outside of their classroom.

Our spacious, well-resourced playrooms are designed to facilitate the best educational start for babies and children in a nurturing, safe environment. Our playrooms are designed to meet the needs of the children in the room, with the use of age-appropriate equipment and activities set up each day to meet the interests and educational needs of individual children in them. Our playrooms are loosely based on age range, but children progress to the next room based on their readiness to move into the next room.

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All of our playrooms for under two-year-olds are downstairs, with a maximum of twelve children in each room, ensuring a calm, spacious environment in each room. Our sensory room for times when children need a quieter space for more focused learning is also on the ground floor, along with our baby sleeping room. On the first floor, we have three further classrooms for our children aged two years and upwards. Our Art Studio can be found on this floor, too, where we hold regular art lessons for our older children with our highly trained art teacher.

Garden

We have a lovely, enclosed garden space at the front of our nursery, which has a bespoke climbing frame to look like a pirate ship! Our garden is available to each and every child to enjoy outdoor play activities such as messy play in our mud kitchen and growing plants and produce in our growing garden.

Ofsted

We are proud to have received a ‘Outstanding’ rating from Ofsted.

Location

Our Winchmore Hill Day Nursery and Preschool is at the very end of Green Lanes, conveniently located for local shops, including Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We are also well located for Winchmore Hill train station, which is around ten minutes walk, convenient for our parents who need to reach Central London or other surrounding areas.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Supervise and support children at all times
  • Prepare and supervise activities under the guidance of Level 3 qualified practitioners
  • Contribute to maintaining an attractive and welcoming environment for the children
  • Read, understand, and implement all company policies, procedures, and operational practices
  • Maintain a positive attitude at all times with children, parents, visitors, and colleagues
  • Attend regular staff meetings, planning meetings, and undertake training as required

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Enhanced Family and Wellbeing Benefits

  • Maternity and adoption leave paid at 100 percent for the first 12 weeks
  • Paternity leave paid at 100 percent for 4 weeks
  • Parental bereavement leave up to 4 weeks paid
  • Compassionate leave up to 2 weeks paid
  • Miscarriage leave up to 2 weeks paid
  • Wellbeing Day, an extra day off just for you
  • The Grand Event, up to an additional week of annual leave to attend a significant life event after 2 years’ service

Even More Benefits

  • Employee benefits portal with hundreds of retail discounts including ASOS, gym memberships, cinema, M and S, and major supermarkets
  • 24-hour remote GP appointments
  • Medical cashback for dental treatment, physiotherapy, and alternative therapies
  • Recognition, rewards, and team celebrations throughout the year, with May dedicated to celebrating our teams
  • Tailored in-house training and genuine progression opportunities
  • Sustainability focus with Carbon Literacy-trained teams and Eco Schools accreditation

Grandir UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and recruit based on merit. To support our recruitment process, we may use AI-assisted tools for tasks such as application screening and reference checks. These tools help us manage applications efficiently, and all hiring decisions are made by our team.

Apply today. We review applications as they are received and may close the role early.

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Skills

Childcare
Supervision
Activity planning
Communication
Teamwork
Safeguarding
Policy implementation
Nurturing
Educational support

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

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