Storal
Nursery Lead Early Years Educator
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Lead Early Years Educator (Third in Charge)
Nursery - Children 1st Birstall Nursery School by Storal
Address - 1 Park Rd, Birstall, Leicester LE4 3AX
Hours - Full Time, 40 Hours per week, Monday to Friday or 40 hours over 4 days (hours to be discussed at interview)
Salary - £30,680 per annum depending on experience and qualifications salary to be discussed
£1,000 Welcome incentive
Remarkable futures start here
Our nursery offers you a spacious, well-resourced environment to support children to learn, explore, and thrive. With a large outdoor learning area, we place strong emphasis on outdoor play and nature-based experiences, giving children daily opportunities to develop confidence, curiosity, and physical skills.
Our Purpose at Storal
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.
How you’ll spend your time here
- You will be leading a dedicated team of friendly and supportive staff, helping to create a warm, inclusive atmosphere where every child feels safe, valued, and inspired to reach their full potential.
- We are looking for a passionate and ambitious Lead Early Years Educator (Third in Charge) who will work in partnership with the educator team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.
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Key Responsibilities
- Encourage a love of learning through high-quality teaching under the EYFS framework
- Ensure all children are kept safe and have rich, stimulating experiences
- Build relationships with the team to create an inspiring working environment
- Lead, motivate, and inspire the educator team
- Be the third in command in the nursery after the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager
- Identifying areas of change and implementing
We’d love to talk to you if you have the following
- Level 3 or above qualification within early years
- Minimum of 6 months experience as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner) or with children under the age of 5
- Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS
- Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness, and working together
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- £1,000 welcome bonus
- We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain
- Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)
- Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more
- Development - Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund
- Our community - Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.
- We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge
We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.
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Storal is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS check, and reference checks.
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