Nursery: Children 1st @ Newark, Muskham Road, Newark NG24 1DP

Hours: Monday - Friday, Full Time 40 hours

Salary: £ 7.55 per hour

Remarkable futures start here.

Hi, I’m Sophie, the Nursery Manager at Newark Nursery.

With 10 years of experience in early years education, I began my career as an apprentice and have proudly managed our nursery for the past 6 years. I feel incredibly lucky to lead such a dedicated and passionate team who ensure every child has the opportunity to grow, develop, and thrive in our care.

Our nursery is a true home-from-home, with warm, welcoming spaces filled with natural resources that ignite curiosity and inspire a love of learning. Outside, our large garden is a hub of adventure and imagination—featuring a fort, castle, and digger world, offering endless opportunities for play and discovery.

With spacious, thoughtfully designed environments, we provide the perfect setting for children to learn, play, and flourish every day.

Who & What is Storal?

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Newark. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all. Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community. 

About the role: 
 
As an Apprentice Early Years Educator you will be a key part of keep our children safe, loved and inspired to learn. Key activities include: 

Applying the Storal curriculum & our pedagogy principles to our children daily

Seeking out learning opportunities in everyday routines such as mealtimes & transitions

Bond with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moment

Essentials:

Are 16 or over, have a passion for children and an aptitude for learning
Minimum requirements to apply for this role are English and Maths GCSE grades 2 or E or above OR Functional Skills Level 1 or above.
are able to commit to a full apprenticeship programme.
are patient and friendly
By applying for this vacancy, you have given your consent to share your information with the employer on this advert in order for your grades to be confirmed on the HM Government Personal Learning Record Service. Where grades can not be confirmed, certificates will need to be provided by the applicant
Maximum of 40 minute drive by either car or public transport

About you: 

A true love for child development and care

Able and willing to work in a team

Ability to communicate effectively with management, your peers and parents

High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity

Benefits:

For you -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.

And much much more 

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Newark so special.

Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the 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 a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.

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