Early Years Practitioner

Nursery: Children 1st Acorns Nursery School, Draycott Rd, Tean, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4JJ
. Hours: Full Time 40 hrs per week, Monday to Friday.
Salary: £12.25-£13.05 per hour dependent on experience and qualifications.
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount and more.

£500 Welcome bonus

Hello, we’re Dawn and Jessica, the Nursery Managers ether, we bring a wealth of early years experience and share a clear vision for raising standards and providing the best possible start for every child. Our vibrant outdoor areas are designed to spark imagination and excitement—where children can embark on pirate adventures, dive into imaginative role-play in the farm shop, or run free in our spacious paddock.

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here ral 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.

• 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 moments

• 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
• Role modelling remarkable practice
• Knowledge of the EYFS framework

• Early Years qualification at Level 2 or 3
• Experience working with all age groups within Early Years

Family Friendly Benefits
—enhanced parents leave including maternity, paternity & adoption & Childcare Discount at 50% off all fees

Wellbeing & Refuel Benefits
—Access to modern-day, progressive mental health support & sick pay

Financial Perks
—Emergency cash access to your pay before pay date, free financial coaching

Social Perks
—online community for peer‑to‑peer socializing eg. book club, pets club, pinecones club & continuous professional development accessible to you at anytime

Plus, many more.

We care about our people.

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Acorns 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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