Senior Early Years Educator

22 hours ago


Shepshed, Leicestershire, United Kingdom Storal Full time

Nursery: Children 1st Shepshed, 55 Forest Street, Shepshed LE12 9BZ

Hours: Full Time, Monday - Friday 40 hours

Salary: Starting from £13.25 per hour depending qualification £500 Welcome incentive

Hi, I'm Amy, the Nursery Manager at Shepshed.

I've proudly been part of the Shepshed team for my entire 18-year childcare career—starting as a Nursery Nurse in the baby room and now, for the past 4 years, having the privilege of leading this incredible team as Manager.

My wonderful team is truly dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care and education, supporting each and every child to reach their full potential.

Our beautiful building and extensive gardens provide the perfect backdrop for a rich, engaging learning experience. With dedicated spaces for all age groups—including a unique outdoor classroom, planting areas, and opportunities for wildlife exploration—we nurture curiosity and spark imagination every day. Our children explore inspiring environments including our baking room, cosy story space, a home corner and large construction area.

Our newly refurbished baby room offers a calm, cosy, and nurturing space where our caring team follows each baby's individual routine, creating a home-from-home environment right from the start.

About you
You are a Level 3 or above qualified, Senior Early Years Educator / Senior Practitioner / Senior Nursery Nurse / Room leader or similar who thrives on leading by example, and inspiring others to be the best that they can be.
You love supporting and encouraging the natural curiosity and excitement of young children, and motivating others to do the same. 

You have a natural, nurturing openness, a warm and positive outlook, and you care about learning and education standards in the UK.

What you'll be doing
Day to day, you will deliver care to the children whilst also supervising your team.  

You will identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your room are met.

You will be responsible for ensuring all record keeping requirements are regularly completed, as well as conducting your team appraisals.  As the Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader) you will work in partnership with other Room Leads and management team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.

What you'll need

  • A full and relevant Level 3 or above qualification within early years

  • Proven experience working as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner)

  • Demonstrable leadership experience (within Early Years)

  • Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS

  • Excellent communication skills with both children and adults

  • Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together

Benefits at a glance

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 

About us
This nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that's only the beginning of the story. We do what we say we do and if you align with this approach, then a Storal nursery is the place for you.

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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