Nursery: The Ark Foundry Road Nursery School, Stamford, PE9 2PP Hours: Part Time, 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 10am - 2pm Salary: From £12.21 -£12.80 per hour (dependent on experience and qualifications) Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more Hello, I'm Shannon, the Nursery Manager at Ark Foundry Road. We offer a truly unique, home-from-home environment in a beautiful Swedish-built log cabin, embracing the Hygge approach to early years education—warm, calm, and centred around wellbeing. With over 12 years of experience in early years, having started my journey as an apprentice, I’m passionate about creating meaningful learning experiences. Together with my dedicated team, we prioritise outdoor learning, providing multiple outdoor spaces where children can explore and connect with nature. From den building and pond dipping to storytelling around the fire pit, our days are full of adventure and discovery. Who & What is Storal? It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily a part of here at Ark Foundry Road. 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 a Nursery Practitioner 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 Bonding with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moments 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 Knowledge of the EYFS framework Must haves: Early Years qualification at Level 2/3 Experience working with all age groups within Early Years Why work for us: 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. Enhanced DBS check and subscription to the DBS Update Service We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy. And much much more We care about our people. 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. We care about our people. Curious to know more? We’d love to tell you more about what makes Ark Foundry Road Nursery 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.