Lead Early Years Educator (Third in Charge)
* Blossom Tree Nursery School,13 Stoke Rd, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6BQ
* Full Time, 40 Hours per week, Monday to Friday
* 14.25 per hour
we’ve created a nurturing environment inspired by nature and centred around children's mental wellbeing. With a wealth of early years experience, we take pride in encouraging learning across all areas of development—supporting each child’s natural curiosity and love of discovery.
Our approach allows children to wonder, imagine, and explore—whether they’re engaging with our carefully designed indoor spaces, climbing on our outdoor frame, or getting hands-on down at the allotment.
Who & What is Storal?
It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Blossom Tree. 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 job:
* 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
* Leads, motivates and inspires the educator team
* Be the third in command in the nursery after the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager
* Identifying areas of change and implementing
About you:
* 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
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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