Remarkable Future starts here Nursery: Children 1st Toton Nursery School by Storal Address - 5 Banks Road, Toton NG9 6HE Hours: 40 hours per week Monday-Friday, Full Time All year round position Salary: £15ph dependent on qualifications and experience £500 Welcome bonus We are looking for an experienced Deputy Manager who would like to broaden their skills and knowledge with the potential to cover a maternity Manager vacancy in the future. Hi We’re Katie and Laura, Nursery Managers at Toton. With over 30 years of combined experience in early years, we are proud to lead a team that’s as passionate as we are about creating a warm, welcoming environment where every child can thrive. What truly makes our nursery special is our dedicated and long-standing team—many of whom have built lasting, meaningful relationships with our children and families over the years. Our friendly and thoughtfully designed spaces are filled with engaging resources that inspire learning, play, and curiosity. Our children feel safe, happy, and valued as they explore and grow in our cosy, home-from-home environment. We’re proud of our strong community links, working closely with local services, schools, and the area SENCO to ensure every child receives the best possible support and a smooth transition to the next stage in their journey. A special touch unique to Toton is our outdoor sleeping approach for babies—nestled in prams, they benefit from peaceful rest and fresh air, helping to promote healthy, natural sleep patterns Storal’s Purpose To give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life. The Team & Environment You’ll have a supportive Nursery Manager, Office Manager and Early Years colleagues to help with the delivery of the Storal curriculum. Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school, but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed. How you’ll spend your time here Day to day as a Deputy Manager you will be an intrinsic part of the Nurseries success ensuring the setting has the right team, culture, policies and resources to deliver the highest possible standards of childcare and early years education. You’ll offer solutions where you identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments for the children and their educators. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your care are achieved. We’d love to talk to you if you have the following A full and relevant Early Years Education qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent Experience in a managerial role including nursery administration or similar A strong knowledge and understanding EYFS framework Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experienced in providing staff training and support Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years) Excellent communication skills with both children and adults Benefits for You For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with Pay Captain Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards Not everything fits in a job advert Click apply today, don’t worry if your CV isn’t perfect just send us what you have and we’ll work out the rest later. Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that 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. INDDEP