Overview
Nursery: Hemsley House Nursery School, Maidstone, Kent, ME16
Hours: Full Time, Monday - Friday
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum (depending on experience and qualifications)
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much more
Hemsley House spans two beautifully converted Victorian homes in Maidstone, just a 10-minute walk apart. Both buildings have a welcoming, home-from-home feel and are full of original charm, including stunning stained-glass windows.
Our large garden areas offer our children the freedom to explore and enjoy outdoor adventures, with features like a preschool camp area, teepees, a mud kitchen, and climbing equipment. The outdoors becomes an extension of the learning environment.
Inside, our designated preschool classroom supports school readiness in a focused, nurturing setting. Our experienced and passionate team brings a wealth of early years knowledge, tailoring each child’s experience to their pace, needs, and interests.
At Hemsley House, we encourage independence, imagination, and a love of learning every single day—laying strong foundations for a happy and confident future.
About Storal
Storal is our collective group of nurseries that we are part of here at Hemsley House. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and is passionate about Early Years. We encourage you to bring your whole self to the role. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to the Storal community.
About the role
Day to day as a Nursery Manager you will be an intrinsic part of the nursery management team ensuring the setting has the right staff, culture, policies and resources to deliver the highest possible standards of childcare and early years education.
You will 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.
You will encourage a love of learning through high quality teaching under the EYFS framework, ensuring that all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating experiences. You\'ll do this by leading, motivating and inspiring the educators, managing ratios through the staff rotas, attracting new hires and providing learning and development opportunities to the team.
About you
* A true love for child development and care
* Able and willing to work in a team
* Ability to communicate effectively with management, peers and parents
* High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity
* Knowledge of the EYFS framework
Must haves
* 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 of the EYFS framework
* Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experience in providing staff training and support
* Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years)
* Excellent communication skills with both children and adults
Why work for us
Benefits That Support You — At Every Stage
Family Friendly Benefits - enhanced parents leave including maternity, paternity & adoption and a 50% childcare discount on all fees
Wellbeing & Refuel Benefits - extra day off per year for your wellbeing and access to modern mental health support and 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 such as book club, pets club, and continuous professional development accessible anytime
We care about our people.
Curious to know more?
We’d love to tell you more about what makes Hemsley House special.
Storal places a high emphasis on safeguarding, the welfare of children and a work environment that encourages feedback, discussion and resilience. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff and volunteers complete compliance checks prior to employment including employment references and DBS.
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