Nursery: Farley Sparsholt Outdoor Nursery School, Garstons Track, Sparsholt, Winchester, SO21 2NB
Hours: Early Years Practitioner Full Time, Monday - Friday
Salary: £13.60 to £14.00 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications) plus £500 Welcome Bonus
Hi, I'm Janine, the Nursery Manager at Farley Sparsholt. Our nursery school is a truly special place to learn and play. We’re proud to be the UK’s first yurt-based outdoor nursery, nestled within a two-acre site surrounded by the fields and animals of Sparsholt College.
Our children spend much of their time (whatever the weather) exploring the great outdoors, our cosy yurts provide a calm and nurturing space—designed with natural acoustics, a soothing sensory atmosphere, and insulated with sheep’s wool to stay warm and welcoming throughout the winter months.
At Farley Sparsholt, we encourage our children to be curious, imaginative, and confident learners in a setting where nature is their classroom. Our days are filled with hands-on experiences that spark curiosity—from bug hunts and woodland adventures to growing our own seasonal vegetables.
Who & What is Storal?
It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Farley Sparsholt. 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.
About the role:
As an Senior Early Years Educator 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
* Bond 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
* Role modelling remarkable practice with the intent to support others around you
* Knowledge of the EYFS framework
Must haves:
* Early Years qualification at Level 3or above
* Experience working with all age groups within Early Years
Why work for us:
Benefits at a glance
* Enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain
* Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)
* Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more
* Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund
* 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.
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 thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.
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