Job Description:
Remarkable Futures Start Here. Nursery - Children 1st Shepshed Nursery School by Storal. Address - 55 Forest St, Shepshed, Loughborough LE12 9DA. Hours - 24 - 40 hours per week Monday-Friday, Full Time and Part Time. Salary - Up to £13.75ph dependent on qualifications and experience. £500 Welcome incentive. Hi, I'm Amy, the Nursery Manager at Shepshed. I've proudly been part of the Shepshed team for my entire 18-year childcare career—starting as a Nursery Nurse in the baby room and now, for the past 4 years, having the privilege of leading this incredible team as Manager. My wonderful team is truly dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care and education, supporting each and every child to reach their full potential. Our beautiful building and extensive gardens provide the perfect backdrop for a rich, engaging learning experience. With dedicated spaces for all age groups—including a unique outdoor classroom, planting areas, and opportunities for wildlife exploration—we nurture curiosity and spark imagination every day. Our children explore inspiring environments including our baking room, cosy story space, a home corner and large construction area. Our newly refurbished baby room offers a calm, cosy, and nurturing space where our caring team follows each baby's individual routine, creating a home-from-home environment right from the start. 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 - You'll be joining Shepshed team of Early years Educators, who have an incredibly important job of supporting children's development. You'll be a key part of every child's journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play-based learning. How you'll spend your time here - Day to day, you will deliver care to the children whilst also supervising your team. You'll identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your room are met. You'll be responsible for ensuring all record keeping requirements are regularly completed, as well as conducting your team appraisals. As the Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader) you will work in partnership with other Room Leads and the management team to ensure the successful running of the nursery. We'd love to talk to you if you have the following. A Level 3 or above qualification within early years. Proven experience working as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner). Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS. Excellent communication skills with both children and adults. Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together. The Environment - 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. 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 PayCaptain. 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.
