Lead Early Years Educator

Hove · On-site

About this role

Nursery: Blueberry Nursery, 5 Davigdor Road, Hove, BN3 1QB

Hours: Full Time, Monday-Friday
Salary: Up to £15.71 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications)

Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more

Welcome Bonus: £1000 welcome bonus

Remarkable Futures Start Here

Can you educate tomorrow's leaders?

Hello, I’m Becky, the Nursery Manager at Blueberry.

My team and I bring a wealth of early years insight, and we’re passionate about inspiring children to be inquisitive, imaginative, and confident learners. In our stimulating environments, children quickly develop a true love of learning and a naturally curious mind.

At Blueberry, we place a strong emphasis on individual learning and purposeful play—it's at the heart of everything we do. What truly sets us apart is our magical forest school sessions. These immersive experiences open up the natural world, offering countless opportunities for exploration, problem-solving, and creative play.

Who & What is Storal?

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Windmill . 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 role:

As an Early Years Teacher 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

  • Knowledge of the EYFS framework

Must haves:

  • Early Years qualification at Level 3 and above

  • QTS

  • Experience working with all age groups within Early Years

Why work for us:

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

We care about our people.

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Windmill so special.


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 through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.

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Company at a glance

Storal is a group of award-winning nurseries across the UK. At Storal it all starts with the idea that every child, family and team member has a different story to tell. And everything we do in our growing nursery group is about allowing that story to develop with richness and purpose.

Founded2016
Team Size501-1,000 employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryEducation
Location
Hove, England, United Kingdom
Websitestoral.com
LinkedInLinkedIn

Top Benefits

  • Performance related bonus
  • 50% Childcare discount
  • Wellness day
  • Welcome bonus of £1000
  • Enhanced holidays
  • Paid sick pay
  • Early access to pay via PayCaptain
  • Compassionate leave
  • Enhanced maternity
  • Vitality and Peppy partnerships
  • Fertility and menopause support
  • Gym discount
  • Free movie tickets
  • Micro-learning
  • Storal Support Fund
  • Termly inset days
  • DBS fee payment and reimbursement

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