Archway Nursery Casual Practitioner

Storal Learning Ltd; Blandford Forum; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading child care organization in Blandford Forum seeks a Nursery Practitioner to support child development and ensure a safe, loving environment. Your duties include applying educational principles daily, engaging with children and their families, and creating learning opportunities through routine. Required qualifications include an Early Years qualification at Level 2/3 and experience with Early Years age groups. The organization offers competitive pay, enhanced holidays, and excellent benefits to support staff well-being.

Benefits

Performance related bonus

50% childcare discount

Wellness day off

Paid sick pay

Qualifications

• Must have an Early Years qualification at Level 2/3.
• Experience working with all age groups within Early Years.
• A true love for child development and care.

Responsibilities

• Apply the Storal curriculum & pedagogy principles daily.
• Seek out learning opportunities in everyday routines.
• Bond with children and their families during meaningful moments.

Skills

Child development

Teamwork

Effective communication

Care and empathy

EYFS knowledge

Education

Early Years qualification at Level 2/3

Job description

Nursery: Archway Nursery School, Dorset, DT11

Hours: Casual Hours, Monday to Friday

Salary: £12.21 - £13.05 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications)

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

About our nursery:

For over 20 years, our beautiful farmhouse nursery—nestled in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty—has been dedicated to supporting individual learning through purposeful play.

Together as a team, we’ve cultivated an environment deeply rooted in the countryside, embracing everything nature has to offer. Our large outdoor space is a key part of our approach, encouraging creativity, exploratory play, and independent learning every day.

Who & What is Storal?

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily a part of here at Archway. 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 a Nursery Practitioner you will be a key part of keeping 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
• Bonding 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, 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 2/3
• 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.

Enhanced DBS check and subscription to the DBS Update Service. 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 Archway Nursery so special.

Storal is the highest of standards when it comes 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 thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.