Early Years Educator

Nursery World; Greater London; On-site; GBP 104,000 - 209,000; Part time

Job summary

Ladywell Pre-School in Lewisham is seeking an Early Years Educator to provide creative and engaging learning opportunities for children and to support a safe, inclusive environment. You will work 09:30am-13:30pm, 20 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, joining a team focused on high-quality early years education.

A DBS check is required, with the chance to contribute to a supportive workplace and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 2+ Early Years Qualification or equivalent.
• Proven post-qualification experience of working with children.
• Enhanced DBS check required (update service if current certificate is not subscribed).

Responsibilities

• Provide creative and engaging learning opportunities for children.
• Be a proactive member of the team, providing a safe, stimulating and inclusive environment.
• Support nursery management to deliver high-quality care and education per policies.

Skills

Proactive team member

Creative learning activities

Education

Level 2 Early Years Education and Childcare Qualification

Job description

Job Details

About The Role: We have a fantastic opportunity for an Early Years Educator to join our team at Ladywell Pre - School in Lewisham. Rated Good by Ofsted and 9.8 on Day Nurseries.

Hours: 09:30am - 13:30pm

Hours per week: 20

Weeks per year: 39

What We Offer

We are proud to be part of the Early Years Alliance family of early years settings. Founded over 60 years ago, the Alliance is an educational charity dedicated to supporting the delivery of quality early years education and care to children and families.

The Alliance prides itself on being a supportive workplace and offers significant benefits for our team members including:

• 100% discount on childcare and early education places (applicable to staff working in our early years settings)
• Extensive training and career progression planning, including access to our Learning Management System (LMS)
• The Alliance has invested in FAMLY reducing paperwork and giving you more time to focus on the children.
• A generous workplace pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, with additional annual leave for long service.
• Birthday leave so you can have a day off for your birthday dedicated to you and your well being
• Enhanced sickness pay and paid bereavement leave
• A Recruitment Referral Payment Scheme, giving you an introductory payment of up to £300 if someone you have referred to the Alliance takes up a role in the charity.
• Access to our Employee Assistant Programme (EAP), which includes 24/7 helpline access, dedicated managers helpline, confidential counselling sessions delivered by accredited specialists, legal, debt and life management advice, discounts, and wellbeing content plus resources.
• A dedicated mental health First aider to support your mental well being

Job Purpose

• provide creative and engaging learning opportunities for children.
• be a proactive member of the team, providing a safe, stimulating, and inclusive environment
• support the nursery management team to deliver high-quality care and education in line with the setting's policies and procedures.

Requirements

• a minimum Level 2 or above Early Years Education and Childcare Qualification or equivalent.
• proven post-qualification experience of working with children.

Also, you will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check, if your current certificate is not subscribed to the update service.

For the full of duties and the requirements, please download the job description which accompanies this advert.

Interview date

Friday 16th October 2026