Early Years Educator (SENCO) - Kimberley

Cherubs Nurseries; Watnall; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30% off childcare at Cherubs Nurseries

Long-service awards for 5+ years of服务

Annual "Me Day" after 1 year's service

Electric Car Scheme (for thoseeligible

Free healthy lunch, made by ourNursery

Job summary

Cherubs Nurseries is seeking a dedicated SENCo to identify and support children with SEND, coordinate with staff and families, and manage funding, provision maps, and referrals. You will ensure records are accessible and compliant with current regulations, fostering staff development and clear communication across the team.

The role requires safeguarding oversight, documentation, and collaboration with external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Identify and support children with SEND, working with staff, parents, and external agencies to monitor progress and arrange appropriate support.
• Manage SEND processes and paperwork, including funding applications, provision maps, referrals, and ensuring records are accurate and accessible.
• Ensure compliance and training, keeping up with legislation and policies while supporting staff development and communicating updates to the nursery team.

Job description

You know the value of early years - and so do we. If you're a Qualified Early Years Educator ready to bring energy, creativity, and care to every day, we'd love to have you on our team.

About Us

Established in 1993, Cherubs Nurseries is a family-run business on a mission to give all children the personalities, skills and experiences they need to take on the world, without limitations. Central to our approach (inspired by Montessori, Hygge, Reggio and Forest School) is our Community Life work which aims to make the communities we serve better places to live, work and grow up in. From annual fundraising events to community clean ups and a robust Sustainability Action Plan.

We know it takes a village to raise a child and we want our nurseries to be reflective of our communities. We champion diversity in the early years sector and are driven to bring more men into early years, supporting MITEY to achieve a mixed-gender early years workforce.

SENCo:

• Identify and support children with SEND, working with staff, parents, and external agencies to monitor progress and arrange appropriate support.
• Manage SEND processes and paperwork, including funding applications, provision maps, referrals, and ensuring records are accurate and accessible.
• Ensure compliance and training, keeping up with legislation and policies while supporting staff development and communicating updates to the nursery team.

Why work at Cherubs Nurseries?

• Family-run business, but with all the benefits you would expect from a bigger group!
• Committed to taking people where they want to go - from personalised professional development pathways to continuous internal training.
• Experienced and long-standing teams - plenty of support whilst you get to grips with Cherubs Nurseries.
• Opportunity to progress and transfer internally - whether that's within your current nursery or to another team or nursery within the group.
• Exceptional early years environments - we heavily invest in our nurseries to ensure they align with our approach and curriculum and are the best places to work for our team.
• Proactive and forward-thinking culture - we're committed to making Cherubs Nurseries a great place to work.

About our Nursery

Cherubs Bingham is the latest addition to the Cherubs Nurseries family, opening March 2026. Our plans are to grow this nursery to a 100+ place nursery, in response to the growing community around the nursery. The nursery is well-placed with good bus, train and road links.

Cherubs Nurseries Rewards and Benefits

• 30% off childcare at Cherubs Nurseries
• Long-service awards for 5+ years service
• Annual "Me Day" after 1 year's service
• Electric Car Scheme (for those eligible)
• Free healthy lunch, made by our Nursery Chef

What you'll be doing

• Work as part of the Childcare Team to provide an amazing service, for both our children and families.
• Ensure the children's environment and your nursery is kept safe, secure and clean at all times ensuring safeguarding policies are adhered to.
• Be a role model for the children at all times, whilst demonstrating best practice to your colleagues.
• Give parents and carers a warm welcome and concise handover at the end of the day.
• Complete Nursery In A Box for all your key children, ensuring you meet targets and provide detailed and relevant accounts for each child, underpinned by the EYFS.
• Take pride in your room and nursery, ensuring it is presented well with organised resources, engaging displays with an inviting layout.
• Attend both in-house and external training, as required. Some of this may be outside of working hours, for example on a weekend.
• Assist in the thorough planning and successful delivery of a variety of activities (both indoor and outdoor) to maintain the children's interests and to ensure the development of all children in-line with their own needs.
• Attend all staff events including parents evening, staff meetings and summer fairs, some of these may be out of hours and on weekends.

As part of this role, you will be required to attend 3 paid Saturday Training Days every year (January, May and September) along with an annual fundraising event for your nursery that also takes place on a Saturday.

Passionate about giving children the best start in life? So are we.

If you're nurturing, dedicated, and ready to help little minds grow, we'd love to welcome you to our team.

Disclaimer:

Cherubs Nurseries is committed to upholding a safe and compliant workforce and business. All roles require: the right to work in the United Kingdom, the completion of a "Keeping Children Safe" Form, a DBS and at least 2 satisfactory employment references. Some roles may also require a 5-year employment history. Cherubs Nurseries is an equal opportunities employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and will make reasonable adjustments to support candidates and employees with disabilities and learning difficulties.

You will need to wait until your enhanced DBS has been returned and we have received 2 satisfactory references before you can start.

Please note that this role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.