Nursery Manager

Storal; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance related bonus

50% childcare discount

Wellness day

Welcome bonus £2,000

Job summary

Storal Meir Park Nursery in Meir Park, Stoke-on-Trent, is seeking a Nursery Manager for full-time, 40 hours per week. Lead a supportive team to deliver the highest childcare and early years education standards, ensuring strong team culture, policies, and resources.

You will drive learning quality, implement EYFS framework, and foster inclusivity while coaching staff and maintaining excellent communication with children and families.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant EY qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent.
• GCSE maths or equivalent.
• Experience in a managerial role including nursery administration or similar.
• Strong knowledge and understanding EYFS framework.
• Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experienced in providing staff training and support.
• Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years).
• Excellent communication skills with both children and adults.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursery success by ensuring the setting has the right team, culture, policies and resources to deliver high standards of childcare and early years education.
• Identify areas for improvement in learning and teaching techniques or creating more stimulating environments for children and educators.
• Embrace inclusivity to meet the individual needs of all children and staff under your care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Staff training

Education

Early Years Education qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent

GCSE maths or equivalent

Job description

Nursery: Children 1st Meir Park, Lysander Road, Meir, Stoke on Trent ST3 7TW Hours: FullTime, Monday to Friday, 40 hours week Salary: From £35,360 - £40,000 depending on qualification and experience Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more.

Remarkable Futures Start Here £2,000 welcome bonus

Can you lead a team to shape the future of early years education at Meir Park

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 have a supportive team to help you succeed, including an Operations Manager, Deputy Manager, Office Manager Early Years Educators and an education coach to help with the delivery of the Storal curriculum.

How You’ll Spend Your Time Here

Day to day as a Nursery Manager you will be an intrinsic part of the Nurseries success ensuring the setting has the right team, culture, policies and resources to deliver the highest possible standards of childcare and early years education. You’ll offer solutions where you identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments for the children and their educators. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your care are achieved.

We’d love to talk to you if you have the following

• A full and relevant Early Years Education qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent[AD1]
• GCSE math's or equivalent
• Experience in a managerial role including nursery administration or similar
• A strong knowledge and understanding EYFS framework
• Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experienced in providing staff training and support
• Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years)
• Excellent communication skills with both children and adults

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 Pay Captain

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

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 serious. 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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