Wilmere Lane Casual Nursery Practitioner

Storal Learning Ltd; Widnes; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading UK nursery group is seeking a dedicated Early Years Educator to provide flexible cover for children. You will engage children through creative activities while ensuring adherence to educational standards. The ideal candidate will have a relevant qualification and a passion for nurturing young minds. Competitive salary and excellent benefits including childcare discount and wellness days offered.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus

50% childcare discount

Wellness day

Paid sick pay

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 2 or above qualification within early years.
• Experience as an Early Years Educator or working with children under 5.
• Knowledge and understanding of EYFS is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide cover for children as needed during holidays or sickness.
• Engage in creative activities and educational games.
• Adapt to changing circumstances in a childcare environment.

Skills

Support for young children

Creativity

Knowledge of EYFS

Education

Level 2 qualification in early years

Job description

Nursery: Wilmere Lane Nursery School, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 5UR

Hours: Casual, variable hours, bank hours

Salary: From £12.21 - £13.05 per hour, dependent on experience and qualifications

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

Every day at Wilmere Lane, we inspire our children to be inquisitive, imaginative and confident learners through carefully designed learning environments. For over 20 years, we’ve welcomed and nurtured children who go on to spend many happy years imagining, discovering, and exploring with us.

Our cosy, home‑from‑home atmosphere creates a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well‑being—helping children to feel secure, content and ready to thrive.

Our passionate, experienced team brings a wealth of early years knowledge. We understand that every child is unique, with their own story to tell, so we tailor our approach to support each child in a way—and at a pace—that’s just right for them.

Our children enjoy dedicated time in our large garden, where a range of outdoor experiences help them connect with nature and grow in confidence. Indoors, our calming and nurturing spaces are designed to support babies, toddlers and pre‑schoolers alike.

Mealtimes are a warm and social part of the day, with our children helping to serve healthy, home‑cooked meals in a relaxed setting that encourages independence and community.

About you

You are an Early Years Educator/Practitioner/Nursery Nurse or similar, looking for an Early Years Educator/Nursery Nurse/Early Years Practitioner role that allows flexibility of working shifts around your other commitments.

You enjoy supporting and encouraging the natural curiosity and excitement of young children and were born to teach and shape the future of our younger generations.

You have a natural, nurturing, openness, a warm and positive outlook, and you care about learning and education standards in the UK.

(We can sometimes consider unqualified Educators, so if you can demonstrate the necessary values and enthusiasm for working within this environment, submit an application.)

What you'll be doing

You’ll be helping to provide cover for the children as and when needed. This could be for periods of holiday, sickness, or even vacancy gaps. Sometimes you'll support for a full day, or it may just be a morning or afternoon session.

You’ll likely start most of your days with a fully formulated plan… That will soon get completely derailed though… Pivoting when the circumstances call for it is a regular occurrence in child care!

Creativity is key. Teaching young children allows for hands‑on arts and crafts, storytelling, exercise, and educational games. It’s important to keep things fresh and try new activities to keep attention spans engaged. Of course we work within the EYFS standards, but that doesn’t stop you from engaging your creative flair and enthusiasm for learning.

What you’ll need

• A full and relevant Level 2 or above qualification within early years. (We can sometimes consider unqualified Educators, as long as they demonstrate the necessary qualities, values and enthusiasm for working within this environment.)
• Experience as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner) or having worked with children under the age of 5 is advantageous.
• Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS is desirable.
• Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together.

What you’ll get

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.

About us

This nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that’s only the beginning of the story. We do what we say we do and if you align with this approach, then a Storal nursery is the place for you.

Storal is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS check and reference checks.