The Storal Recruitment Process
If you are shortlisted as a potential candidate, you’ll receive an email to agree a time to tell us all about your experience. We will provide you with an insight into what we can offer you. You’ll be able to ask us any questions too.
Where possible you would visit the Nursery for your interview, this would enable you to understand the different rooms and setups for different age groups and importantly meet the team.
If successful and a job offer is made, you’ll be asked for relevant documentation and qualifications to complete the compliance and onboarding steps before starting with us.
Browse current vacancies by role type, location, or region on the Storal careers site and apply directly online — you can also filter by nursery.
As with all Ofsted-regulated settings, an enhanced DBS check and standard safeguarding vetting are required before you start at Storal — your recruiter will guide you through this as part of the process.
We advocate a fully inclusive culture at Storal. From our nursery level dedication to SEND needs and recently winning awards around ‘advancing racial equality in early years’, through to supporting men in childcare, women in the workplace and embracing individuality. We actively encourage our staff teams to bring their whole, authentic selves to work.
At Storal, we want to create a place where our people genuinely want to be — a place
where you feel valued, supported and inspired, not just occasionally, but every day.
We know this is about more than doing a job. It’s about belonging to a community
Find out more here https://careers.storal.com/
Yes — several of our current team have moved between Storal nurseries, into coaching or assessor roles, or returned from maternity leave into a different role that better suited their circumstances.
Career progression is really important to our entire Storal team, and many of our current Area Managers, Education Coaches, and Training Assessors started as Nursery Educators or Deputy Managers. Training and development content is also available anytime through our team engagement app, and we bring teams together for company-wide INSET days and conferences.
Yes. Storal currently support over 80 educators through Level 2, 3, and 5 Early Years apprenticeships with Realise, and also offer an Early Years Business Administration apprenticeship for those interested in operations.
Yes — Storal team members receive a 50% discount towards their own childcare costs.
Yes, pay is reviewed annually at Storal, with performance-related pay available for individuals and bonuses for nurseries.
Storal’s extensive benefits package doesn’t just include getting the basics right such as sick pay, annual leave and individual and nursery performance-related pay, but goes beyond to include;
Term-time only roles depend on the setting and role you hold within Storal. Please ask your nursery's manager or the recruiter during the recruitment process, as arrangements vary by nursery site.
Storal offers flexible hours which include; part-time roles, lunch cover shifts, condensed hours (fewer, longer days), and fully flexible arrangements, so you can build a schedule around family, study, or other commitments.
Yes. Many of the Storal team joined without a childcare background and trained with us through an apprenticeship. What matters most is genuinely caring about children's development.
Nursery-based roles include Early Years Educator (Level 2 and 3), Senior and Lead Educator, Casual Educator, Apprentice, Deputy Manager, and Nursery Manager, plus nursery support roles such as Cook, Assistant Cook, Housekeeper, and Office Manager. Storal also hire into central support functions across People, Finance, Education, Operations, Sales & Marketing, and Technology.
You do not need a qualification for every role at Storal — we hire Early Years Apprentices with no prior qualifications alongside Level 2 and Level 3 qualified Early Years Educators. If you're not yet qualified, Storal can support you onto an apprenticeship (Level 2, 3, or 5) through our training partner.