Senior Early Years Practitioner Room Lead

Nursery: Blueberry Nursery School, Hove, 5 Davigdor Road, Hove, BN3 1QB
Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £14.10 - £14.50 per hour plus £500 Welcome Bonus
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more.
£500 Welcome Bonus

About Blueberry Nursery School Nursery School
Highly sought after and reputable, Blueberry in Hove is an ‘Good’ Ofsted-rated nursery school.
Hello, I’m Becky, the Nursery Manager at Blueberry.
My team and I bring a wealth of early years insight, and we’re passionate about inspiring children to be inquisitive, imaginative, and confident learners. In our stimulating environments, children quickly develop a true love of learning and a naturally curious mind.
At Blueberry, we place a strong emphasis on individual learning and purposeful play—it's at the heart of everything we do. What truly sets us apart is our magical forest school sessions. These immersive experiences open up the natural world, offering countless opportunities for exploration, problem-solving, and creative play.
Who & What is Storal?
It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Blueberry. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all. Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community.
About the role:
As a Senior Early Years Educator you will be a key part of keep our children safe, loved and inspired to learn. Key activities include:
- Applying the Storal curriculum & our pedagogy principles to our children daily
- Seeking out learning opportunities in everyday routines such as mealtimes & transitions
- Bond with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moments
About you:
- A true love for child development and care
- Able and willing to work in a team
- Ability to communicate effectively with management, your peers and parents
- High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity
- Role modelling remarkable practice with the intent to support others around you
- Knowledge of the EYFS framework
Must haves:
- Early Years qualification at Level 3
- Experience working with all age groups within Early Years
Why work for us:
Family Friendly Benefits- enhanced parents leave including maternity, paternity & adoption & Childcare Discount at 50% off all fees
Wellbeing & Refuel Benefits- extra day off per year for your wellbeing and access to modern-day, progressive mental health support & sick pay
Financial Perks- emergency cash access to your pay before pay date, free financial coaching
Social Perks – online community for peer-to-peer socializing eg. book club, pets club, pinecones club & continuous professional development accessible to you at anytime
Plus, many more.
We care about our people.
Curious to know more?
We’d love to tell you more about what makes Blueberry so special.
Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. 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.
#INDEYE
- Department
- Nursery Educators
- Role
- Senior Early Years Educator
- Locations
- Blueberry Nursery School
Already working at Storal?
Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague.