Nursery: The Ark Foundary Road, Stamford PE9 2PP

Hours: Monday - Friday, Full Time 

Salary: £ 7.55 per hour

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

Hello, I'm Shannon, the Nursery Manager at Ark Foundry Road.

We offer a truly unique, home-from-home environment in a beautiful Swedish-built log cabin, embracing the Hygge approach to early years education—warm, calm, and centred around wellbeing.

With over 12 years of experience in early years, having started my journey as an apprentice, I’m passionate about creating meaningful learning experiences. Together with my dedicated team, we prioritise outdoor learning, providing multiple outdoor spaces where children can explore and connect with nature. From den building and pond dipping to storytelling around the fire pit, our days are full of adventure and discovery.

Who & What is Storal?  

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Ark Foundry Road. 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 an Apprentice Nursery Nurse 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 

• State whether it is supernumerary or not (for NM or Deputy roles) 

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 

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Ark Foundry Road Nursery 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.