Nursery: Children 1st Acorns Nursery School
Draycott Rd, Tean, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4JJ
Hours: Full Time 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: From £16.50  a hour dependent on experience and qualifications
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount and much much more

£1000 Welcome bonus

Hello, I’m Jessica, the Nursery Manager at Acorns.

We are recruiting for a second supernumerary Nursery manager to join the Large team at Acorns.

With a wealth of early years experience and a clear vision for raising standards and providing the best possible start for every child.

Our vibrant outdoor areas are designed to spark imagination and excitement—where children can embark on pirate adventures, dive into imaginative role-play in the farm shop, or run free in our spacious paddock.

Who & What is Storal?  

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Acorns. 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 Nursery Manager 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: 

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.

We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge

We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

And much much more

We care about our people.  

  Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Acorns 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.   

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