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Nursery: The Ark Kesteven Road Nursery School, Stamford, PE9

Hours: Monday - Friday, Part Time, 30 hours per week
Salary: Up to £13.25 per hour

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

Hello, I’m Emma, the Nursery Manager at The Ark Kesteven Road.

We provide a unique, home-from-home environment with beautifully crafted rooms inspired by the Hygge philosophy and Scandinavian design. We believe children flourish in nurturing, welcoming spaces, and we champion the benefits of outdoor play and hands-on learning.

Our children love exploring the mud kitchen, spending time in our cosy yurt, and getting stuck into activities at the allotment—experiences that spark curiosity and creativity every day.

Located next to St George's School, we’re proud to support smooth transitions to primary education. The children enjoy joining in with PE lessons, sports days, and nativity performances—building confidence and a strong sense of community.

Who & What is Storal?  

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily a part of here at Ark Kesteven 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 you

You are a dedicated, Level 2 Food and Hygiene qualified cook with a solid understanding of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH and you're looking for a new role in a fun, friendly team, where you can thrive and make the most of your culinary skills.

What you'll be doing
As a Nursery Cook, you’ll assist in preparing nutritious, freshly made meals while maintaining the highest standards of safety and hygiene in the nursery kitchen at all times. Your flexibility and reliability will ensure the smooth operation of the kitchen.

Day to day you will find yourself;

• Catering for children with specific dietary needs

• Working to an extremely high level when it comes to the relevant Food and Hygiene, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and Ofsted guidelines and regulations

• Ensuring that all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating eating experiences

• Maintaining stock levels and ensuring stock rotation

• Following COSHH and other relevant guidelines

What you'll need

• Level 2 Food and Hygiene

• Experience in a commercial kitchen as an assistant cook/chef or something very similar

• Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH

Love the outdoors in any weather then this is a job for you, we’d love to welcome you.

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 Ark Kesteven Road 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.