Supply Nursery Practitioner

Nursery: Nara Charlbury Children's Nursery

Address: Forest Rd, Chipping Norton, OX7 3HH

Hours: To be discussed before interview

Salary: Starting from £13.09 per hour, Salary will be based on experience and qualifications

You’ll be helping to provide cover for the children as and when needed. This may be for periods of holiday, sickness, or vacancy gaps. Sometimes you’ll support for a full day, or it may just be a morning or afternoon session.

You’ll likely start most of your days with a fully formulated plan. That will soon get completely derailed, but pivoting when circumstances call for it is a regular occurrence in child care.

Creativity is key. Teaching young children involves hands‑on arts and crafts, storytelling, exercise, and educational games. It’s important to keep things fresh and try new activities to hold children’s attention. Of course we work within the EYFS standards, but that doesn’t stop you from engaging your creative flair and enthusiasm for learning.

Ideally hold a Level 2 or above qualification as an Early Years Educator / Practitioner / Nursery Nurse or similar. We can consider unqualified educators who demonstrate the necessary values and enthusiasm for working within a child‑care setting.

You enjoy supporting and encouraging the natural curiosity and excitement of young children and were born to teach and shape the future of our younger generations.

You have a natural, nurturing, open, warm, and positive outlook, and you care about learning and education standards in the UK.

• A full and relevant Level 2 or above qualification within early years.
• Experience as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse / Practitioner) or having worked with children under the age of 5 is advantageous.
• Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS is desirable.
• Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together.

• For you – we get the basics right: enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, an extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with Pay Captain.
• Family matters – Balance starts at home: childcare discount + funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave.
• Health & wellness – nourish body & mind: partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets.
• Development – investing in your future with micro‑learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund.
• Our community – growing together: termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards.

Storal sets the highest standards when it comes to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback, discussion, and resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, 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 thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.