Nursery Lead Early Years Educator

Lead Early Years Educator (Third in Charge) Nursery
- Children 1st Birstall Nursery School by Storal

Address - 1 Park Rd, Birstall, Leicester LE4 3AX

Hours
- Full Time, 40 Hours per week, Monday to Friday or 40 hours over 4 days (hours to be discussed at interview)

Salary - £30,680 per annum depending on experience and qualifications salary to be discussed

£500 Welcome incentive

Remarkable futures start here

Our nursery offers you a spacious, well‑resourced environment to support children to learn, explore, and thrive. With a large outdoor learning area, we place strong emphasis on outdoor play and nature‑based experiences, giving children daily opportunities to develop confidence, curiosity, and physical skills.

To give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life.

You will be leading a dedicated team of friendly and supportive staff, helping to create a warm, inclusive atmosphere where every child feels safe, valued, and inspired to reach their full potential.

We are looking for a passionate and ambitious Lead Early Years Educator (Third in Charge) who will work in partnership with the educator team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.

• Encourage a love of learning through high quality teaching under the EYFS framework
• Ensure all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating experiences
• Build relationships with the team to create an inspiring working environment
• Leads, motivates and inspires the educator team
• Be the third in command in the nursery after the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager
• Identifying areas of change and implementing

• Level 3 or above qualification within early years
• Minimum of 6 months experience as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner) or with children under the age of 5
• Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS
• Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together

£500 welcome bonus

For you
-We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with Pay Captain

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

Storal is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS check and reference checks.