Senior Early Years Educator; Nursery Room Leader

Nursery:
Hemsley House Nursery School, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8JS

Hours:
Full Time, Monday - Friday and casual roles available

Salary: up to £14.16 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications)

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

£500 Welcome Bonus

Hemsley House spans two beautifully converted Victorian homes in Maidstone, just a 10-minute walk apart. Both buildings have a welcoming, home‑from‑home feel and are full of original charm, including stunning stained‑glass windows.

Our large garden areas offer our children the freedom to explore and enjoy outdoor adventures. With features like a preschool camp area, teepees, a mud kitchen, and climbing equipment, the outdoors becomes an extension of the learning environment.

Inside, our designated preschool classroom supports school readiness in a focused, nurturing setting. Our experienced and passionate team brings a wealth of early years knowledge, tailoring each child’s experience to their pace, needs, and interests.

At Hemsley House, we encourage independence, imagination, and a love of learning every single day—laying strong foundations for a happy and confident future.

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’ll be joining Hemsley House team of Early years Educators, who have an incredibly important job of supporting children’s development. You’ll be a key part of every child’s journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play‑based learning.

Day to day, you will deliver care to the children whilst also supervising your team.

You’ll identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your room are met.

You’ll be responsible for ensuring all record keeping requirements are regularly completed, as well as conducting your team appraisals. As the Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader) you will work in partnership with other Room Leads and the management team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.

• A Level 3 or above qualification within early years
• Proven experience working as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner)
• Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS
• Excellent communication skills with both children and adults
• Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together

Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school, but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed.

For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, 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 - Nourishing 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.

Click apply today, don’t worry if your CV isn’t perfect just send us what you have and we’ll work out the rest later.

Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that 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.