Plumtree Casual Bank Early Years Practitioner

Nursery:
Children 1st Plumtree Nursery School, Station Rd, Plumtree, Nottingham NG12 5NA

Hours:

Full Time casual, bank zero hours, Monday to Friday

Salary:
From £7.55 - £12.80 an hour dependent on experience and qualifications

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

Hi, I’m Emma, the Nursery Manager at Plumtree. I’m proud to lead a passionate and dedicated team, and we feel truly privileged to be part of our children's early years—providing a nurturing environment where they can grow, learn, and thrive.

What makes our nursery special is our strong sense of community—we’re more than just a nursery. Our baby unit offers a safe, cosy space carefully tailored to support early development and wellbeing.

Our children love exploring our unique indoor features, from the whimsical Crooked House to our jaw-dropping Jungle exploration area—spaces designed to spark imagination and wonder.

Outside, our large garden offers plenty of opportunities for active play, discovery, and hands-on learning in a beautiful natural setting.

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily a part of here ral 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.

As a Casual Early Years Educator you will be a key part of keeping 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

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, and knowledge of the EYFS framework.

• Early Years qualification at Level 3
• Experience working with all age groups within Early Years

Family Friendly Benefits - enhanced parents leave including maternity, paternity & adoption & Childcare Discount at 50% off all fees. Financial Perks - emergency cash access to your pay before pay date, free financial coaching. Social Perks – online community for peer-to-peer socializing and continuous professional development accessible to you at anytime.

We care about our people.

Storal is the highest of standards when it comes 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 thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.