Early Years Educator
| Posting date: | 27 February 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 March 2026 |
| Location: | Loughborough, LE12 5JB |
| Company: | Storal |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | teamtailor-6569577-1865146 |
Summary
Remarkable future starts here
Nursery - Children 1st Hathern Nursery School by Storal
Address - 126 Loughborough Rd, Hathern, Loughborough LE12 5JB
Hours - Full Time 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday or Part time 24 hours over 3 days
Salary: - Up to £13.30 per hour dependent on experience and qualifications
£500 Welcome incentive.
Hello, I’m Kadie, the Nursery Manager at Hathern.
Together with my team, we feel privileged to be part of the children’s early years journey, providing a nurturing environment where every child can thrive. Our home-from-home spaces are thoughtfully filled with natural resources, creating the perfect setting for children to explore, discover, and grow.
We’re also proud of our strong connection with our sister nursery in Shepshed, which fosters shared learning opportunities and close community ties—enriching the experience for both children and families.
About the role:
As an Early Years Educator you will be a key part of keep 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
About you:
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
Knowledge of the EYFS framework
Must haves:
Early Years qualification at Level 2 or above
Experience working with all age groups within Early Years
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.
Who & What is Storal?
It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Hathern. 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.
Curious to know more?
We’d love to tell you more about what makes Hathern 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.