Qualified Nursery Practitioner

Nursery Practitioner – Level 3
Contract Type: Full Time - 37 hours
Hourly: £13.58 per hour

Manor Farm Nursery, part of the Family First group, is a warm and welcoming setting where children are encouraged to learn through curiosity, exploration, and meaningful play experiences. We are passionate about providing high-quality early years education and creating an environment where children, families, and staff feel supported and valued.

Our nursery offers engaging learning environments both indoors and outdoors, designed to inspire children’s natural curiosity and support their development at every stage. Through child-led learning and in-the-moment planning, we create opportunities for children to explore, discover, and build confidence in a nurturing and stimulating environment.

At Manor Farm Nursery, we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive team culture. We believe in investing in our people, encouraging professional growth, and creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their ideas.

Requirements

Provide high-quality care and education in line with the EYFS framework

Ensure the safety, wellbeing, and safeguarding of all children at all times

Act as a Key Person, building strong relationships with children and their families

Plan and deliver engaging, age-appropriate activities that support children’s development

Observe, assess, and record children’s learning and development accurately

Support children’s physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development

Create a safe, stimulating, and inclusive learning environment

Work collaboratively with colleagues to maintain high standards of practice

Benefits

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including: 

· Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra paid day off for your birthday

· Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members

· Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline

· Learning and development: Tailored training and development opportunities to support your career growth

· Pension: Company pension scheme

· Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts

· Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme

· Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing support

· Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our referral programme

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Manor Farm Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group