Job Description

Remarkable Futures Start Here

Location - The Learning Hive, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5GB

Position - Senior Nursery Practitioner

Hours - Full Time, 40 Hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary - £13.25per hour

Every day at The Learning Hive, we inspire our children to be inquisitive, imaginative, and confident learners. Through our carefully designed environments and nurturing approach, our children quickly develop a genuine love of learning and a curious mind.

We’re proud to have been providing high-quality early years education for over 20 years, supporting families from our local community and beyond. Our spacious, converted Victorian home offers a warm and inspiring setting—where every room is filled with rich learning opportunities. Outdoors, our garden spaces are designed for adventure, using natural resources that spark imagination and deepen our children’s connection with the world around them.

Our experienced and passionate team brings a wealth of early years expertise. We know that every child is unique, with their own story to tell, so we tailor our approach to suit each child’s pace, personality, and interests—ensuring they feel supported, seen, and celebrated.

Who & What is Storal?

About the role: As an Senior Nursery Practitioner 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

· Role modelling remarkable practice with the intent to support others around you

· Knowledge of the EYFS framework

Must haves:

· Early Years qualification at Level 3

· Experience working with all age groups within Early Years

Benefits at a glance

For you -We get the basics right Holidays, sick pay & personal Wellness Day

Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)

Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Discounted gym memberships, spa days, fertility support & so much 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 partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

And much much more

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes The Learning Hive 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.