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CherryLands Nursery 
Nursery Practitioner Level 3
42.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, All year round
Salary - £34,807.50 per annum

Nestled in the picturesque grounds of Weybridge, Cherrylands Nursery offers a small, cozy, and unique setting where young minds can thrive. We are committed to providing a nurturing environment that fosters growth, curiosity, and learning for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Our passionate, caring, and enthusiastic team works hard to create a positive and memorable experience for every child in our care.
Located near Brooklands Business Park, Cherrylands Nursery boasts excellent public transport links and a spacious car park, ensuring that our nursery is convenient and easily accessible for commuters. Our intimate setting, surrounded by beautiful rural landscapes, allows children to connect with nature and enjoy a range of outdoor activities.

We feature a large outdoor play area complete with a climbing frame, as well as a dedicated baby garden. These spaces provide children with safe, stimulating opportunities to explore, engage, and play, supporting their physical, social, and emotional development.

We are currently seeking a NurseryPractitoner Level 3 to join our expanding team. This full-time role offers 42.5 hours per week, with varying shift patterns between 8am and 6pm. Our nursery operates year-round and is not a term-time only position. To apply, you’ll need a full, relevant Level 3 childcare qualification. The salary for this position is £27,934.40 per annum, depending on your qualifications and experience.

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

  • Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
  • Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
  • Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
  • Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth

As Nursery Practitioner, you will:

  • Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.
  • Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met.
  • Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine.
  • Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families.
  • Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures.
  • Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent.
  • Attend regular team meetings to ensure that you remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments and regularly review company policies and procedures.
  • Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

As Nursery Practitioner, you will need:

  • Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification - essential
  • Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
  • Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years - desirable
  • Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

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.

Cherrylands 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



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Location:
Upper Halliford
Job Type:
PartTime
Category:
Healthcare

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