Lead Early Years Educator
- Storal
- Tooks Farm, 5 Great Warley St, Great Warley, Brentwood CM13 3JN, UK
- 02 Sep, 2026
Job Description
Nursery: Forest Barn Nursery School, Great Warley Street, Brentwood, CM13 3JP
Paid UBER rides from train station to the nursery's location
Hours: Full Time, 40 hours a week, Monday - Friday
Salary: Up to £15.96 per hour (dependent on qualifications and experience)
Welcome Bonus: £2000
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more
Remarkable Futures Start Here
Can you inspire the next generation?
Forest Barn’s Purpose Is to give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life.
How you’ll spend your time here
You’ll plan activities, observe progress and manage personal care for children. Applying the Storal curriculum & our pedagogy principles to our children daily.
Whilst seeking out learning opportunities in everyday routines such as mealtimes & transitions. Bonding with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moments.
You’ll also deliver high levels of care and empathy, with an understanding that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity.
The Environment You’ll Thrive In
Forest Barn is dynamic, fast-moving nursery built on high trust and collaboration. We believe in empowering our team. You’ll be a key part of every child’s journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play-based learning. Providing them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed.
Who & What is Storal?
It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Forest Barn. 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.
About the role:
As an Early Years Teacher 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 3 and above
QTS
Experience working with all age groups within Early Years
Why work for us:
Benefits at a glance
Welcome Bonus: £2000
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.
And much much more
We care about our people.
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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.
EYES
We're an award-winning family of nurseries, sitting right at the heart of the communities we call home.
In our nurseries, children's own stories begin to unfold. It's a wholesome journey of learning and discovery, where curiosity and creativity meet, and childhood is cherished.
Building remarkable futures
At Storal, we’re proud to offer you more than just a job in early years. Working with us means being part of a community where education, quality and care are at the heart of everything. We set high standards for ourselves and support our teams to meet them, through strong leadership, ongoing development and a shared commitment to doing the very best for our children and families. Together, we create environments where people can perform at their best and build truly remarkable futures.