Nursery Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 2, 2026. Storal scores A on the Alion truth index.
Nursery: Children 1st Meir Park, Lysander Road, Meir,Stoke on Trent ST3 7TW
Hours: FullTime, Monday to Friday, 40 hours week
Salary: From £35,360 - £40,000 depending on qualification and experience
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more.
Remarkable Futures Start Here £2,000 welcome bonus
Can you lead a team to shape the future of early years education at Meir Park
Storal’s Purpose
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.
The Team
You’ll have a supportive team to help you succeed, including an Operations Manager, Deputy Manager, Office Manager Early Years Educators and an education coach to help with the delivery of the Storal curriculum.
How you’ll spend your time here
Day to day as a Nursery Manager you will be an intrinsic part of the Nurseries success ensuring the setting has the right team, culture, policies and resources to deliver the highest possible standards of childcare and early years education.
You’ll offer solutions where you identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments for the children and their educators. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your care are achieved.
We’d love to talk to you if you have the following
A full and relevant Early Years Education qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent [AD1]
GCSE math's or equivalent
Experience in a managerial role including nursery administration or similar
A strong knowledge and understanding EYFS framework
Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experienced in providing staff training and support
Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years)
Excellent communication skills with both children and adults
The Environment
Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school, but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed.
Benefits for You
For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with Pay Captain
Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund
Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards
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Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that 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.
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