Forest School Lead

Job Description

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Nursery: Blueberry Nursery, 5 Davigdor Road, Hove, BN3 1QB

Hours: 3 days a week, part timeSalary: Up to £14.50 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications)

Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much more

Welcome bonus: £1000

Remarkable Futures Start Here

Hello, I’m Becky, the Nursery Manager at Blueberry.

My team and I bring a wealth of early years insight, and we’re passionate about inspiring children to be inquisitive, imaginative, and confident learners. In our stimulating environments, children quickly develop a true love of learning and a naturally curious mind.

At Blueberry, we place a strong emphasis on individual learning and purposeful play—it's at the heart of everything we do. What truly sets us apart is our magical forest school sessions. These immersive experiences open up the natural world, offering countless opportunities for exploration, problem-solving, and creative play.

Who & What is Storal?

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Blueberry. 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:A Forest School Leader plans, delivers, and manages outdoor learning sessions, fostering children’s development while ensuring safety and promoting the Forest School ethos:

· To plan, prepare and deliver a range of Forest School sessions with children across the school. To further develop and promote the Forest School

· To plan and deliver the Forest School Curriculum through weekly sessions to year groups of children as specified at agreed times in the year.

· To deliver weekly Forest School Nurture group provision to support children's specific social, communication, behaviour or wellbeing needs.

· To promote the values and ethos of the school

· To provide appropriate advice and guidance to volunteers or support staff assisting with sessions

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:

• Forest School Lead qualification
• Early Years qualification at Level 2/3
• Experience working with all age groups within Early Years

Why work for us:

Benefits at a glance

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.

Curious to know more?

We’d love to tell you more about what makes Blueberry 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. xwzovoh 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.