Job Description

Cherryfield Nursery

Nursery Assistant

10 - 12.21 per hour

34 hours a week - 4 days a week

Our nursery, located in Epsom in the heart of Grove Park, offers a nurturing and inclusive environment where children thrive through enriching, play-based learning. Conveniently positioned between Epsom and Ewell stations, with excellent public transport links and the added benefit of an onsite car park, the setting has been newly refurbished to a high standard. The nursery features five large, spacious rooms and a dedicated soft play area, providing inspiring spaces for children to explore and develop. We also offer a variety of exciting extracurricular activities, including cooking sessions, Fitness Fridays and termly visits from ZooLab, ensuring every child experiences a well-rounded and engaging early years journey.


We are currently seeking a Nursery Assistant to join our team. This role offers 34 hours per week over 4 days. Please note that this is a full-year position, as the nursery operates year-round, and is not term-time only.

Why Join Us?

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

Referral programme:

Refer a friend and earn upto 750

Employee Childcare Discounts:

75% off nursery fees for our team member's

Annual Leave:

Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays

Health and Wellbeing Programme:

Confidential employee assistance helpline available

Career Development:

Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth

Excellent Transport Links and Free Onsite Parking

Nursery Assistant main responsibilities include:

Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff:child ratios Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent Observe and support children's development, update the EyLog system and children's learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development

Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

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.


Cherryfield 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.