Job Description

Nursery: St Peter & St Pauls Nursery School, Chesterfield, S41 0EF

Hours: Part Time, 11am to 5pm, Monday to Friday

Salary: Up to 12.21 dependent on qualifications and experience

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

HI, We're Natalie and Lisa, Nursery Managers at St Peter and St Paul.


With over 40 years of combined experience in early years education, we both began our journeys as newly qualified practitioners straight out of college. Since then, we've grown into our leadership roles--Natalie proudly managing the Over 2's for the past three years and Lisa leading the Under 2's for five years.


Together, we feel incredibly privileged to support not only our children but also our dedicated team, helping everyone to grow and thrive each day.


Our nursery offers a rich blend of indoor and outdoor learning experiences. Children enjoy dedicated time in our woodland spaces, where they connect with nature through a variety of hands-on activities. Indoors, creativity and imagination are ignited in unique areas such as our ballpit ship, hot air balloon, and beach-themed zones--all designed to spark joy, exploration, and a lifelong love of learning.

Who & What is Storal?

It's our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at St Peter & St Paul. 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.

What you'll be doing

As an Assistant Nursery Chef/Cook, you will be working closely with the Nursery Cook, you'll assist in preparing nutritious, freshly made meals while maintaining the highest standards of safety and hygiene in the nursery kitchen at all times. Your flexibility and reliability will ensure the smooth operation of the kitchen.


Day to day you will find yourself;

Catering for children with specific dietary needs Working to an extremely high level when it comes to the relevant Food and Hygiene, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and Ofsted guidelines and regulations Ensuring that all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating eating experiences Maintaining stock levels and ensuring stock rotation Following COSHH and other relevant guidelines Deputising for the Cook in all absences with the expectation of deputising full time when this is required

What you'll need

Level 2 Food and Hygiene Experience in a commercial kitchen as an assistant cook/chef or something very similar Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH

Why work for us:

Family Friendly Benefits

- enhanced parents leave including maternity, paternity & adoption & Childcare Discount at 75% off all fees & 100% discounts when returning from maternity leave

Wellbeing & Refuel Benefits

- extra day off per year for your wellbeing and access to modern-day, progressive mental health support & sick pay

Financial Perks

- emergency cash access to your pay before pay date, free financial coaching

Social Perks

- online community for peer-to-peer socializing eg. book club, pets club, pinecones club & continuous professional development accessible to you at anytime



Plus, many more.


We care about our people.



Curious to know more?


We'd love to tell you more about what makes St Peter & St Paul 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. 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.