Job Description

Salary

24,984

Contractual hours

37.5

Basis

Full Time

Region

Bognor Regis

Job category/type

Support Staff

Date posted

24/09/2025

Job reference

REQ003933

Are you a passionate Level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioner looking for a fresh opportunity in a nurturing, child-centred environment?

Do you want to work in a friendly and welcoming team where you feel valued and supported?

Join Stepping Stones Nursery, a vibrant, welcoming year-round nursery located on the Regis School campus. We're seeking a dedicated practitioner to join our team and help children flourish through creative, play-based learning and warm, supportive care.

What you'll do:

Build strong relationships with children and families. Enable children to develop to the best of their potential through play and creative, engaging activities. Be part of a close-knit team in one of our 7 rooms, allowing you to bring your own ideas and creativity, while also being part of the wider team.

Why Stepping Stones:

Child-led and adult-guided free-flow play is at the heart of our everyday practice. A supportive, passionate team committed to delivering high quality standards of care and providing exceptional learning opportunities for our children. Access to excellent facilities on the Regis School campus for our children, including the Arena Sports Centre, Phoenix Centre, as well as forest school activities. We are part of United Learning, a multi-academy education trust which offers excellent benefits for staff.

We offer:

Competitive salary, above the National Living Wage, with annual increases. 26 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro-rata for part-time staff (we are closed for a week at Christmas), also an extra day off on your birthday. Free on-campus parking. Discounts at the Arena Sports Centre. Generous Local Government Pension Scheme. Access to a wide range of wellbeing benefits and retail discount schemes.

Salary: 24,984 actual salary.

Hours: 37.5hours per week, Monday to Friday, on a shift basis between the hours of 7.30am and 6pm, all-year round.

Location: Stepping Stones Nursery, South Way, Bognor Regis, PO21 5EZ.

Stepping Stones is part of United Learning, one of the country's leading multi-academy trusts. We serve more than 64,000 pupils and support around 10,000 staff in our schools and nurseries, and we offer a growing range of additional services, including teacher training, professional development programmes, and a full curriculum package for schools. Everything that we do is geared towards improving life outcomes for young people.

United Learning is a group of schools which aims to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. We seek to improve the life chances of all the children and young people we serve and make it our mission to bring out 'the best in everyone' - pupils, staff, parents and the wider community.