Role Overview:
Early Years Educator – Busy Bees Chingford
Inspire, nurture and make a difference every day at Busy Bees
Are you passionate about Early Years and excited by the opportunity to help children learn, grow and thrive?
We’re looking for a caring, enthusiastic and dedicated Early Years Educator to join our wonderful team at Busy Bees Chingford.
As an Early Years Educator, you’ll play a key role in supporting children’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical development. Through play, exploration and positive relationships, you’ll help children build confidence, develop new skills and discover their own interests.
Why Busy Bees?
Busy Bees is one of the UK’s leading nursery groups, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and many more internationally.
Our purpose is simple: to give every child the best start in life.
We also believe that our people deserve the best start in their careers. That’s why we’re committed to creating a supportive workplace where every team member feels heard, valued and nurtured.
When you join Busy Bees, you’ll have opportunities to develop your skills, grow your career and make a genuine difference to children and families.
Bring Learning to Life
Our unique Bee Curious curriculum encourages children to be curious, confident and excited about learning.
As an Early Years Educator, you’ll help create stimulating environments where children can explore, experiment and learn through play.
You’ll be encouraged to follow children’s interests and create meaningful experiences that support their individual development and help them reach their potential.
As part of your role, you will:
- Provide high-quality care, education and learning experiences.
- Support children’s individual development and interests.
- Plan and deliver engaging, age-appropriate activities.
- Encourage learning through play, exploration and discovery.
- Build positive and trusting relationships with children and their families.
- Create a safe, inclusive and stimulating environment.
- Observe and support children’s progress and development.
- Work collaboratively with your colleagues to maintain high standards of care and education.
Welcome to Busy Bees Chingford
Our Chingford nursery is rated Good by Ofsted and provides a welcoming and stimulating environment for up to 108 children.
From the moment you walk through our doors, you’ll find exciting play spaces, fantastic resources and a friendly, supportive team dedicated to helping every child flourish.
We believe children learn best when they’re having fun, which is why learning through play is at the heart of what we do.
One of our fantastic features is our dedicated sensory room, filled with stimulating experiences including lights, music, bubbles and monochrome features. It provides children with exciting opportunities to explore their senses and discover new experiences.
Our preschool children can also develop their early literacy and numeracy skills through activities focused on phonics, numbers and animals, helping them build the foundations they need for their next stage of learning.
A Great Place to Work
Our nursery is conveniently located on New Road, next to the Nuffield Leisure Centre and close to the centre of Chingford, making us easily accessible from surrounding areas including Woodford, Wanstead and Walthamstow.
Our team also enjoys some fantastic benefits, including:
- Free parking for staff.
- A supportive and friendly team environment.
- Opportunities for training, development and career progression.
- Access to our unique Bee Curious curriculum.
- Opportunities to get involved in community fundraising through our partnership with BBC Children in Need.
- A workplace culture where your contribution is valued and supported.
Ready to Join Our Busy Bees Family?
If you’re passionate about Early Years, love seeing children learn and grow, and want to be part of a supportive team where you can develop your own career, we’d love to hear from you.
Join Busy Bees Chingford and help us give every child the best start in life.
Busy Bees Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Ongoing professional development and career progression
- Our ‘Hive’ benefits and wellbeing hub, with discounts across a huge range of retailers
- Up to 28 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
- Your birthday off – it’s our gift to you!
- 50% childcare discount
- Enhanced family leave and return to work bonus
- Menopause support through Peppy
- Financial support through Salary Finance
- Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Easy access to your workplace pension through Cushon
- Discounted Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
- Opportunities to travel to other countries, experience different cultures and learn new practices.
But wait, there’s more! You'll also enjoy access to our Benefits and Wellbeing platform, Hive - offering huge array huge of retail discounts helping your money to go further, along with a Wellbeing Hub featuring resources to support your physical and mental health. A Celebrating You section showcasing the ways we recognise and reward our valued team members. Plus, a dedicated Grow with Us area sharing the exciting development opportunities and training designed to support you to thrive and grow at Busy Bees.
Role Responsibilities:
What to Expect as a Nursery Practitioner:
- Create a Safe, Stimulating Environment: Prepare materials and arrange rooms to encourage children's growth and learning.
- Lead Educational Activities: Plan and deliver activities that support children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development, aligned with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Key Person Role: Oversee children’s development, care needs, and build strong family connections.
Required Qualifications:
What We’re Looking For
- Level 3 (or above) qualification in Early Years Education.
- Proven experience in working with children under 5 and a genuine interest in early childhood education
- Skills: Good communication capable or, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to apply knowledge of child development to plan and deliver activities.
At Busy Bees, we’re committed to care, quality, value, and service. If you have previous experience working with children, ideally as an Early Years Educator, Nursery Practitioner, Nursery Assistant or Nursery Nurse and you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in early childhood education we encourage you to apply!
