Nursery Practitioner Level 3

Join Busy Bees Cheam and Help Give Children the Best Start in Life

At Busy Bees, the UK's leading nursery group, we're passionate about helping children thrive through exceptional early years education. As an Early Years Educator, you'll play a key role in supporting children's learning, development, and wellbeing while working within a supportive team that values your expertise and career growth.

About Busy Bees

With nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and an expanding international presence, Busy Bees has been supporting children and families for decades. We are committed to providing outstanding care and education while creating a workplace where our people feel valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.

Why Join Us?

At Busy Bees, you'll be part of a nurturing environment where your ideas, skills, and development matter. You'll gain access to our award-winning Bee Curious curriculum, designed to inspire children's natural curiosity, creativity, and confidence through meaningful learning experiences.

Whether you're looking to grow your career or continue making a difference in early years education, we'll support you every step of the way.

About Busy Bees Cheam

Busy Bees Cheam is a welcoming and vibrant nursery rated Good by Ofsted, caring for up to 88 children in a warm and nurturing environment.

Our dedicated and friendly team creates exciting learning opportunities both indoors and outdoors. The nursery benefits from two spacious gardens, providing children with plenty of opportunities to explore, discover, and develop through play.

Getting to us is easy, with:

• Free parking available on surrounding residential roads
• Excellent local bus links to Worcester Park, Croydon, Morden, and Sutton
• The nearest train station just a 15-minute walk away

If you're passionate about early years education and want to join a team that truly makes a difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

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.

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!