Work With Us

We are currently advertising for a qualified member of staff to join our nursery which was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2025. The contract would be a guaranteed 30 hours per week with opportunity for further hours to cover holiday and sickness, starting ASAP in January 2026.

Minimum Level 3 qualification or Early Years Teacher Status.

We will not be accepting unqualified applicants for this role as we are already supporting some fantastic apprentices and students.

Our nursery is open Full Year, apart from a two week closure over the Christmas holidays, a long weekend in the Summer Holidays and we are closed for bank holidays.

We are open 8am-5pm Monday to Friday, and shifts fall within these hours.

About Us:

• Please see our News and Events page on our website www.bolithonursery.com for a taster of the outstanding care and experiences we offer our children.
• We have a jam packed events calendar with lots of celebrations for our families and children to enjoy.
• We also have an equally buy trips calendar that has enabled us to build strong partnerships with the following places, where we take children regularly: St Michael’s Mount, Penzance Library, Penlee Gallery House and Museum, The Gardener’s House, as well as trips to Thornes Fruit and Vegetable Shop and The Edge of The World Bookshop.
• We visit our neighbours at Frances Bolitho Care home each week to enjoy a huge range of activities with the residents which brightens everyones day.
• We benefit from two large gardens, a courtyard garden and extensive grounds for a wealth of outdoor learning opportunities plus the chance to care for our 3 ducks that we hatched and have reared.

Please give us a call if you’d like to be part of our team and enjoy all of these experiences when you come to work each day!

Application Form: Please email or call if you’d like an application form. info@bolithonursery.com, 01736 332677

Application forms can be returned via email to: info@bolithonursery.com, or printed and posted to: Bolitho Nursery, Polwithen Road, Penzance, Cornwall. TR18 4JR

The successful applicant will:

• Hold a full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years Qualification (Essential)
• have achieved Early Years Teacher Status (Desirable
• Be highly motivated, creative and passionate about Early Years play and learning.
• Be approachable, friendly and able to communicate effectively at all times with children, their families and the staff team.
• Hold a knowledge of safeguarding and health and safety.
• Hold a current Paediatric First Aid Certificate (Desirable)

Applicants for posts within the setting are clearly informed that the positions are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Application forms will need to be completed and returned to be considered for shortlisting and to be invited to interview.