Little Pearls Nursery Ltd

🌼 Full-Time Qualified Nursery Practitioner – Pebbles Room (Babies)

We are looking for a full-time qualified practitioner to join our wonderful team in the Pebbles Room, caring for the youngest members of our nursery family.

If you’re passionate about early years care and education, and you’re looking for a nursery where you can thrive in a supportive, nurturing environment, we’d love to hear from you!

What we’re looking for:
A Level 2 or Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) in Early Years

A caring, patient, and enthusiastic approach to working with babies and toddlers

A genuine passion for helping children learn, develop, and grow

A team player who values collaboration and positive relationships with colleagues and families

What we offer:
A warm, supportive team environment
Opportunities for professional development and career growth

A well-resourced setting where children (and staff!) can flourish

If you’re ready to take the next step in your early years career and become part of a dedicated, friendly team, we’d love to meet you.

📩 Apply now and join us in making a difference every day in the Pebbles Room!

What better way to spend a Saturday than rambling around the forest in the fresh air (and hail!)

Thank you so much to the wonderful Liz and Sarah at Twig-lits for showing our team how to best utilise our outside spaces and bring the outside in. We had a wonderful time learning all about Forest School and picking up lots of skills to take back to our nursery.

We highly recommend Twig-lits to anyone looking for a forest school.🌳

✨ Due to Expansion We are Now Hiring! ✨

🧸 Preschool Room Leaders (2 roles available)
£27,500 – £29,500 | 40 hours/week | All-Year-Round
Lead our oldest learners (aged 2.5–5) in a thriving preschool room full of independence, challenge, and joy.
✨ Ideal for someone with Teaching or Room Lead experience who’s ready for a fresh look at the highest level of early years education.
Apply via Indeed: https://uk.indeed.com/job/room-lead-preschool-age-group-19934287b62581c8

👶 Early Years Practitioners (2 roles available)
£24,000 – £26,500 | 24–40 hours/week | All-Year-Round
Support children aged 0–5 in a beautifully designed setting that values warm relationships, natural learning, and responsive care. Positions available across a range of ages.
Apply via Indeed: https://uk.indeed.com/job/early-years-practitioner-12aa75c99725ed1f

💸 New Joiner Bonus – £1,000 Available!
We’re excited to be part of a new government-backed bonus scheme launching this summer to support recruitment and retention in the early years sector. If you're a qualified Early Years Educator (Level 3 or above) and are new to the sector or returning after 6+ months, you could be eligible for a £1,000 tax-free payment – just for joining our team!

There’s never been a better time to take the leap — and get rewarded for doing what you love.

🌿 Why Choose Little Pearls?
We offer a supportive, child-led, and forward-thinking workplace where educators are empowered to do what they do best.

✅ What You’ll Get:

Competitive pay, reviewed after probation and annually

£1,000 New Joiner Bonus (for eligible staff)

50% childcare discount (non-funded hours)

Flexible hours & dependent days for school holidays

28 days’ annual leave including bank holidays

Free daily lunch & access to a Nespresso coffee machine

Travel allowance & relocation support

Free enhanced DBS

Cycle to Work scheme & travel loans

Long service awards from 3 years

Birthday gifts, bonuses & regular team socials

Paid bereavement leave

Casual dress code in a modern, purpose-built nursery

Free parking nearby

Tailored CPD & leadership training

Clear opportunities for progression

Mentoring & wellbeing programme

Supportive, inclusive culture where people stay and grow

✨ Whether you're an experienced Room Lead, a newly qualified practitioner, or a teacher ready for a new rhythm – we'd love to meet you.

📩 Apply now or find out more by emailing us: [email protected]
📍 Little Pearls Nursery – Pynes Hill, Exeter, EX2 5AZ

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Little Pearls Christmas Party at Zizzis last night. 🎄
Our team is our greatest asset so it was a pleasure to take them out and show our appreciation of all their hard work through the year.

Thank you to all these wonderful people (and those who couldn’t make it) for everything they do to create our incredible, unique nursery. 💫

Unqualified Job opportunity with Training!⚡️

Due to some of our team completing their qualifications soon, we are excited to be able to offer two new Nursery Assistant positions for someone looking to start their Early Years career. This post might suit someone who has is passionate about working with children and wants to take their first step into the Early Years sector. Little Pearls is a welcoming, inclusive and caring children's nursery, looking to support someone into the Early Years sector. No previous experience or qualifications are necessary for this role but good rapport with children is essential. The successful candidate will be kind, patient and caring. They will work well in a team environment and will be forward thinking to keep children safe and help them thrive.

About us
Our ethos centres around close relationships with children and families; understanding that each child is unique and helping them to get the best from their learning. Our small/ medium nursery has grown organically over the past 8 years and has built a strong reputation locally, with families returning again and again. Many of our team have been with us for 5+ years and some have their own children attending as well. We promote positive and respectful attitudes as part of our curriculum delivery and we are always striving to be better. We are looking for individuals who share these views and welcome those individuals to our amazing team.

Working responsibilities (training will be given):
• Work with your team to create and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum for children of 0-5 years
• Continually monitor to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children to thrive
• Plan and implement engaging activities that promote children's development in all areas
• Oversee a key group of children and assess the progress of each child and plan appropriate next steps
• Collaborate with parents and families to ensure open communication and involvement in their child's education
• Work to maintain a clean and organised classroom environment
• Adhere all policies and procedures and health and safety regulations
• Understanding around child development and communicating with children of different ages.
• Help to manage children’s routines and work together with families to support each child as an individual
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work as part of a collaborative team

Experience
Previous experience working with young children in an educational setting is ideal but not essential. This role is suited to anyone kind and caring with a true passion for working with children and making a positive impact on their lives. A successful candidate will be patient, empathetic, supportive and always strives to improve. We can give training for other aspects of the job and can offer qualifications if that’s something you’d like to pursue. All our team have the opportunity to develop their own practice and train to higher levels is that is something of interest. We welcome candidates who aspire to develop their skills further and achieve best outcomes of education and care for children.

We expect our team to go above and beyond for families and we offer ample employee benefits in return such as:
• Career progression and training towards leadership roles if desired
• All year-round contract suited to candidate needs
• High quality training and qualification opportunities
• A supportive, safe and inclusive team environment
• Good rates of pay, reviewed annually
• An employee assist program with free counselling, meal ideas, stress management etc
• Regular well-being meetings
• Diverse team social events
• Opportunities for further training
• Free hot lunch during each working day
• Nespresso coffee machine free to use
• Employee perks throughout the year e.g. birthday gifts
• 28 days of annual leave each year
• Monday - Friday work with bank holidays and Christmas week off
• Job security
• Extra unpaid days for flexibility around school holidays
• Comfort of a relaxed uniform
• Free and funded childcare to candidates with children under 5 years – conditions apply

If you are enthusiastic about working with young children and think you suit these criteria, we would love to hear from you. Please feel free to tag people you know who may suit these roles.

Posting here just in case any of our wonderful families know someone this might suit:

We are a small/ medium nursery in Exeter and we are looking to appoint an office admin assistant for 3 days a week with potential to increase over time. Mondays and Thursdays for definite and either a Tuesday or Friday as the 3rd day. Duties would mostly consist of answering phones, printing, laminating, filing systems, monthly audits and keeping the office looking tidy. An ideal candidate would have previous office experience and a desire to improve systems.
We are happy to negotiate daily hours around school drop off/ pick up times e.g. 9:30 – 2:30 and we are also open to the option of supporting an ideal candidate through an Administration Apprenticeship (if they are interested). This role would be ideally be an all-year round position as the nursery operates all year round. However, we are closed at Christmas and holidays could be taken in school holidays and booked in advance.
Please message for more information if you’re interested.
Safeguarding the children in our care is critical and therefore all applicants would need an enhanced DBS check and good references are required to be considered for the role.

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We cannot recommend Carmen at Kidslingo Spanish Exeter & Exmouth enough! The children love her and look forward to each of their sessions.
Thank you Carmen, your passion shines through!

We had two wonderful sessions at Little Pearls Nursery Ltd this morning. The children were fantastic!!
If you are looking for an amazing nursery around the area, don't forget to visit them!

Would you like us to come to your setting to offer Spanish sessions? Contact us 😃 🇪🇸🇪🇸

Sadly, the cleaner we have hired recently, is not able to continue with the role. Therefore, we are looking to appoint a nursery cleaner again as we thought we would put it out to all our wonderful families to see if you know of anyone who might suit the role. This position would be perfect for someone trying to juggle school runs due to it being after normal working hours. It also lends itself to someone who is a keen ‘Hincher’ and if self-motivated to see what needs doing. Please get in touch if you know of anyone interested and please feel free to share.

Here's the job advert:

As you will know, we are a welcoming, inclusive children's nursery in Exeter. We are looking to appoint someone to come and clean at the end of each nursery day to provide a safe and secure environment for the children for the following day and take the pressure off our team. The cleaning will usually start from around 5-6pm each day for 2-3 hours but times are flexible and we are happy to work around an ideal candidate. We are open 5 days a week, closed at weekends and bank holidays.

Duties would include but would not be limited to:

Vacuuming
Mopping
Washing dishes
Cleaning bathrooms
Taking bins out
Dusting
Packing and emptying a dishwasher
Adhering to health and safety and COSHH procedures
Experience

Previous experience cleaning is desired but not essential.

A successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivated and have a keen eye for detail. An ideal candidate would be someone who can notice areas that need cleaning and will keep the whole nursery looking lovely.

We expect our team to go above and beyond and we offer ample employee benefits in return such as:

All year round contract suited to candidate needs
A supportive, inclusive team environment
Good rates of pay, reviewed annually and after probation
An employee assist program with free counselling
Nespresso coffee machine free to use
Bonuses
Employee perks throughout the year e.g. birthday gifts
28 days of annual leave each year
Monday - Friday work with bank holidays off
Job security
Parental contract available to give flexibility around school holidays
Free childcare to candidates with children under 5 years – conditions apply
If you are looking for early evening work to fit around a busy schedule, please get in touch. Working times are flexible and ideally around 3 hours per day.

As a children's nursery, safeguarding children is our main priority and a thorough background check is completed for every employee. A job offer can only be given to those of whom pass background and character checks.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £11.50-£12.00 per hour

Expected hours: 10 – 16 per week

Benefits:

Bereavement leave
Casual dress
Childcare
Company events
Company pension
Discounted or free food
Employee discount
Employee mentoring programme
Free parking
Health & wellbeing programme
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
No weekends
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Happy to be part of such a great thing ✨