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Childcare Practitioner Positions (Supply)

Holyrood Nurseries have a number of roles available across our sites in Manchester and Liverpool. These are supply contracts and as such the candidate will need to be flexible and self-motivated.

At Holyrood Nurseries, we are passionate about delivering high quality childcare and education and we’re looking for talented, enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join us.

You will need to:

• Be passionate about supporting children’s learning and development, both indoors and outdoors;
• Deliver inspirational practice;
• Lead by example and be willing to learn new skills;
• Be a strong team player;
• Work in partnership with parents, families and other professionals;

In return, we’re offering:
• An hourly rate of £7.00-£8.00 per hour (for supply, depending on experience);
• Access to an employee benefits scheme;
• The opportunity to work as part of, and learn from, a wider team of childcare professionals who are committed to delivering the highest quality childcare;
• The potential to move into a permanent role at the end of the fixed-term.
If you meet the criteria, think that you’ve got what it takes, and you really want to make a difference, please email andrefallows@bertramuk.com or sarahdee@bertramuk.com.
We are an equal opportunities employer. Safeguarding children is at the forefront of everything we do, and all posts are subject to a DBS check and references.

WINNER OF OUR 1/2 CHILDCARE COMPETITION!

Meet the winner of our half price childcare competition, Lyndsey Janjic! Lyndsey recently entered into our lucky draw for the chance to win half price childcare for a whole year! The competition ran across all 14 of our Holyrood Nursery branches and had over 90 applicants. Well done to Lyndsey and her family and welcome to Holyrood Swinton!  IMG_8392

Keep up-to-date with our current offers and competitions by asking the manager at your local branch!

Win Half Price Childcare for 1 year by booking a place at Holyrood Nurseries!

Book a nursery place at any Holyrood Nursery before the 1st of February 2016 and be in with a chance of winning half price childcare for 1 year! *Terms & Conditions apply.

If you have been recommended by a current parent, let us know who it was and they will also be in with a chance to win!

How to take part:

  1. Enquire about a place or for more information call us on 0800-111-4954 or by visiting one of our Holyrood Nurseries and speaking to our nursery manager!
  2. Book your unique show round
  3. Register before the 1st of February 2016 and be entered into the prize draw!

Please read our terms and conditions for this competition below:

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Invest in the Bertram Bond

Exciting News! You can help us grow and invest in the Bertram Bond. You’ll earn 8% interest p.a on your investment and an additional 5%/10% discount off your eldest child’s nursery fees. Investors should note that investments in mini-bonds carry risks as well as rewards.

Over the last 13 years, Bertram Nursery Group have grown from being a single nursery operator to the eighth largest operator of day nurseries in the UK.

The proceeds from the Bertram Bond will be used to improve our current nurseries as well as acquiring new nurseries throughout the UK.

If you would like to invest or find out more about the Bertram Bond, including the risks and terms and conditions, visit www.Crowdcube.com/Bertram.

Capital at risk. Investments of this nature carry risks to your capital and interest repayments are not guaranteed. Please #InvestAware

Approved as a financial promotion by Crowdcube Capital Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (no. 650205).

Invest in the Bertram Nursery Group bond

Nursery Practitioners required

Holyrood Media City are looking to recruit full time Nursery practitioners.  If you feel you meet the following criteria and would like to apply for the position, please email a letter of application and your CV to mediacity@holyroodnurseries.co.uk for the attention of Kelly Kenyon/Alisha Messam – Nursery Managers

Or contact 0161 872-0663 option 1.

Criteria

  • Level 3 Childcare qualification or higher
  • Strong knowledge of the EYFS and the Early Years Outcomes
  • Strong knowledge of safeguarding children and child protection
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent organisation skills
  • Willing to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the nursery

You must have the passion, imagination and creativity to help drive our nursery forward.  

VACANCIES – Contact to Apply

We are looking for inspirational people to work at our children’s

Nurseries across Manchester and Liverpool.

Call Hayley Walker on 0161 794 8331 (option 1) or 07985445414 for more details.

  • Qualified Nursery Practitioners
  • Nursery Deputy Liverpool
  • Early years teacher
  • Supply nursery nurses
  • Modern apprentices

We are an equal opportunities employer. All posts are subject to a DBS check and references.

2014 Bertram Gala Awards

We are very pleased to announce that Jennifer Maguire from Happitots Bishopbriggs Nursery and Rebecca Epstein Holyrood Media City Nursery were recognised at this year’s Bertram Gala Awards, winning the Parents Choice Award.  We could not be more thrilled with this achievement.  Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate.  To see all the pictures from the Bertram Gala Awards visit Facebook.com/thebertram.nurserygroup

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2014 Bertram Gala Awards

We are very pleased to announce that our Happitots Baillieston Nursery and Holyrood Swinton Nursery were recognised at this year’s Bertram Gala Awards, winning the Parents Choice Award.  We could not be more thrilled with this achievement.  Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate.

To see all the pictures from the Bertram Gala Awards visit Facebook.com/thebertram.nurserygroup

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BBC Children in Need – Money raised

What a wonderful evening on the 13th December 2014 celebrating everyone’s hard work and 2014 successes at our annual Bertram Gala Awards. Thank you so much to Head Office for their organisation of the event. We took the opportunity with all our nurseries being represented to announce the definitive total raised for this year’s BBC Children In Need Appeal… Across our 36 nurseries children, parents and staff raised a staggering £8,843.06 & our Chief Executive has kindly matched this – so a total of £17,686.12!

Every penny raised for BBC Children In Need goes to projects that have a real positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the country. Do have a look at their website where grants are listed regionally and I’m sure you will have find projects near to your nursery as examples. The link is:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008dk4b/features/cin-subindex-whoyouhelp

In the last four years we have donated the following to BBC Children In Need:
2011 Appeal – £3,832.21
2012 Appeal – £10,000.95
2013 Appeal – £11,798.95
2014 Appeal – £17,686.12
Total Donated to BBC Children In Need = £43,318.23… 

Thank you – together we are helping to make a massive difference. Thank you to everyone for all their support and generosity.

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Job Vacancies Across Manchester

 

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We are looking for inspirational people to work at our children’s Nurseries across Manchester.

Call Hayley Jennings on 0161 794 8331 (option 1) or 07985445414 for more details.

  • Qualified Nursery Practitioners
  • Nursery Deputy
  • EYP
  • Early Years Teacher
  • Supply Nursery Nurses
  • Modern Apprentices

 We are an equal opportunities employer. All posts are subject to  a DBS check and references.

Open Evenings on the 19th November 2014

Here at Holyrood Nurseries we realise that it can be challenging for families to arrange to visit our nurseries during working hours. Our goal is to be more assessable to working families, we aim to do this by offering a time slot in the evening for you to come along to visit us.

We will be trialling our very first open evenings on the 19th November 2014, between 6-8pm, at our Holyrood Gin Pit and Holyrood Salford nurseries. We would love you to come along to meet our nursery managers, Becky Thomson at Gin Pit and Becky Lowthian at Salford, and have a look around their nurseries. Please feel free to bring along friends and family, everyone is welcome. If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact us on 0800 111 4954. We hope to see you on the night!

Holyrood Nursery Gin Pit

 

Holyrood Nursery Salford

30 million words @Holyrood Altrincham

We are passionately excited about our recent re-launch at Holyrood Altrincham. Our newly named nursery, Holyrood Altrincham 30 Million Words © is launching on Saturday 4th October, there will be lots of activities on offer and opportunities to find out more information about our fantastic nursery! We would love you to come along and see for yourself.

30 Million Words © is an initiative originally set up by the University of Chicago based on a world-famous study by researchers at Rice University in the USA, Betty Hart and Todd Risley (1995). The study found that children in a language-rich environment hear thirty million more words by the time they are four than children in a language-poor environment.

We have decided to develop this concept within our nursery, we strive to offer a language rich environment where your child’s development is at the centre of everything we do.

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Full-time Dance Teacher @Holyrood Nurseries

Coming soon: We will have our very own dance teacher, who will visit all Holyrood Nurseries!!

Three hours once a fortnight for every Holyrood Nursery! Our dance teacher will come on a different day of the week each time, so whatever day or days your child attends nursery, they will always experience our dance-based activities. All pre-school aged children will receive dance classes and for our younger children we offer dance based activities such as baby ballet! Throughout our dance based activities we aim to offer your child opportunities to strengthen their muscles, improve their balance and spatial awareness, increase their self-confidence and self-esteem while always ensuring they have lots of fun! Our fabulous dance based activities are included within our fees, please just ask if you have any questions.

Dance Teacher