Nursery Lunch Cover
Posted on Jun 8, 2026 by CV-Library
Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom
Education
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Prima Montessori & Day Nursery
Nursery Lunch Cover
20 hours per week
Monday - Friday, All year round.
Salary: upto £13,218.40 per annum
Located on Capstone Road in Gillingham, Prima Montessori Nursery sits within the Elm Court Estate and benefits from ample onsite parking for families. Rated “Good” by Ofsted, the nursery embraces a Montessori-inspired approach to childcare, delivered in harmony with the Early Years Foundation Stage national curriculum to support each child’s independence, curiosity and natural love of learning. The setting offers eight spacious rooms, including a newly refurbished baby room, all designed to create calm, purposeful environments where children can explore freely. With two separate gardens for under-twos and over-twos, Prima Montessori Nursery provides age-appropriate outdoor spaces that further enrich children’s learning and development.
We are currently seeking a Nursery Lunch Cover to join our team. This full-time role requires working 20 hours per week, with shifts between 11am and 3pm. Please note, this is a year-round position, as the nursery operates throughout the year and is not term-time only.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn upto £750
Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
Excellent Transport Links
As Nursery Assistant, you will:
Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff:child ratios
Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent
Observe and support children’s development, update the EyLog system and children’s learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt
Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Prima Montessori is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group
Nursery Lunch Cover
20 hours per week
Monday - Friday, All year round.
Salary: upto £13,218.40 per annum
Located on Capstone Road in Gillingham, Prima Montessori Nursery sits within the Elm Court Estate and benefits from ample onsite parking for families. Rated “Good” by Ofsted, the nursery embraces a Montessori-inspired approach to childcare, delivered in harmony with the Early Years Foundation Stage national curriculum to support each child’s independence, curiosity and natural love of learning. The setting offers eight spacious rooms, including a newly refurbished baby room, all designed to create calm, purposeful environments where children can explore freely. With two separate gardens for under-twos and over-twos, Prima Montessori Nursery provides age-appropriate outdoor spaces that further enrich children’s learning and development.
We are currently seeking a Nursery Lunch Cover to join our team. This full-time role requires working 20 hours per week, with shifts between 11am and 3pm. Please note, this is a year-round position, as the nursery operates throughout the year and is not term-time only.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn upto £750
Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
Excellent Transport Links
As Nursery Assistant, you will:
Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff:child ratios
Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent
Observe and support children’s development, update the EyLog system and children’s learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt
Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Prima Montessori is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group
Reference: 225169462
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Nursery Lunch Cover
Posted on Jun 8, 2026 by CV-Library
Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom
Education
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Prima Montessori & Day Nursery
Nursery Lunch Cover
20 hours per week
Monday - Friday, All year round.
Salary: upto £13,218.40 per annum
Located on Capstone Road in Gillingham, Prima Montessori Nursery sits within the Elm Court Estate and benefits from ample onsite parking for families. Rated “Good” by Ofsted, the nursery embraces a Montessori-inspired approach to childcare, delivered in harmony with the Early Years Foundation Stage national curriculum to support each child’s independence, curiosity and natural love of learning. The setting offers eight spacious rooms, including a newly refurbished baby room, all designed to create calm, purposeful environments where children can explore freely. With two separate gardens for under-twos and over-twos, Prima Montessori Nursery provides age-appropriate outdoor spaces that further enrich children’s learning and development.
We are currently seeking a Nursery Lunch Cover to join our team. This full-time role requires working 20 hours per week, with shifts between 11am and 3pm. Please note, this is a year-round position, as the nursery operates throughout the year and is not term-time only.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn upto £750
Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
Excellent Transport Links
As Nursery Assistant, you will:
Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff:child ratios
Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent
Observe and support children’s development, update the EyLog system and children’s learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt
Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Prima Montessori is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group
Nursery Lunch Cover
20 hours per week
Monday - Friday, All year round.
Salary: upto £13,218.40 per annum
Located on Capstone Road in Gillingham, Prima Montessori Nursery sits within the Elm Court Estate and benefits from ample onsite parking for families. Rated “Good” by Ofsted, the nursery embraces a Montessori-inspired approach to childcare, delivered in harmony with the Early Years Foundation Stage national curriculum to support each child’s independence, curiosity and natural love of learning. The setting offers eight spacious rooms, including a newly refurbished baby room, all designed to create calm, purposeful environments where children can explore freely. With two separate gardens for under-twos and over-twos, Prima Montessori Nursery provides age-appropriate outdoor spaces that further enrich children’s learning and development.
We are currently seeking a Nursery Lunch Cover to join our team. This full-time role requires working 20 hours per week, with shifts between 11am and 3pm. Please note, this is a year-round position, as the nursery operates throughout the year and is not term-time only.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn upto £750
Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
Excellent Transport Links
As Nursery Assistant, you will:
Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff:child ratios
Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent
Observe and support children’s development, update the EyLog system and children’s learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt
Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Prima Montessori is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group
Reference: 225169462
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