Why Start a Career In Early Years?
In their first five years, children grow, change and develop more than at any other time in their life. The greatest changes of all occur before they reach the age of one. Working with children in the Early Years is all about nurturing young children, supporting their early learning, providing play activities and offering subtle teaching that helps them explore and develop. It’s also about creating good relationships with each child’s parents and working with them to support their child. All this is why it’s the most important job in the world, and we make sure we give our people the respect they deserve for doing it.


Why Choose Teepee Day Nursery?
Teepee Day Nursery has a very clear culture. It has the feel of a small, family run nursery (because that’s what it is), but with the go-getting mentality and best practice of a much larger business. Our vision is a day nursery where the team, the children and the parents are all happy. It’s an award-winning formula! We believe that if we care for our team, we can care for the children better. Our genuinely caring and supportive culture, with a highly experienced management team in a small, friendly set-up, has earned us a Gold Award from Investors in People.
We work well as a team because we all share the same values. These include:
- Passion: we love the job and go the extra mile
- Consistency: we act consistently, so the children, parents and colleagues always know what to expect
- Friendliness: this needs no explanation. You can’t be unfriendly and work with children!
- Teamwork: we work as a single team of colleagues
- Professionalism: we always act in a professional manner, both in communications and in actions
- Training and education: because we are teachers to the next generation, we make sure that we are always learning and mastering new skills ourselves.
Pay & Benefts
Because we are doing the most important job in the world – caring for and nurturing the next generation – we invest heavily in our team. We offer many benefits, including:
- Very competitive pay
- Bonuses and pension
- Generous holiday allowance
- Flexible working
- A real focus on wellbeing
- Employee assistance programmes through WPA and Thrive
- Massage at lunchtimes
- Free lunch and food
- Uniform provided – even down to a bobble hat


Career Progression
We invest heavily in our training and development programme, and so work hard to improve our skills and knowledge. This in turn leads to professional progression, enabling team members to learn and grow within the nursery, it’s a win-win. From apprentices to the Senior Management Team, everyone has their own personal development plan.