Acorn Early Years Foundation

We are looking for an Administrator to join our nursery in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, for 30 hours a week (Monday to Friday) from 09.00 -15.00. Hours can be flexible around this to be discussed at interview.  Acorn has recently been awarded a 'Top 20 Nursery Group 2023' Award by Day Nurseries in recognition of its high customer reviews over the last 12 months.  We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, great training and progression opportunities, enhanced pension contributions, and 65% childcare discount. As a not-for-profit organisation, Acorn always puts the needs of the children first, meaning you will be working for a business that cares about more than just profit. We close our nurseries for four days a year to allow days to train our...

If you are offered a Senior role you will receive a £500 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period.  We have recently taken over the nursery at Wolverton Mill. The nursery is perfectly situated so the children have easy access to beautiful outdoor space. Acorn Early Years is a charitable social enterprise providing childcare and early education, operating day nurseries, forest schools, out-of-school clubs, and specialist early years catering and training services.  Our mission is to be an inspirational learning organisation and ‘Putting children first’ is the best way to sum up our ethos and everything we do. With a strong ethic of care, we prioritise building caring relations and a responsive approach in our dealing with everybody; in doing so, we are nurturing the social and emotional wellbeing of children and helping to build a more caring and connected society.  We are looking for an exceptional, experienced Deputy Nursery...

We are looking for inspirational Nursery Assistants or Bank Early Years Practitioners (level 3 qualified) to join our team of Bank staff and work in our Nursery at Stanwick, Northamptonshire. Hours may also be available at our other sites nearby at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire and Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.  You would provide cover for sickness/ holiday/ extra staff working a variety of shifts between 07.30 and 18.15. We are looking for people who can work different and flexible hours so please get in touch whatever your availability and we will see if we can help! This role provides fantastic flexibility around your home-life; you share your availability with us and we offer working hours that suit you.   We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees.​We believe that childcare...

Join a team dedicated to putting children first. Acorn are a not for profit organisation focusing everything we do on the needs of our children. Our people, are our values, delivering the Personal, Professional, Nurturing, Outdoor Learning and Ethical approaches that we live by. You may need to transform into a dinosaur, become a racing car driver or put on a show - so, if you want to be part of something extraordinary, be part of Acorn. We are seeking very special individuals to join us.  Do you have: A love of the outdoors and working with natural resources Naturally nurturing, caring and compassionate qualities An interest in child development and how children learn At Acorn, our apprentices are an integral part of our nursery teams. Starting in Summer 2023, you will hit the ground running in your Early Years career, whilst being supported and nurtured along the way. You will: Be a creative and inspirational role model for our...

We are looking for an inspirational Senior Practitioner who holds a minimum level 3 qualification in Early Years to join our  Acorn Nursery at Mulberry Bear, Walton Hall Milton Keynes. A graduate or those qualified to level 6 would be desireable. We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 25 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We are really proud to have recently been awarded a Top 20 DayNurseries group award. You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, great training and progression opportunities, enhanced pension contributions, and 65% childcare discount. As a not-for-profit organisation, Acorn always puts the needs of the children first, meaning you will be working for a business that cares about more than just profit. The position is full time working 40 hours per week (you would be required to do a variety of early and late...

We are looking for an inspirational Kitchen Assistant to join our nursery in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire to help out with serving meals, preparing light meals and snacks, and tidying up following mealtimes.  The role needs to cover between 20 hours per week, working between 14:00pm and 18:00pm Monday to Friday.  Catering experience would be essential, and knowledge of allergens too would be advantageous. Experience in kitchen regulations and Environmental health inspections/expectations.  The need to cover the chef whilst on annual leave/sickness is an essential requirement of this role, therefore cooking experience is essential. Food hygiene level three can be obtained once in employment if required.   We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees.?We believe that...

If you are offerred an EYP role, you will received a £300 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period.  We are looking for inspirational Level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioners to join the newest nursery in our group at our nursery in Wolverton Mill, Milton Keynes.  The role will be 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday working between 0730 and 18.15. We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We believe that childcare needs a personal touch, and our nurseries and out-of-school clubs offer flexibility and individuality with a homely feel. As a not-for-profit organisation, we place our children’s well-being at the heart of our work.. The ideal candidate will be passionate, motivated and enthusiastic about outdoor learning and creative play, as...

Set in a small village in Northants, the nursery is truly part of the village community with close links to the local school. Our nursery is a welcoming environment where children can thrive. We embrace the outdoors, making full use of our garden with its stream, pond and growing beds which is further enhanced with regular visits to our own Forest school and community allotment.   We are looking for inspirational Level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioner to join our nursery in Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes. The role will be working in our Acorn room with the under 2 year olds.  The role will be 40 hours per week, working 5 days per week, Monday  to Friday, working between 07.15 and 18.15. We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We believe that childcare needs a personal touch, and our...

Set in a small village in Northants, the nursery is truly part of the village community with close links to the local school. Our nursery is a welcoming environment where children can thrive. We embrace the outdoors, making full use of our garden with its stream, pond and growing beds which is further enhanced with regular visits to our own Forest school and community allotment.   We are looking for inspirational Level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioner to join our nursery in Stanwick, Northamptonshire. The role will be working in our Acorn room with the under 2 year olds.  The role will be 40 hours per week, working 4 days per week, between Monday to Friday. working between 07.30 and 18.15. We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We believe that childcare needs a personal touch, and our...

If you are offered a Senior role, you will receive a £500 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period. If you are offered an EYP role, you will receive £300. We are looking for inspirational Level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioners to join our nursery in Castlethorpe. Milton Keynes.  Set in the lovely village of Castlethorpe, to the north of Milton Keynes, this nursery was the first of the Acorn nurseries. The children enjoy taking walks in the countryside and also visits the local playgroup and school. The role will be 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday working between 0730 and 18.15. We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We believe that childcare needs a personal touch, and our nurseries and out-of-school clubs offer flexibility and...

We are looking for an inspirational Nursery Chef to join our Acorn Nursery at Colworth Science Park ,Sharnbrook We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 25 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We are really proud to have recently been awarded a Top 20 DayNurseries group award. You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, great training and progression opportunities, enhanced pension contributions, and 65% childcare discount. As a not-for-profit organisation, Acorn always puts the needs of the children first, meaning you will be working for a business that cares about more than just profit. The position is Part time working a starting base of 16 hours per week working Thursday and Friday with extra hours possible to cover holiday and nursery requirements. This a fixed term Maternity cover role until January...

We are looking for inspirational Level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioners to join our nursery in Sharnbrook, Colworth Science Park, Bedford, Bedforshire. Our nursery in Sharnbrook is situated in the Colworth Science Park. The nursery has fantastic outdoor facilities as well as their own forest school area. Children want to spend the majority of the their time outside and truly love their outdoor environment. The role will be 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday working between 0730 and 18.15. We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We believe that childcare needs a personal touch, and our nurseries and out-of-school clubs offer flexibility and individuality with a homely feel. As a not-for-profit organisation, we place our children’s well-being at the heart of our work.. The...

We are always looking for staff to join us - so if you have an strong passion for workining with children and love what Acorn's ethos of putting children at the heart of everything we do, then send us your CV and we will contact you to discuss options in your local area.  Let us know if you are interested in full or part time work. It  doesn't matter if you do not have any qualifications in Early Years, we can help to you to achieve these, but if you do have your Level 3, then that is great and we can support you to achieve even greater things. This can be academically to Levels 5 and 6 or via progression to Lead Practitioner, Senior (Room Leader), Deputy or Manager.   We very much welcome candidates that are looking to progress their personal career development due to future opportunities in the pipeline. To find out more about us, go to our website:  www.acornearlyyears.org.uk. To see where your nearest nursery it, go to...