Welcome – Chris Lawson, Director

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy at Parbold Douglas Nursery. We are a loving, aspirational and inclusive nursery, driven by our passion for supporting children to flourish. With our morning and after-school provision, we are in a unique position to watch the majority of our nursery go on to Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy and achieve great things.

Parbold Douglas Nursery operates out of Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy. The private business is led by a selection of Directors of the Academy Trust.

Serving the community of Parbold (West Lancashire) and its surrounding area, located in a beautiful, expansive setting to the west of Parbold Hill, we continue to expand to match the ever-increasing demand. This latest recruitment round is to add capacity across our four rooms and 22 strong staff team. Accepting children from 12 months, we have 75 spaces across our four rooms and adapt the provision to match demand where possible.

This September, we are delighted to be expanding further and renovating our rooms to maintain the highest of standards our parents have come to expect. You would be joining the setting at a very important and exciting time. Our nursery is a wonderful place to work. We believe we are unique in our ability to offer a range of job opportunities from full and part time; all year round and term time and a range of flexible working times. We want the right people to enhance our already superb team and are very proud of our flexible working practices.

To fulfil our aspirational goals, we rely on our culture of togetherness. As a team and nursery and school family, we actively seek to serve one another. We celebrate and succeed together. All this, we do joyfully. Parbold Douglas is an exceptionally happy place to be.  

If you share our vision and want to join a forward-thinking team, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Chris Lawson
Director of Parbold Douglas Nursery Ltd.

Headteacher of Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy

Welcome – Leanne Akid, Setting Manager

It is with great pride I thank you for taking an interest in this post. Having worked here for many years as a Nursery Practitioner, before taking on the role of Setting Manager, I was able to experience the joy of working for Parbold Douglas Nursery and I am determined to continue this joyful environment through adding to our wonderful team.

I truly believe that Parbold Douglas is a unique setting, from its close links with school, stunning surroundings and continued development in the provision, you would be joining a forward-thinking Nursery with a highly motivated and supportive team.

Within the provision, it is my aim to provide you with as much opportunity to be present and in the moment. Doing so will have a positive impact on the children you work with. It is our belief that a happy and supported staff team inevitably leads to happy and successful children.

I would strongly encourage you to come an spend some time in the setting, working with the team and getting to know us. You are not just joining a place of work – you are joining a family.

Leanne Akid

Setting Manager of Parbold Douglas Nursery Ltd.

Vacancy details

Job role:                                 Nursery Practitioner

Number of posts:                   Multiple
Working pattern:                   Full and Part Time; Term Time and All Year; Flexible Hours

Hours:                                    18 Hours to 38 hours a week.

Contract type:                        Permanent

Salary range:                          £12.89 an hour
Start of employment:             September 2025, or sooner.

If you love helping children to develop and learn, you are caring and keen to give children the best education to succeed in life, then we are looking for you to join our Nursery and Duggies Out of Hours Care Team.

Do you have the right skills required to be part of a tight-knit and caring team of practitioners in our setting? Nurture and inspiring children to aspire to their full potential is our core work and we would love you to join our children in that journey.

We are seeking to appoint multiple staff to join our superb team of nursery practitioners. We are looking for someone with a Level 3 Nursery Practitioner qualification or someone with clearly the right skills and intent to attain the qualification upon employment, through an apprenticeship. Additionally, the role may include working with our awesome school-aged children in our morning and after-school provision – Duggies.

Responsible to: Team Leader/ Nursery Manager

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further detail about the position enclosed in this pack.

Applications will close when the positions are filled.

The setting is committed to safeguarding and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and other relevant employment checks.

We encourage potential applicants to arrange an informal conversation with the Nursery Manager prior to applying. See below for further information.