Nursery jobs in Croydon

About nursery education in Croydon

Nursery settings in Croydon — 70 registered nurseries and early years settings in total — book supply staff throughout the academic year. Early years settings book cover at short notice, so practitioners who keep their availability up to date are usually the first to be offered work. Together, Croydon's schools and nurseries educate around 58,000 children, and that scale keeps nursery cover requests coming in every week of term.

You will plan and lead play-based activities, record learning journeys, and support children through settling-in, sleep and mealtimes alongside the permanent team. Bookings come from across the city and surrounding areas including Croydon Town Centre, Purley and Coulsdon, so you can filter for nurseries and pre-schools within a comfortable commute.

Working across several nurseries builds a broad EYFS portfolio that strengthens applications for senior early years roles. Our London team knows these settings personally, so you get an honest picture of the school or nursery before you accept a booking, plus rates confirmed up front in the app.

Croydon is Humly's single largest borough in London, with 177 active educators already registered — more than any other London borough. The borough has over 170 schools and nurseries across areas from Thornton Heath and Norbury in the north to Purley and Coulsdon in the south. With strong demand across all sectors, Croydon educators can consistently find primary, secondary, nursery and SEND supply work through the Humly app.