130 career pathways
Norland at 130To mark our 130th anniversary, we've been building an extensive list of careers Norlanders have gone on to enjoy in the early years sector and beyond. Click on some of the careers below to explore in more detail.
Nannying
- Live-in nanny
- Live-out nanny
- Night nanny
- Rota nanny
- Proxy parent
- Shared care nanny
- Maternity practitioner
- Super yacht nanny
- Ski season nanny
Nursery
- Nursery school assistant
- Creche manager
- Nursery manager
- Nursery officer
- Pre-school leader
- Head of early years practice
- Quality and training manager
Working with children with special educational needs or specific requirements
- Special educational needs personal teaching assistant
- Learning disability nurse
- Special needs assistant
- Speech and language therapist
Working with babies and newborns
- Birthing partner
- Doula
- Infant masseuse
- Post-natal doula
- Baby yoga instructor
Working with children in other settings
- Forest school leader
- Childminder
- Play therapeutic practitioner
- Homeschooling mentor
- Sure Start community nursery nurse
Education
- Primary school teacher
- Secondary school teacher
- Classroom assistant
- Teaching assistant
- Ofsted inspector
- Trained Steiner school teacher
- Dame at Eton College
- NNEB lecturer
- Governess trainer
- Boarding school welfare officer
Norland
- Principal
- Lecturer
- Placement Officer
- Newly Qualified Nanny (NQN) Manager
- Newly Qualified Nanny (NQN) Consultant
- Events Manager
- Head of Careers and Consultancy
Specialist roles
- Lactation consultant
- Emotion coaching specialist
- Sleep consultant
- Bereavement counsellor
- Paediatric bereavement liaison
Nursing/medical
- Trainee midwife
- Midwife
- Army nurse
- Accident and Emergency nurse
- Clinical nurse specialist
- Radiologist
- Neonatal intensive care nurse
Working in the community and with underprivileged families
- Head of Startwell: strategic lead for early years, Bolton Council
- Foodbank coordinator
- CEO of a charity
- Family support coordinator
- Play coordinator for the prison service
- Sensory play class organiser for children who are refugees
- Sure Start childcare officer
- Health development worker
Entrepreneurs/business owners
- Marvellous Babysitting app founder
- Consultancy business
- Family troubleshooting business
- Waldorf/Steiner homeschool founder
- Wedding creche business owner
Roles outside the early years
- Dog trainer
- Wedding stylist and planner
- Property developer
- Personal assistant
- Journalist
