Early Years Initial Teacher Training - Jiminy Cricket Apprenticeship

Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) is a 12-month training programme fully funded by the Department for Education (DfE), designed for graduates of any subject.

Completion of the programme leads to achievement of the Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) making trainees fully qualified early years teachers.

What you'll do

• You will be working within the nursery setting at Jiminy Cricket
• Supporting children's learning and development while completing your professional training

After the apprenticeship

Why Apply?

• No course tuition fees
• Excellent pathway into Early Years teaching
• Hands-on experience across nursery and school environments
• Opportunity to build a rewarding career shaping young children's futures

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Number skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

Qualifications

• Essential: GCSE, English (grade 4)
• Essential: GCSE, Maths (grade 4)
• Essential: GCSE, Science (grade 4)
• Essential: Bachelors Degree, Any Subject (grade 2:1)

Things to consider

Right to Work & Residency Requirements:

Applicants who are not UK nationals must meet apprenticeship funding eligibility rules, including having lived in the UK or EU for at least 3 consecutive years prior to the start date. You must hold a valid visa that does not expire within 18 months of your apprenticeship start date.

We will require a share code to verify your right to work and study in the UK. After submitting your application, you will receive a screening form where you can securely provide your share code for eligibility checks.

Benefits

• Fully funded Department for Education training
• Professional mentoring and development support
• Complete 30 days placement in a primary school
• Gain recognised Early Years Teacher Status

About the employer

'It takes a village to raise a child'

A wonderful saying that beautifully captures how an entire community of people must interact with children for them to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment.

After becoming a mum in 2013, our director, Helen, joined a generation of mothers juggling career and mum life. A careful balancing act which lead her to discover that, without the support of others, life was going to be a real struggle.

Since then her family has grown and she found the need to lean on the local community more and more, bringing her to where she is today – recreating new, a much loved community child care setting.

In October 2023 Jiminy Cricket, a 40 year old setting closed and the wonderful team who have helped care for so many local children were no longer there to support us. An increasingly common and sad situation for smaller independent settings these days.

So here we are, reinventing a much loved local setting for families. Creating an environment that aims to nurture and care for the children of the village in the way we were always meant to….and what a privilege that is.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Teacher - Postgraduate (level 6), Education and early years
• Apprenticeship level: Degree (level 6)
• Training provider: BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED
• Expected duration: 1 Year
• Hours: 30 hours a week. Working week: The nursery is open Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 6.00pm.

Working hours will be in between these hours. To be discussed at interview stage. The employer can be somewhat flexible with working hours.

EYITT course will be starting in September.

• Start date: 1 November 2026
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £12,480 to £19,827.60 a year