Nursery Nurse Apprentice

This is an exciting opportunity for you to kick-start your career in childcare. You will be joining a friendly team and supporting with the care and education of young children.

What you will do

• Providing a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment
• Delivering an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress
• Helping to ensure the preschool nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times
• Understanding and working to preschool nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints, and emergencies
• Planning activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes
• Ensuring records are properly maintained, e.g., daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments
• Liaising closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children's progress and encouraging parents' involvement
• Working in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan
• Undertaking any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the preschool aims and objectives
• Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training

Training

You'll attend monthly 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month - NO classroom OR college!) with your tutor and learn about modules including risk management, key person & attachment, learning & development, and more! You will be given a minimum of 3 hours per week to complete any apprenticeship work (assignments, research, and projects) and will receive at least another 3 hours of training from your employer.

After the apprenticeship

As with any apprenticeship opportunity - if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Creative
• Customer care skills
• Initiative
• Logical
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Problem solving skills
• Team working

Qualifications

• Desired: GCSE, None required (grade None required)

About the employer

Shanklin Day Nursery and Pre-school in Stoneygate, Leicester is a small, family run day nursery. They have been established since 1994 and provide a loving, stimulating and educational environment for children aged 0-5 years. Their experienced and highly qualified staff ensure that every day is fun, interesting, and rewarding at Shanklin Day Nursery.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Early years educator (level 3), Education and early years
• Apprenticeship level: Advanced (level 3)
• Training provider: CT SKILLS LIMITED
• Expected duration: 1 Year 6 Months
• Hours: 40 hours a week. Working week: Monday to Friday shifts between 7.30am and 6pm.
• Start date: 16 November 2026
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £17,680 a year