Apprentice Deputy Manager

Summary

A Level 5 apprentice position is available at Cleo's Caring Corner Day Nursery. This is an excellent chance for a Level 3 Early Years certified individual to advance in the early years and into management, providing high-quality learning, development, and care for children from birth to age five.

Wage

£28,080 a year

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Salary increase upon completion of the level 5 course

Training course

Early years lead practitioner (level 5)

Hours

Monday to Friday, shifts between 7:30am to 6pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 15 July 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

To provide children ages 0–5 with high-quality learning, development, and care.
To fill in for the manager of the nursery.
To oversee and evaluate nursery employees as instructed.
To guarantee that the nursery is a secure setting for kids, employees, and other people.
Forming alliances with parents and other caregivers in order to boost their involvement in their child's growth.
To be in charge of any duties assigned by the nursery manager

Where you'll work

CONDUIT PLACE
BRISTOL
BS2 9RU

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED

Your training course

Early years lead practitioner (level 5)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.
Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.
Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.
Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.
Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.
Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children's learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.
Support and promote children’s speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions.
Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.
Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.
Advocate for the child, cultivating professional partnerships with parents/carers and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.
Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.
Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.
Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children's progress and planning future learning possibilities.
Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.
Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.
Plan, carry out and guide appropriate physical care routines for individual children.
Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.
Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the setting.
Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.
Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.
Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice.
Be confident to identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.
Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.
Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.
Analyse and articulate how all children’s individual learning can be affected by their current developmental capabilities, characteristics and individual circumstances taking into account all factors contributing to typical and atypical development.
Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
Observe, assess, plan, facilitate and participate in play opportunities which include current curriculum requirements.
Ensure plans fully reflect the individual development needs and circumstances of children and actively participate in the provision of consistent care, responding quickly to the needs of the individual child.
Provide a dynamic, evolving and enabling environment that reflects the current interests, motivations, and play of individual and groups of children.
Encourage all children’s participation, ensuring a sensitive, respectful and effective balance within the adult and child dynamic to facilitate play opportunities.
Engage in effective strategies to develop and extend children's learning and thinking, including sustained shared thinking.
Support and promote children’s speech, language and communication development and determining and adapting appropriate responses and interventions.
Support children to engage in a range of learning contexts such as individual, small groups and larger groups as appropriate for their play and support confidence within social experiences.
Ensure staff are deployed effectively to suit and enhance the learning environment, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of all children.
Advocate for the child, cultivating professional partnerships with parents/carers and other professionals, presenting their understanding of the child’s journey within multidisciplinary teams to holistically support the child’s individual needs.
Demonstrate the importance of the home learning environment, developing an effective and collaborative partnership to enhance opportunities for the child.
Make use of formative and summative assessment, tracking children’s progress to plan for future learning possibilities including early interventions based on individual developmental needs.
Take responsibility for supporting the key person in articulating children's progress and planning future learning possibilities.
Use current and contemporary knowledge, research, theories and approaches to develop, enhance and articulate their own pedagogical approach and practice.
Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally to enhance their practice.
Plan, carry out and guide appropriate physical care routines for individual children.
Promote, model and support children and families to develop a healthy approach to making choices relating to personal care including eating, sleeping and physical activity.
Develop, model and implement strategies to support the emotional, psychological, physical and cultural needs of all children within the setting.
Identify and act upon own responsibilities in relation to health and safety, prevention and control of infection, carrying out risk assessments and risk management processes in line with policies and procedures.
Ensure the security and confidentiality of data, records and information in line with current legislation.
Be a leaderful practitioner to support, mentor, coach, train and guide colleagues in a range of settings, providing inspiration and motivation to engage others to develop their practice.
Be confident to identify, action and competently challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
Advocate for children through their child centred approach, listening to the voice of the child; ensuring children’s rights, views and wishes are heard, respected and acted upon at all times. Offer appropriate support and influence decisions in the best interests of the child.
Competently action and carry out safeguarding procedures, using their professional curiosity, knowledge, insight and understanding.
Explore and understand, challenge and question; knowing when to act to safeguard and protect children.

Your training plan

Work is submitted using Bud, the cutting-edge online platform, which is easy to use and includes login access for employers to keep track of their apprentices' progress.

Delivery includes:

18-months on programme with up to 3-month End Point Assessment
Monthly training events, face-to-face or online
Monthly BPN Boost webinars and online resources for support
Weekly check-ins with Apprenticeship Tutor
6-weekly reviews with Apprenticeships Tutor and Employer

More training information

The seven themes are:

The unique child
Implementation of legislation and guidance
Learning and development
Effective promotion of development, health and wellbeing
Leading practice
Child development, observation and planning
Administration

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

Level 3 Early Years Educator (grade Pass)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade C/4)
Maths (grade C/4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

This is a lead role, therefore you must be able to show knowledge in the early years sector and have a great understanding of safeguarding, with proven experience.

About this company

Welcome to Cleo’s Caring Corner Day Nursery. Our warm, friendly, enthusiastic and caring staff place christian values and the love of God at the centre of all that we do. Families of all-faith and no faith are welcome to our nursery. It is such a privilege and an honour to be able to care for and nurture the children in our setting. We place a huge emphasis on working holistically with the children in our care and are very keen on building strong relationships with all the families who use our nursery. We offer nursery spaces all year round from 7.30 am to 6.00 pm.

https://cleoscaringcornerdaynursery.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

25 days paid holiday a year, paid breaks and paid overtime.

After this apprenticeship

Best Practice Network have a relationship with Nottingham Trent University, who offer a 12-month online top-up degree in Childhood and Education Studies.

This unique new course is designed for you if you hold a level 5 qualification and want to top up to a BA honours degree level. Delivered online, the course offers a flexible approach to learning, allowing you to conveniently fit your studies in around your personal and working life.

Once you have completed the top-up degree, you can apply to begin your EYITT with Best Practice Network to become an Early Years Teacher.

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