Nursery Practitioner Apprentice

Louby's Playhouse

SOMERSET (TA20 2EB)

Closes in 15 days (Sunday 27 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 July 2025

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Summary

We are looking for a passionate, Nursery Practitioner Apprentice to join our friendly team at Louby's Playhouse. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Early Years Practitioner to build a career in a supportive and stimulating environment. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality care and education to children aged 0–5 years.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, working hours TBC

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 9 September 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

  • Adhere to the required standards, ratios and conditions of registration
  • Be proactive in maintaining health and safety requirements and standards
  • Actively promote and support the safeguarding of children in the Nursery
  • Contribute to ongoing risk assessments within your designated room on the nursery provision
  • Monitor and record accidents and incidents, reporting to the Nursery manager as appropriate
  • Be aware of the Nursery’s emergency and security procedures, ensuring that they are followed at all times
  • Maintain a safe, clean, tidy, hygienic and organised room
  • Participate in and contribute to effective systems of evaluation and monitoring
  • Use systems to assess, monitor and develop the children’s individual progress
  • Support daily registration procedures and ensure effective handovers
  • Work with key families of children, monitoring and supporting their individual development
  • Support the nutritional needs of all the children attending the Nursery
  • Implement individual child ‘action plans’ in conjunction with the Nursery’s SENCo
  • Actively uphold positive values, attitudes and good behaviour

Where you'll work

13 MANOR FARM
CHARD
SOMERSET
TA20 2EB

Training

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

College or training organisation

BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON COLLEGE

Your training course

Early years educator (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
  • Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
  • Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
  • Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
  • Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
  • Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
  • Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
  • Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
  • Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
  • Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
  • Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
  • Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
  • Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
  • Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
  • Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
  • Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
  • Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
  • Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
  • Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
  • Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
  • Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.
  • Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
  • Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
  • Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
  • Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
  • Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
  • Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
  • Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
  • Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
  • Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
  • Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
  • Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
  • Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
  • Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
  • Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
  • Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
  • Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
  • Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
  • Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
  • Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
  • Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
  • Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.

Your training plan

  • Training provider: Bridgwater and Taunton College
  • Training course: Early Years Educator (Level 3)
  • Training location: Taunton College, Wellington Rd, Taunton TA1 5AX
  • Delivery: Weekly classes with blended delivery (approx. every 4 weeks face-to-face)
  • At least 20% of your working hours will be spent in training or study
  • Training will include paediatric first aid qualification

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9/A-C)
  • Maths (grade 4-9/A-C)

Desirable qualifications

T Level in:

Early Years (grade Pass)

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

  • Attention to detail
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

About this company

Louby's Playhouse is a welcoming and nurturing nursery located in Chard, Somerset. We are committed to providing high-quality early years education in a safe and stimulating environment. Our child-centered approach encourages learning through play and exploration.

After this apprenticeship

Career progression would depend on circumstances following completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON COLLEGE

Tasha Astill

business@btc.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330764.

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Closes in 15 days (Sunday 27 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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