Early Years Practitioner Apprentice

WADE DEACON TRUST

Cheshire (WA7 5DX)

Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 6 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 July 2025

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Summary

Based at The Grange School, Runcorn, the Classroom Support Assistant will work in the Nursey and help teachers by supporting children’s learning and development. The role involves a range of responsibilities including assisting with daily routines, facilitating play-based learning activities and ensuring a safe and nurturing environment.

Wage

£12,955.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Early years practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Term time only Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm with 30-mins unpaid break

32 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 3 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

Support for the student:

  • Supervise and provide particular support for students, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
  • Deal with personal care and comfort of pupils as required in relation to welfare, health, hygiene, toileting, dressing, feeding, mobility and the administering of medicines
  • Establish good working relationships with pupils acting as a role model
  • Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
  • Promote inclusion and acceptance of all students, self-esteem and independence
  • Provide feedback to students in relation to progress and achievement under the guidance and direction of the teacher
  • Support the use of specialist equipment and procedures including, moving and handling to meet a child’s individual needs
  • Respond to pupils' minor medical problems administering basic first aid where appropriately trained

Support for the teacher:

  • Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson planning and preparation
  • In liaison with the teacher, utilise strategies to support students in achieving learning goals
  • Assist with the display of students work
  • Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on students’ achievements and progress in an agreed format
  • Promote good student behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents and encouraging students to take responsibility for their own behaviour in line with established school policy
  • Provide clerical/ administrative support (e.g., photocopying, word processing, filing, collecting money etc.)
  • Undertake student record keeping as requested
  • To contribute to the review of students needs

Support for the school:

  • To be aware of and comply with school policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
  • Contribute to the school ethos, aims and development/improvement plan

Where you'll work

The Grange Academy
Latham Avenue
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 5DX

Training

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

Training provider

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE

Training course

Early years practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Support babies and young children through a range of transitions.e.g moving onto school, moving house or the birth of a sibling
  • Recognise when a child is in danger, at risk of serious harm or abuse and explain the procedures to be followed to protect them. Types of abuse including: domestic, neglect , physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
  • Identify risks and hazards in the work setting and during off site visits.relating to both children and staff
  • Demonstrate skills and understanding for the prevention and control of infection, including hand washing, food preparation and hygiene, dealing with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
  • Use equipment, furniture and materials safely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and setting’s requirements.
  • Encourage children to be aware of personal safety and the safety of others and develop personal hygiene practices (including oral hygiene).
  • Promote health and wellbeing in settings by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy and balanced meals, snacks and drinks appropriate for their age and be physically active through planned and spontaneous activity throughout the day, both indoors and outdoors.
  • Carry out respectful care routines appropriate to the development, stage, dignity and needs of the child, including eating (feeding and weaning/complimentary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty/toilet training, care of skin, teeth and hair and rest and sleep provision.
  • Communicate with all children in ways that will be understood, including verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Extend children’s development and learning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Encourage babies and young children to use a range of communication methods.
  • Use a range of communication methods to exchange information with children and adults.
  • Work with colleagues to identify and plan enabling environments, activities (both indoors and outdoors), play opportunities and educational programmes (both adult led and child initiated) to support children’s holistic development through a range of play, creativity, social development and learning.
  • Implement and review activities to support children’s play, creativity, social development and learning and clear up after activities.
  • Observe children, assess, plan and record the outcomes, sharing results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory framework and setting’s requirements.
  • Use learning activities to support early language development.
  • Support children’s early interest and development in mark making, writing, reading and being read to.
  • Support children’s interest and development in mathematical learning including numbers, number patterns, counting, sorting and matching.
  • Support the assessment, planning, implementation and reviewing (the graduated approach) of each baby’s and young child's individual plan for their care and participation.
  • Work in ways that value and respect the developmental needs and stages of babies and children.
  • Use feedback, mentoring and/or supervision to identify and support areas for development, goals and career opportunities.
  • Work co-operatively with colleagues, other professionals and agencies to meet the needs of babies and young children and enable them to progress.
  • Work alongside parents and/or carers and recognise their role in the baby’s/child’s health, well-being, learning and development.
  • Encourage parents and/or carers to take an active role in the baby’s/child’s care, play, learning and development.
  • Demonstrate how to share information with parents/carers about the importance of healthy balanced diets, looking after teeth and being physically active.
  • Support babies and young children through a range of transitions.e.g moving onto school, moving house or the birth of a sibling
  • Recognise when a child is in danger, at risk of serious harm or abuse and explain the procedures to be followed to protect them. Types of abuse including: domestic, neglect , physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
  • Identify risks and hazards in the work setting and during off site visits.relating to both children and staff
  • Demonstrate skills and understanding for the prevention and control of infection, including hand washing, food preparation and hygiene, dealing with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
  • Use equipment, furniture and materials safely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and setting’s requirements.
  • Encourage children to be aware of personal safety and the safety of others and develop personal hygiene practices (including oral hygiene).
  • Promote health and wellbeing in settings by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy and balanced meals, snacks and drinks appropriate for their age and be physically active through planned and spontaneous activity throughout the day, both indoors and outdoors.
  • Carry out respectful care routines appropriate to the development, stage, dignity and needs of the child, including eating (feeding and weaning/complimentary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty/toilet training, care of skin, teeth and hair and rest and sleep provision.
  • Communicate with all children in ways that will be understood, including verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Extend children’s development and learning through verbal and non-verbal communication.
  • Encourage babies and young children to use a range of communication methods.
  • Use a range of communication methods to exchange information with children and adults.
  • Work with colleagues to identify and plan enabling environments, activities (both indoors and outdoors), play opportunities and educational programmes (both adult led and child initiated) to support children’s holistic development through a range of play, creativity, social development and learning.
  • Implement and review activities to support children’s play, creativity, social development and learning and clear up after activities.
  • Observe children, assess, plan and record the outcomes, sharing results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory framework and setting’s requirements.
  • Use learning activities to support early language development.
  • Support children’s early interest and development in mark making, writing, reading and being read to.
  • Support children’s interest and development in mathematical learning including numbers, number patterns, counting, sorting and matching.
  • Support the assessment, planning, implementation and reviewing (the graduated approach) of each baby’s and young child's individual plan for their care and participation.
  • Work in ways that value and respect the developmental needs and stages of babies and children.
  • Use feedback, mentoring and/or supervision to identify and support areas for development, goals and career opportunities.
  • Work co-operatively with colleagues, other professionals and agencies to meet the needs of babies and young children and enable them to progress.
  • Work alongside parents and/or carers and recognise their role in the baby’s/child’s health, well-being, learning and development.
  • Encourage parents and/or carers to take an active role in the baby’s/child’s care, play, learning and development.
  • Demonstrate how to share information with parents/carers about the importance of healthy balanced diets, looking after teeth and being physically active.

Training schedule

Early Years Practitioner Level 2.

You will be required to attend training for a full day, one day per month at Riverside College (WA8 7QQ). 

More training information

You will also receive first aid and safeguarding children training. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3 or above)
  • Mathematics (grade 3 or above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • motivated
  • Flexible approach

Other requirements

A DBS check will be required for this role

About this employer

The Grange Academy, part of the Wade Deacon Trust is a an all-through school catering for pupils aged 3-16 creating an exceptional learning environment that supports pupils to achieve their full potential. Our aspiration for excellence, through instilling our core values and providing a range of opportunities, helps us to develop well-rounded students that are fully prepared for their life beyond The Grange Academy. Pupils are proud to be part of this respectful community and are eager to live up to the high expectations that staff have for them. They enjoy the range of extra-curricular activities to further their talents and interests and the range of trips and visits on offer to them. Staff, including those in the early stages of their careers, are extremely proud to work at The Grange Academy and are supported well by leaders.

http://www.thegrangeacademy.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Possible progression onto a level 3 Early Years Apprenticeship or T-level in Early Years and Education.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE

Joanna Smith

joanna.smith@riversidecollege.ac.uk

01512572828

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333426.

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Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 6 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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