Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship at The Beehive Day Nursery, Taunton
THE BEEHIVE DAY NURSERY LTD
TAUNTON (TA1 5AA)
Closes in 23 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Do you have strong passion for early years with the ambition to provide a high standard of care and education for every child under the age of 5 helping to lay the foundations for their future? In this role you will be willing to learn, able to keep children safe and ensure that the environment reflects the children’s needs and interests.
- Wage
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£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Early years practitioner (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday. Times to be discussed at interview. We are open each day between 7.30 am and 6.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
A suitable candidate would have a strong passion for early years with the ambition to provide a high standard of care and education for every child under the age of 5, helping to lay the foundations for their future.
Candidates must be willing to learn and able to follow instructions from team members whilst using their initiative to keep children safe and to ensure that the environment reflects the children’s needs and interests. You will be required to:
- Assist in the provision of a warm caring environment for children and their families, accessible to all
- Provide high quality childcare for under fives, which includes planning for a wide range of exciting activities and opportunities which meet the developmental needs and interests of each child
- Have an awareness of the seven areas of the EYFS from observations and following the children’s interests
- To integrate children and parents with disabilities, sensitively and positively into The Beehive, promoting participation in a range of quality activities and experiences, based on the child’s interests
- To actively research and contribute to long term and medium-term planning
- Liaise with parents/carers and external agencies (where needed) regularly through parent’s evenings and daily opportunities to share the child’s achievements through termly target setting and their Learning Pathway and to highlight any concerns you may have
- Work alongside with the Key Persons and SENCo to share concerns a child may have and discuss an action plan and suitable next steps (for example, implementing a Support Plan)
- Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
- To respect the confidentiality of all information received
- Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures. You must take responsibility for ensuring you keep up to date with any changes
- To seek support from senior staff whenever necessary
- To have a group of Key Children
Where you'll work
ROUGHMOOR
BISHOPS HULL
TAUNTON
TA1 5AA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC
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 and significant events. 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 provision and during off site visits relating to both children and staff and visitors and follow reporting procedures.
- Use prevention and control of infection techniques for hand washing and food preparation and hygiene, deal with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
- Use equipment, furniture and materials safely and securely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and provision’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 the provision by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy, balanced and nutritious 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 or complementary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty or toilet training, care of skin, teeth and hair and rest and sleep provision.
- Communicate with all children, including those for whom English is an additional language and those with additional needs, in ways that will be understood. This includes 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 appropriate communication methods to share information with children, parents or carers and other professionals.
- Work with colleagues to identify and plan educational programmes 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, share results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory and the provision’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 graduated approach for the assessment, planning, implementation and reviewing 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 and mentoring 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 or carers and recognise their role in the baby or child’s health, well-being, learning and development.
- Encourage parents or carers to take an active role in the baby's or child’s care, play, learning and development.
- Demonstrate how to share information with parents or carers about the importance of healthy, balanced and nutritious diets for their child, looking after teeth and being physically active.
- Support babies and young children through a range of transitions and significant events. 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 provision and during off site visits relating to both children and staff and visitors and follow reporting procedures.
- Use prevention and control of infection techniques for hand washing and food preparation and hygiene, deal with spillages safely, safe disposal of waste, using correct personal protective equipment.
- Use equipment, furniture and materials safely and securely, following the manufacturers’ instructions and provision’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 the provision by encouraging babies and young children to consume healthy, balanced and nutritious 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 or complementary feeding), nappy changing procedures, potty or toilet training, care of skin, teeth and hair and rest and sleep provision.
- Communicate with all children, including those for whom English is an additional language and those with additional needs, in ways that will be understood. This includes 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 appropriate communication methods to share information with children, parents or carers and other professionals.
- Work with colleagues to identify and plan educational programmes 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, share results accurately and confidentially in line with expected statutory and the provision’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 graduated approach for the assessment, planning, implementation and reviewing 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 and mentoring 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 or carers and recognise their role in the baby or child’s health, well-being, learning and development.
- Encourage parents or carers to take an active role in the baby's or child’s care, play, learning and development.
- Demonstrate how to share information with parents or carers about the importance of healthy, balanced and nutritious diets for their child, looking after teeth and being physically active.
Training schedule
- Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
- End Point Assessment - Knowledge Test and Professional
Discussion
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C / 4 or above)
- Maths (grade C / 4 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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
A DBS check will be required for this role. This will be arranged by the employer.
About this employer
The Beehive Day Nursery is a family-run business which opened in January 2012. The nursery is located within a quiet, semi-rural location, close to the park and ride with ample parking for drop-off and collection. The Beehive Day Nursery provides a safe and nurturing environment for babies and children aged 3 months to 5 years. We are registered for 62 children, having expanded from a 43 place nursery, due to such high demand, back in 2013.
After this apprenticeship
If successful, the candidate could be supported to progress to a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC
SS&L the training provider
enquiries@sslcourses.co.uk
0330 332 7997
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335743.
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Closes in 23 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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