Nursery Practitioner Apprenticeship
GLOBAL KIDS DAY CARE LIMITED
London (E3 4TU)
Closes on Monday 28 September 2026
Posted on 10 September 2025
Contents
Summary
The role of the Nursery Practitioner is to effectively support the day-to day running of the nursery with support of the nursery management team and to deliver the highest standards of care and education. We are committed to equality and celebrating diversity through love.
- Wage
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£14,133.60 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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It can be increased in the second year.
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm, shifts, may work evenings and weekends.
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 13 October 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Promote high standards of quality within the nursery in respect of the environment, resources and experiences offered to children
- To ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care and development for children placed in the Day Nursery
- Ensure that all children attending the nursery receive rich and stimulating experiences appropriate to their age and stage of development
- Ensure that practice and provision in the nursery meets the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Ensure that you follow Safeguarding Procedures, when necessary and children are kept safe
- Promote and facilitate partnerships with parents/carers and other family members
- Support the development of good practice with regards to special needs and inclusion
- Delivering the EYFS; ensure that provision in the nursery meets the requirements of the local Tower Hamlets Early Years in relation to nursery education grant funding for two-, three- and four-year-old children
- Create and maintain a culture of self-evaluation and reflective practice
- Ensure the health and safety of the children, their parents and carers, the team and any visitors to the nursery
Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures:
- Be fully aware of all emergency and security procedures
- Facilitate inspections by regulatory bodies and implement any recommendations
- Support with fulfilling occupancy targets
- Support Nursery Assistants, Volunteers and Apprentices to ensure delivery of high-quality childcare practice
- Develop open and positive working relationships with staff
- Support peers in delivering good practice and evaluating their day-to-day workings
- Proactively represent the Company and advance its interests in the local community
- Promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers
Ensure that you develop and maintain friendly and professional relationships with parents and carers - Ensuring that all complaints and concerns are taken seriously and acted upon in a timely manner and reported to the Deputy and Nursery Manager
Adhere to all Company policies and procedures:
Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line management
Where you'll work
21 Burdett Road Mile End
London
E3 4TU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WALTHAM FOREST COLLEGE
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.
Training schedule
Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- Waltham Forest College - 707 Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4JB
- 1 day a week
- On-site training
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
About this employer
At Global Kids Day Care, we’re all about teaming up with you to give your child the best start in life. We'll be there every step of the way to help your little one reach their full potential. Our focus is on providing top-quality education and care in a safe, fun, and exciting environment. We are committed to equality and celebrating diversity through love. By collaborating closely with families, we strive to provide your child with the best possible support as they grow and learn through play.
After this apprenticeship
- Nursery Practitioner
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WALTHAM FOREST COLLEGE
Ayesha Biamba
ayesha.biamba@waltham.ac.uk
020 8501 8389
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341492.
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Closes on Monday 28 September 2026
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