EARLY YEARS PRACTITIONER LEVEL 2 APPRENTICESHIP
Ormskirk Lathom Park Church Of England Primary School
Ormskirk (L40 5UG)
Closes in 18 days (Friday 17 October 2025)
Posted on 29 September 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic Early Years Apprentice (Level 2) to join our dedicated team in our mixed-age nursery and Reception provision (ages 2–5). This is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in a caring and supportive school environment while working towards a nationally recognised qualification.
- Wage
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£11,778 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, Shifts to be confirmed.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 7 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
Start of Day ( 8:30am):
- Help set up indoor and outdoor learning areas (sand/water trays, creative stations, construction, reading corner)
- Check resources are safe, clean, and accessible
- Welcome children and parents/carers at drop-off, supporting a calm transition into nursery
- Encourage independence with coats, bags, and self-registration routines
Morning Session (8:30am - 11:30am)
- Support small-group play, modelling language, turn-taking, and positive behaviour
- Join in child-led activities, extending learning through open-ended questions
- Assist with toileting, nappy changing, and hand-washing routines in line with safeguarding and privacy guidance
- Help deliver focused adult-led tasks (phonics, counting, mark-making) under the direction of the teacher/TA
- Observe and record individual children’s learning to contribute towards EYFS assessments
- Supervise outdoor play (balancing safety with challenge, e.g., climbing, bikes, role play)
Snack & Lunchtime (11:30am - 12:30pm)
- Support snack time: helping children pour drinks, make healthy choices, clear away
- Encourage social skills at the table (please, thank you, conversation)
- Help settle children for rest/quiet time after lunch
Afternoon Session (12:30pm - 3:00pm)
- Rotate through continuous provision areas, engaging with children and modelling learning behaviours
- Support creative/messy play (painting, mud kitchen, music) and early fine motor activities
- Lead a story or singing session with small groups
- Support routines for toileting, comfort, and emotional regulation
- Observe children’s progress against learning goals (with support)
End of Day (3:00pm - 3:30pm)
- Help prepare the space before children arrive (tables, activities, snack area)
- Ensure resources are safe, age-appropriate, and accessible
- Carry out basic safety checks (e.g., exits clear, equipment ready)
- Join in with play, modelling positive behaviour and encouraging social skills
- Adapt activities to meet the needs of different ages and abilities
- Support tidy-up time and encourage responsibility for resources
- Help with end-of-day circle/story time
- Share positive messages with parents/carers at pick-up under supervision of the class teacher
- Assist with cleaning and preparing the environment for the next day
- After school club dities (till 5.30) Assist with routines, encouraging children to take responsibility
- Prepare children for collection, ensuring a safe handover to parents/carers
- Share important messages or incidents with the After School Club Leader
Wider Duties:
- Attend staff meetings, training, and supervision sessions
- Follow safeguarding, health & safety, and confidentiality policies at all times
- Reflect on practice and seek feedback as part of apprenticeship learning
Where you'll work
Hall Lane
Lathom
Ormskirk
L40 5UG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EAST LANCASHIRE LEARNING GROUP
Training course
Early years practitioner (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Early Years Practitioner Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:
On-the-job:
- Daily guidance from staff on child development, EYFS curriculum, care routines, behaviour support, and safeguarding
- Off-the-job (20%): Training provider sessions on child development, inclusive practice, professional skills, safeguarding, and Functional Skills (maths/English if needed)
- Mandatory courses: Paediatric First Aid, Food Hygiene, Safeguarding, Prevent Duty
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or better)
- Maths (grade 4 or better)
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
- Non judgemental
About this employer
Lathom Park School Vision: Striving to uphold our Christian vision of kindness and love we: Value and respect every member of our community as a unique child of God; nurture, support and challenge all members of our community to reach their full potential. Underpin our inclusive curriculum with our values of kindness, perseverance and trust, providing opportunity for each individual to grow and flourish.
After this apprenticeship
- Option to move into permanent employment as a Nursery Assistant, Teaching Assistant, or After School Club Playworker
- Opportunity to progress to a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship, which is equivalent to A-levels and leads towards higher responsibility roles
Employability:
- References and practical experience to support applications in schools, nurseries, or childcare settings
Confidence & Professionalism:
- Understanding how to work within policies, procedures, and professional standards in education
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EAST LANCASHIRE LEARNING GROUP
01704 892375
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344245.
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Closes in 18 days (Friday 17 October 2025)
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