Early Years Apprentice
Walmer Bridge Day Nursery
PRESTON (PR4 5GE)
Closes in 9 days (Tuesday 1 September 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 19 August 2026
Contents
Summary
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to undertake an Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£16,640 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 confirmed).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 2 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Act as a key person, building positive relationships with key children and their parents / carers
- Promote positive relationships in our nursery setting
- Work flexibly as part of the wider staff team to support the smooth running of the nursery
- Communicate regularly and effectively, sharing knowledge and experience so colleagues can support and learn from one another
- Respect and value all staff, helping to maintain a positive, inclusive and diverse working environment
- Reflect on nursery practice and suggest improvements where needed
- Attend regular staff meetings and CPD
- Carry out peer observations and provide constructive, positive and non-judgemental feedback
- Understand and promote the nursery’s values and your role within the team
- Take responsibility for the welfare, care and education of children in your key group
- Provide purposeful, stimulating indoor and outdoor environments that follow the nursery curriculum
- Contribute to a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for all children
- Complete planning regularly, with support from the room leader
- Plan learning activities that reflect children’s next steps, development, interests, language and cultural backgrounds
- Use the planning cycle to ensure observations and assessments support children’s progress
- Reflect on practice and routines, adapting them to meet the needs of key children
- Complete assessments for key children and identify when intervention, additional support or external referrals may be needed, with SENDCO support
- Understand and apply the 3 I’s: Intent, Implementation and Impact, alongside Cultural Capital
- Work in partnership with parents through regular face-to-face communication and electronic systems such as Seesaw and Parenta
- Support new children and families during settling-in, ensuring information and paperwork are completed accurately
- Complete children’s diaries daily and publish them for parents via the Parent Portal app
- Follow nursery policies and procedures, reporting any possible breaches promptly and professionally to the nursery manager
- Read and understand the policy of the month
- Complete regular room and resource risk assessments, reporting health and safety issues promptly
- Follow safeguarding procedures in line with local authority and nursery policy, with support from DSLs
- Remain vigilant and report concerns about harm, abuse or poor practice immediately, following child protection and whistleblowing procedures
- Complete, sign and store daily paperwork accurately, including accident, incident, medication, temperature and sleep records
- Monitor attendance and report recurring or unexplained absences to the room leader and nursery manager. Room leaders must contact parents by phone where absence is unexplained
- Complete room registers accurately, recording arrivals, departures, absences, sickness and holidays
- Complete key reports to a high standard and within required timescales, including transition reports, summative assessments, 2-year progress checks, school transition reports and SEN reports
- Reflect on daily practice and identify areas for improvement
- Be flexible within nursery practice and assist where needed, including overtime, domestic tasks and cooking
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness, including regular sterilising of toys and resources
- Undertake other nursery duties as required
- Attend training and complete courses needed for continuing professional development
- Follow and maintain statutory requirements in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage framework
- Report any wellbeing or safeguarding concerns to the nursery manager immediately
Where you'll work
74 LIVERPOOL OLD ROAD
WALMER BRIDGE
PRESTON
PR4 5GE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TRAINING WORKS (NW) LTD
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
At workplace.
Trainer will attend every 4 weeks.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
Other requirements
Pass DBS Check.
About this employer
Each spacious room is well equipped with resources to suit their particular age group. Children are also encouraged to make use of our spacious outdoor play area to extend their learning in the fresh air and natural environment.
Our experienced and dedicated staff help the children to become successful learners, confident individuals and caring contributors to society. The children learn through play and structured activities, with a balance of free choice.
The nursery is proud to be a part of the Walmer Bridge community, we have excellent links with the local primary schools, frequently visit Longton Library, attend swimming lessons at Willow View Swimming Pool and regularly take the children to the local parks.
Here at Walmer Bridge Day Nursery, we offer different packages to suit busy families, we offer term time places for parents just looking to put their children in during school term time and flexible hours for children who receive funding (see fees & funding for more details).
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Progress onto Level 3 Early Years Educator.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TRAINING WORKS (NW) LTD
Chloe Mcilwaine
chloe@training-works.co.uk
07521517693
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000048979.
Apply now
Closes in 9 days (Tuesday 1 September 2026 at 11:59pm)