Nursery Assistant Apprenticeship
BUZY BEES CHILDCARE LIMITED
Harrow (HA2 6BD)
Closes on Wednesday 3 December 2025
Posted on 17 October 2025
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Summary
Start your Childcare career now and earn a wage whilst you gain experience and your childcare qualification. This an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about working with children. Apply now and join our friendly team!
- 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 educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 17 December 2025
- 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
- Provide a friendly, caring and relaxing environment in order to encourage and develop children.
- Assist in maintaining a safe, clean and tidy base room and ensures that all daily routines are adhered to.
- Assist in the completion of key person children’s development records.
- Adhere to all policies and procedures in relation to the safeguarding of children. Report any suspicion of abuse or neglect to the Nursery Manager.
- Communicate effectively with parents and other visitors to the nursery under supervision of qualified practitioners.
- Actively contribute and participates as part of the team, attending team meetings and activities.
- Perform any ad hoc duties as required.
- Be mindful of personal safety and safety of colleagues
- Attend training courses to further personal development.
Where you'll work
Blue Nest Montessori School29
Church Field Close
Harrow
HA2 6BD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
FIRST RUNG LIMITED
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
- Level 3 Early Years Educator
- Functional Skills in maths and English (if needed)
- Paediatric First Aid
- Training to be one day a week our Colindale site
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent 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
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
Note: If you do not have the desirable qualifications or work experience, First Rung can assist you with training and work experience opportunities. Please do not contact the employer directly — all enquiries must go through First Rung.
About this employer
A daycare centre like Blue Nest Montessori serves as a supportive environment where children receive education and care outside of their homes. It is designed to nurture a child's physical, emotional, and cognitive development while offering busy parents a reliable childcare solution. Our private day-care centre provides a tailored educational experience that focuses on building independence, creativity, and essential life skills. Our Harrow nursery caters to children from 3 months to 5 years, offering a safe and enriching environment for young learners. We are open five days a week, from 7:30 am to 6 pm, ensuring flexibility for working parents. Whether you need full-day care or a nurturing space where your child can explore, play, and learn, we are here to accommodate your needs.
After this apprenticeship
- The successful candidate can progress onto an Apprenticeship at Level 3, into employment, or onto further training at college.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FIRST RUNG LIMITED
Sabreena Valydon
marketing@firstrung.org.uk
07495464797
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000288978.
Apply now
Closes on Wednesday 3 December 2025
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