Nursery Apprentice

KIMAND UK LTD

LONDON (N16 0EF)

Closes in 28 days (Saturday 5 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 June 2025

Print

Contents

Summary

Are you looking to start a career in Early Years and gain a level 3 qualification in Early Years? We have a fantastic opportunity working at a nursery as an Early Years apprentice at our client’s setting in. This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to begin their career in Early Years with a keen interest in childcare.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

Check minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday- Friday, Shifts will range between 8.00am - 6.00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Sunday 6 July 2025

Duration

3 years 4 months

Positions available

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

  • Sharing  the responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children in the nursery
  • Ensuring daily domestic routines are completed in the nursery, maintaining high standards to ensure the environment is safe, secure and clean at all times
  • Planning and implementation of appropriate programmes of activities for the children, helping children with their learning, play, educational and social development
  • Ensuring all record keeping on the child’s development is in-line with the Nursery policies, and to respect the confidentiality of information received
  • Liaising with parents and encouraging their involvement in the aims of the nursery and in all aspects of their child/children’s care
  • Helping children with feeding, changing clothes, toileting etc.
  • Ensuring each child is collected in accordance with the collection procedures
  • Contributing to the team effort
  • Liaising with all employees, children, parents and families to ensure the above tasks are completed effectively

Where you'll work

4-8 DEFOE ROAD
STOKE NEWINGTON
LONDON
N16 0EF

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

THE RECALVI ENTERPRISE LTD

Your training course

Early years educator (level 3)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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.

Your training plan

Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

  • Online Zoom lessons 
  • Two - Three hours long 
  • Lesson every two weeks 

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade Grade 4 or above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this company

About Us N16 Tots is a family run nursery that has been serving Stoke-Newington children since 2003. It is a privately-run provision. The nursery operates from a refurbished building, which has been renovated to meet the needs of the children attending. It is situated conveniently just off Stoke Newington Church Street in the London Borough of Hackney.

After this apprenticeship

  • Full time role after apprenticeship 
  • Progression to room leader 
  • Complete Level 5 Lead Practitioner 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE RECALVI ENTERPRISE LTD

Kiya Vaughan

Kiya.Vaughan@ApprenticeshipConnect.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324623.

Apply now

Closes in 28 days (Saturday 5 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.