Childcare Apprenticeship
KIDZRUS NURSERY LIMITED
Manchester, Salford, The Lodge, 45 Hospital Road, Pendlebury, Swinton
Closes in 30 days (Sunday 21 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Fantastic opportunities are available for Early Years Apprentices at KidzRUs Nursery Limited. This is a wonderful chance to begin your career in the childcare sector while earning as you learn. If you’re enthusiastic, motivated, and eager to support young children’s development, this could be the ideal role for you. Apply today!
- 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 practitioner (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 7.45am - 6.00pm (35 hours per week) Shifts to be confirmed.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
To work as a member of the nursery team to ensure that all children attending the setting receive high quality care, are kept safe and receive rich and stimulating play experiences which meet their individual needs.
Key Responsibilities:
Childcare and Education:
- Provide high standards of quality within the nursery including the environment, resources and experiences offered to children.
- Observe, support and extend children’s learning.
- Plan appropriately for children using the Early Years. Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum for guidance
- Maintain accurate and effective children’s records.
- Work in partnership with parents/carers and other family members.
- Demonstrate good practice with regard to special needs and inclusion.
- Ensure that children are kept safe and understand, and when necessary follow Child Protection Procedures.
- Comply with the statutory framework for the EYFS and relevant legislation including the Children Act 1989 and 2004.
- Develop and maintain highly professional working relationships with advisory teachers, schools, area SENCOs and other agencies that may visit the setting.
- Learn about current developments in childcare and education policy and practice.
- Be a key person carrying out all related responsibilities in building relationships with a small group of children and their families.
Health and Safety:
- Undertake a shared responsibility for health, safety and cleanliness throughout the nursery.
- Ensure the general cleanliness of the children at all times.
- Adhere to health and safety policies, to manage risk and ensure that any remedial action is taken immediately.
- Be fully aware of all emergency and security procedures e.g. fire precautions, security, dropping off and collection of children.
- Operate the highest standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the bedding and nappy changing area and food surface areas.
Operational:
- Promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers.
- Support the manager and staff during inspections by regulatory bodies and to assist in the implementation of any recommendations.
Staff:
- Work as a team with other staff members.
- Support and mentor students.
- Be responsible for participating in all self-development activities including appraisals, supervision etc.
Communications:
Develop and promote parental partnership and involvement.
General:
- Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager.
- Adhere to all nursery policies and procedures.
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- 98 Manchester Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5FQ
- Unit 3, South Langworthy Road, Salford, M50 2RP
- Kidz R Us Private Day Nursery, The Lodge, 45 Hospital Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, M27 4EX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
Training course
Early years practitioner (level 2)
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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
- Level 2 Early Years Practicioner Apprenticeship Standard.
- Functional Skills maths & English (if required).
Apprentices will do all training within the work place and wont need to attend a college setting for day release. Employer will give the apprentice 6 hours per week to complete any relevant training/coursework within work time (paid).
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Good listening skills
- Hardworking
- Fast learner
- Personable
Other requirements
DBS and reference checks are essential for this role and the employer will complete these with the successful application prior to them starting work.
About this employer
Kidzrus Private Day Nursery offers a warm, caring, homely environment, providing stimulating choices to encourage your child’s development in all areas. We aim to offer your child a wide range of quality play experiences, along with quality interactions, where the safeguarding of your child is of paramount importance. Kidzrus provides a totally inclusive environment for your child where we recognise the importance of working in partnership with parents/carers, thereby ensuring individual child’s needs are met. All Children are encouraged to make their own choices and decisions. We provide continuous provision both indoor and outdoors to enable your child to explore actively and freely, enabling development in all of the four key themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
After this apprenticeship
Progression to Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprenticeship upon completion of the Level 2. Permanent role available for the right candidate upon completion of Level 2 and 3 Apprenticeships.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001679.
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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 21 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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