Early Years Apprentice

BananaMoon Wimbledon

LONDON (SW19 1QN)

Closes in 14 days (Friday 26 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 June 2026

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Summary

if you are interested in a career in the Early Years sector then please apply.

The apprenticeship will be alongside working in a busy nursery environment.

Wage

£12,480 to £19,827.60, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Pay: £13,000.00-£29,000.00 per year

Job Description:

Banana Moon Day Nursery Wimbledon is looking for an outstanding Nursery nurse!

 

Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, hours to be discussed at interview stage, Part time- Full time (3-5 days per week, Monday- Friday) Wages are dependent on knowledge and experience.

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 6 July 2027

Duration

1 year

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

Main activities and responsibilities:

  • Working in partnership with management to adhere to policies and procedures and within the guidelines of Ofsted and the National Standards
  • Ensuring confidentiality is maintained in the nursery
  • Ensuring quality of care and supervision of the children with regard to their physical, emotional, and intellectual needs
  • Providing feedback to the Nursery Manager on issues relating to the nursery day
  • Recording of accidents and incidents
  • Offering all children equal opportunities with regard to their religious persuasion, racial origins, gender, disabilities, cultural or linguistic background

Where you'll work

33 RUSSELL ROAD
WIMBLEDON
LONDON
SW19 1QN

Training

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

Training provider

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS 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

  • The successful candidate will start the apprenticeship with Eden Training Solutions, the course will be a hybrid model 
  • No travel will be required

More training information

  • Hybrid Model
  • Online sessions, face to face visits

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English/Maths (grade Grade 4 And Above)

Level 2 Childcare in:

Childcare (grade Level 2)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

  • We will request references and a DBS check.
  • We support practitioners with continuous professional development in our well-resourced nursery and access to online CPD-accredited training.
  • Opportunities to further your study
  • Being in Wimbledon we have excellent transport links with buses, tubes, trains, and trams!
  • We provide a company pension
  • Wimbledon Privilege Card Scheme

About this employer

Excellence in Children’s Day Care
The emphasis at Banana Moon is to see everything from a parent’s point of view. We appreciate we are being entrusted with the care of your most precious possessions, therefore we have created a caring, loving and secure environment for children from 0 to 5 years of age.

After this apprenticeship

  • The successful candidate can progress from levels 2-6 within the sector.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EDEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Mr MATTHEW TRAVIS

matthew.travis@eden-ts.com

01924 982876

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000036257.

Apply now

Closes in 14 days (Friday 26 June 2026 at 11:59pm)