Nursery Apprentice
Maples Nursery School and Children’s Centre
London (W3 7LL)
Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 October 2026
Contents
Summary
Maples Nursery School caters for children from 9 months to raising 5 year olds. We are currently seeking a Nursery Apprentice to join our team. You will support children in a safe, nurturing environment, encouraging their learning and development while helping them build positive attitudes towards learning and achieving their full potential.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Early years educator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 10.30am to 6.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 4 January 2027
- 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
- You will be working with children from 9 months old to raising 5 year olds
- You will support a teacher, nursery manager and a team of nursery officers and support assistants and be part of the bigger team
- To incorporate children’s programmes devised by other professionals (for example, Speech and Language Therapist) into a play-based approach within the Early Years stage
- To develop and implement a rich and stimulating learning environment and curriculum with support, both indoors and outdoors, which meets each child’s individual needs and enables them to reach their full potential
- With the support of senior members of staff, to monitor, assess and evaluate children’s developmental progress regularly, maintaining accurate and appropriate case records and reporting matters of concern (such as injuries and other significant incidents) to the Teacher
- To support senior staff who undertake home visits through attendance
- Assist senior staff with the development and implementation of care plans and individual education plans (IEPs as required by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25) for children in partnership with parents/carers and other professionals
- To assist senior staff to prepare reports and jointly participate in discussions, network meetings and reviews on children’s development
- To manage the meal and snack times for a group of children including the provision of light snacks, drinks, baby food, etc where appropriate, ensuring that the dietary needs of the children are met including those on special feeding programmes
- To comply with policies and procedures on issues such as confidentiality, equality and diversity, health and safety procedures (for example, manual lifting and handling), record keeping and data protection
- To maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence by participating in staff meetings, training, learning and development sessions and sharing knowledge and best practice with colleagues
- To assist senior staff in ensuring that all prescribed medications, medical care and dietary needs are administered and recorded as directed and in accordance with procedures and medical advice.
- To follow the Safeguarding policy
- To ensure the Council’s policies on Equality and Diversity are reflected in day to day practice and behaviour with colleagues, members of the public and external agencies, etc.
- To apply best practice in Health and Safety in the workplace in collaboration with other members of the team
Where you'll work
East Churchfield Road
London
W3 7LL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EALING, HAMMERSMITH AND WEST LONDON COLLEGE
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.
Training schedule
- Early Years Educator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
- Apprentices must successfully complete a paediatric first aid training
- Your training will be 1 day a week at Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4 or above)
- maths (grade 4 or above)
BTEC 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Flexible
Other requirements
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
About this employer
At Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre, we value the diverse community that we serve. We believe that every child, family and member of staff maters and we work hard to create a place where we can all learn and grow together.
We promote empathy and a sense of community within a caring and inclusive environment, inclusion and fairness, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths or beliefs, individual liberty, the universal values of democracy.
The Governors and staff are passionate in ensuring that children are provided with unlimited opportunities to be successful and responsible members of the community. We want to create a safe, happy place where children become curious, confident and creative learners. We provide a child-centred learning environment which promotes independence and resilience, building upon children's interests, curiosity and their disposition to learn.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, there might be an opportunity to be offered a full-time position. This will be reviewed by you and your employer at the end of your apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EALING, HAMMERSMITH AND WEST LONDON COLLEGE
Hema
employer@wlc.ac.uk
07760251844
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000060447.
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Closes in 18 days (Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 11:59pm)