Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship
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Company: CANOPY CHILDRENS NURSERY
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Location: Shrewsbury, SY3 8EF
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
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Sector: Education and early years
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Ref: NAS-2000045266
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Application Deadline Date: 24/08/2026
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Start Date: 01/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday - Friday on a rota basis to be agreed in advance between 7.30am - 6.00pm.
Brief Description
An excellent opportunity to work as a nursery assistant at Canopy Children's Nursery. You will receive exceptional support, training and mentoring within the nursery setting and from your skills coach at Juniper Training. You will gain an understanding of policies and procedures and child development and knowledge of EYFS and Canopy curriculum.
Training to be Provided
- Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional Skills in English and maths, if required
- End Point Assessment
- Work based learning
Future Prospects
Canopy Children's Day Nursery will offer further development and progression whenever possible.
Vacancy Detail
Key tasks and responsibilities:
- Deliver the highest care and education standards and ensure secure knowledge and understanding of policies and procedures and child development and knowledge of EYFS and Canopy curriculum and regulatory standards
- Ensuring internal policies and procedures and legislation from governing bodies are adhered to and demonstrate your knowledge through high standards of practice
- Deliver and support the Canopy curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach to operating all aspects of the nursery and support the observation and planning process meets the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication with all stakeholders of the nursery and wider Canopy community including parent’s professionals and colleagues
- Ensure keeping health and safety policies and procedures and continuously and demonstrate behaviours that underpin a high performing safety culture
- Working as part of the team to ensure all essential day to day tasks are completed in line with the demands of the area you are working within i.e., hygiene standards and room preparation
- Understand the referral processes when necessary to engage with professionals to support a child referral
- Attend staff meetings and training to ensure a continuation of personal professional development to ensure your knowledge and skills are up to date, full, and relevant to the role
Other Information
Are you able to travel to the nursery within the advertised working hours?