Early Years Apprentice
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Company: CASTLE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LTD
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Location: Newport, TF10 7JE
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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-2000057321
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Application Deadline Date: 11/11/2026
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Start Date: 25/11/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Days and times to be confirmed - 6 hours allocated to training day (4 hours off-the-job training 2 hours allocated to working in the rooms) 3-4 days of 7-8 hour days.
Brief Description
The apprentice will help provide high-quality education and care so that children are safe, happy, included and supported to learn and develop. The apprentice will combine practical experience in the nursery with planned apprenticeship learning, gradually developing the knowledge, skills and professional behaviors.
Training to be Provided
- 1 day a week at Telford College
- Work place mentor
- College assessor
Future Prospects
Full time L3 position.
Further training with opportunities to be actively involved in an area of interest in the nursery such as SENCo, DSL, Room Lead, Outdoor learning, Sustainability.
Vacancy Detail
- Participating in care routines for all age groups
- Participating in activities and experiences for all age groups
- Begin to share information with Parents using Famly app
- Supporting emotional needs: Responding to individual children with warmth, empathy, and sensitivity
- Supervising play: Overseeing indoor and outdoor activities, free play, and meal or snack times
- Work alongside other practitioners to support day to day practices
- Acknowledge and greet parents as the children arrive
- Share ideas of activities and experiences for children
- Begin to understand and participate in daily routine paperwork
- Become familiar with day to day routines and start to proactively set up activities and experiences
- Completing observations and understanding how these support Assessments of children
- Complete basic Risk Assessments for day to day and specific activities
- Begin to fully communicate with parents / carers accepting handovers from children and recognising when important information is shared
- Show confidence in day to day routines, taking an active role in leading some activities and experiences.
- Begin to undertake a Key Person Role and proactively understand what is necessary for this role
- Begin to share daily progress with parents / carers at the end of their day, recognising the safety precautions and procedures in place for collection
Other Information
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.