Nursery Apprentice
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Company Maples Nursery School and Children’s Centre
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Location London, W3 7LL
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Type Apprenticeship
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Salary £18,000.00 per year
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Sector Education and early years
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Ref NAS-2000060447
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Application Deadline Date 10/11/2026
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Start Date 04/01/2027
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Positions Available 1
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Working Week Monday to Friday, 10.30am to 6.00pm.
Brief Description
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.
Training to be Provided
- 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
Future Prospects
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.
Vacancy Detail
- 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
Other Information
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check