Apprentice Nursery Practitioner
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Company: Burton and South Derbyshire College
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Location: Burton on Trent, DE14 3RL
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
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Sector: Health, Public Services and Care
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Ref: VAC-01237
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Application Deadline Date: 18/09/2025
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Start Date: 15/10/2025
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday & Tuesday 08:30am – 3:45pm, Wednesday 1pm-4:45pm, Thursday 8:30am-5:15pm & Friday 8am-5pm
Brief Description
We are seeking a dedicated Nursery Practitioner to join our team! If you are passionate about early childhood education and eager to contribute to a nurturing and enriching environment, we would love to hear from you.
Qualifications Required
GCSE Maths and English at grade 4 or a relevant grade 2 Functional Skills qualification desired. Apprentices lacking GCSE qualifications must gain them before taking the end point assessment.
Personal Qualities
• Non-Judgemental
• Empathy and understanding of children under five.
• Reliable, enthusiastic, motivated and flexible
• Calm and caring nature
• A good sense of humour
Skills Required
• Excellent communication skills with children and parents.
• Able to work as part of a team as well as work independently.
• Excellent organisational skills administrative and basic IT skills.
• Ability to write reports and keep clear and accurate records.
• A creative thinker
Training to be Provided
Level 2 Early Years Practitioner apprenticeship standard
Level 1 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
This apprenticeship is delivered through a combination of Work Based Assessment and day/block release. The programme will culminate in an End Point Assessment, where all the skills and knowledge gained on the apprenticeship will be formally tested.
Future Prospects
1) First Aid Training
2) Food Hygiene Training
3) On-going online learning via various sources
4) A strong in-house learning programme/on the job training.
Vacancy Detail
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
• Implementing Room curriculum in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
• Setting up and organizing stimulating activities that promote learning and development.
• Engaging and effectively communicating with the children to support their individual needs.
• Collaborating with team members to ensure a cohesive and supportive environment for the children's growth.
1) To provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
2) To deliver an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
3) To help ensure the setting always meets Ofsted requirements.
4) To undertake additional tasks such as cleaning duties of the rooms within the setting
5) To assist with mealtimes and the principles of helping children to establish a healthy diet.
6) To understand and work to the setting’s policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies
7) To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes.
8) To be a key person.
9) To ensure records are properly maintained, e.g. daily observations, accident and incident recordings, risk assessments and nappy changing/sleep routine records.
10) To work alongside other team members to learn from and strengthen knowledge to be able to include such learning as part of the apprenticeship programme.
11) To work in partnership with senior team members to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan.
12) To assist in any other tasks that are required of the setting to ensure the wellbeing of all is highly maintained.
Other Information
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework.