Nursery Apprentice

Are you passionate about working with children and looking to start a rewarding career in early years? Our outstanding nursery is offering an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice to join our team in January 2027. This role allows you to gain a recognised qualification while building essential hands-on experience in a supportive and nurturing environment. We believe in developing the next generation of Early Years practitioners and would love to welcome someone who shares our passion for giving children the very best start in life.

We are extremely proud of our ongoing investment in our apprenticeship programme, which has helped develop amazing, confident, and dedicated nursery practitioners and leaders. The scheme has not only supported their growth but also made a valuable contribution to our local community.

You will play a key role in supporting a rich and engaging Early Years curriculum, while learning from our experienced team how to build positive interactions with children and deliver the curriculum across different age groups.

Our opening hours are 07:30-18:00.

Your working hours would vary between these opening times to co-inside with adhering to room ratios, you will be required to work additional hours when necessary. Duties of the role will include: To help create and develop, with other members of staff, a stimulating environment to meet the needs of the individual child, being aware of the requirements of different age groups. To plan stimulating experiences for all children within the room and cater for all their individual stages of development. To establish positive relationships with all members of the nursery team, children and their families.

Keep up to date with current legislation relating to working with young children. Support your team members and maintain a happy team environment. Take an active part in Nursery projects and special events. To participate in regular fire drills and ensure that procedures are correctly carried out in the event of an evacuation. To be responsible for your own learning of The Early Years Foundation Stage To be prompt and responsible for your own timekeeping and follow our policies and procedures. To provide a responsible and good example to children, parents and staff.

Little Owls Day Nursery is a family run business owned by our Directors who have been running nurseries in the local area for over 34 years.

At Little Owls we provide high quality childcare and pre-school education which is available to all families in our local community.

In return we can provide you with the opportunity and support to study and gain a recognised Early Years qualification with our dedicated training provider Connect to care. Students who have received previous experience with children of early years age would be an advantage. If the successful candidate/s gained a Grade 3 or below within their GCSE's in the subjects of Maths and/or English they would be required to complete Level 1 or 2 functional skills as part of their apprenticeship. We would expect completion/passing of these through our apprenticeship provider prior to commencing the Early Years Apprenticeship.

Little Owls is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects our staff to support this commitment.

Job Type: Salary: £8.00 /hour

Job Types: Apprenticeship

Part-time to Full-time: 20-35 hours per week

Job Type: Apprenticeship

Pay: £8.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Company pension
• On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dereham NR19 2LJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Work Location: In person