Apprentice Early Years Practitioner
PRE-SCHOOL PLAYHOUSE LTD , Ruislip Manor, Hillingdon
Apprentice Early Years Practitioner
£15,600 a year
PRE-SCHOOL PLAYHOUSE LTD , Ruislip Manor, Hillingdon
- Full time
- Permanent
- Apprenticeship programme
Posted 1 week ago, 17 Jul | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: 03-08-2026 (In 9 days)
Job ref: None
Location ref: Ruislip Manor, Hillingdon
Full Job Description
Introduction
To be a proactive member of a staff team who provide a safe, stimulating and inclusive environment in which babies and young children are supported and encouraged to achieve their full potential, and to offer full and practical support in the day to day running of the nursery.
About the Employer
We are a nursery and preparatory school for babies and children aged one to seven years, with an emphasis on high quality care and development. You need to be passionate about working with children in a setting where listening and communication skills are paramountWhat You'll Do
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To understand and respect the need for consistency of care for the children - report for duty on time
- To assist in providing a safe, supportive and caring environment for young children in the care of Pre School Playhouse; to ensure that all aspects of each individual child’s development are given full consideration
- To ensure that clean and hygienic standards are maintained at all times. This includes daily cleaning rotas, nappy changing and other nursery/housekeeping duties (i.e. laundry/bedding)
- To maintain and follow all Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times
- To develop a thorough knowledge of all of the company’s operational policies and procedures; ensuring that they are followed and respected at all times
- To be fully up to date with the requirements of the “Early Years Foundation Stage” and ensure that your practice meets and aims to exceed the requirements
- To be proactive in the process of activity planning, child observation and development records on a regular basis and as requested by your supervisor and Nursery Manager
- To follow all routines, duties, timetables, rotas, record keeping activities and any other reasonable duty as requested by your supervisor or Nursery Manager
- To ensure that communication with children, parents and the staff team is polite and courteous at all times
- To be an effective key person to those children assigned to you and to take on other assigned responsibilities, as requested and advised by your supervisor in line with knowledge and experience
- To maintain confidentiality about all issues related to children and their families; personal and other staff members issues and any other management or operational issues
- Involvement and enrolment in company training courses to be undertaken and completed which may, at various times, be outside normal working hours
- To attend all mandatory training sessions and workshops (as advised by your manager)
- To attend staff meetings, professional development training and any other events as requested by your Nursery Manager
- To carry out any other reasonable additional duties as requested by your supervisor and/or Nursery Manager from time to time
Training Outcome
Job opportunity upon successful completion of apprenticeship.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Qualifications
- Essential - GCSE - maths - 4-9
- Essential - GCSE - English - 4-9
Course Information
Course: Early years educator (level 3)
Level: 3
Route: Education and early years
Apprenticeship Level: Advanced
Working Arrangements
Working Week: Monday - Friday, working hours TBC
Expected Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
Training Provider: HRUC (HARROW, RICHMOND AND UXBRIDGE COLLEGES).